AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK TWO THE MONROE DOCTRINE LINCOLN'S INAUGURALS, EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA- WITH BIOGRAPHIES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES BY EDGAR W. AMES, B.A. HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY IN THE TROY HIGH C⋅E··M⋅ NEW YORK PREFACE THE student should have covered nearly the whole of the work of his text-book in American history, when the readings in this volume are taken up. For this reason, only such explanations are made as will free the reader from recourse to the dictionary and the encyclopedia. Where it is possible, the text has been made the basis of work in review, such questions being asked as will not only explain the subject matter from the student's own knowledge, but will also review the work already done in history and civil government, and lead the student to a more extensive study of the facts to which the questions refer. EDGAR W. AMES. TROY, NEW York, |