XI. THE MEXICAN WAR
XII. THE SLAVERY AGITATION
XIII. THE CIVIL WAR
XIV. THE PRESIDENTS
XV. MATERIAL PROGRESS
XVI. PROGRESS IN LITERATURE
XVII. PROGRESS IN THE ARTS
XVIII. PROGRESS IN SCIENCE AND INVENTION
XIX. POLITICAL CHANGES




THE NATION IN A NUTSHELL

AN OUTLINE OF

AMERICAN HISTORY.




I.

AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES.


[Sidenote: Geology and Archaeology.]

The sciences of geology and archaeology, working side by side, have made