Excerpt from A Brief History of the United States This work has been prepared with the following design, viz.: to state only those important events in our history which every American citizen should kw, and to tell them in such a way as to arouse the pupils interest and inspire enthusiasm for the study. In carrying out this idea, the author has sought to avoid all sectional and partisan statements; to explain, from the standpoint of the Union, those principles which, coming to an issue at different times, have been decided by the progress of events; and, incidentally, to inspire, by the sweep of the story, a love for our common country, and an intelligent solicitude for her destiny. Experience has taught the value of certain general methods of teaching this study. 1. To divide the history into Epochs, giving each a characteristic name. 2. To precede each Epoch by a map and questions in order to familiarize the pupil with the localities of the events about which he is to read; and to follow each Epoch with a Chrological Table and a list of Reading References for further study. 3. To furnish copious tes containing collateral facts, mir events, sketches of the lives of presidents and ted men, and, especially, those anecdotes of heroism and devotion that so brighten the record of our national growth. 4. To give each paragraph a distinct title to aid the pupil in learning, and the teacher In hearing, the lesson; and to arrange these topics in such a way as to form a systematic analysis of the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.