This Country of Ours, Part 7: Stories of the United States under the Constitution

This series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson World War I. Part 7 continues the series with the development of the United States under the presidents from Washington to Wilson.

Stories include:

1. Washington: First in War, First in Peace

2. Adams: How He Kept Peace with France

3. Jefferson: How the Territory of the United States Was Doubled

4. Jefferson: How the Door into the Far West Was Opened

5. Jefferson: About an American Who Wanted to Be a King

6. Madison: The Shooting Star and the Prophet

7. Madison: War with Great Britain

8. Monroe: The First Whispers of a Storm; Monroe’s Famous Doctrine

9. Adams: The Tariff of Abominations

10. Jackson: “Liberty and Union, Now and Forever”; Van Buren; Hard Times

11. Harrison: The Hero of Tippecanoe

12. Tyler: Florida Becomes a State

13. Polk: How Much Land was Added to the United States

14. Polk : The Finding of Gold

15. Taylor: Union or Disunion

16. Fillmore: The Underground Railroad

17. Pierce: The Story of “Bleeding Kansas”

18. Buchanan: The Story of the Mormons

19. Buchanan: The First Shots

20. Lincoln: From Bull Run to Fort Donelson

21. Lincoln: The Story of the First Battle between Ironclads

22. Lincoln: The Battle of Shiloh and the Taking of New Orleans

23. Lincoln: The Slaves Are Made Free

24. Lincoln: Chancellorsville; the Death of Stonewall Jackson

25. Lincoln: The Battle of Gettysburg

26. Lincoln: Grant’s Campaign; Sheridan’s Ride

27. Lincoln: Sherman’s March to the Sea; Lincoln Reelected President

28. Lincoln: The End of the War; The President’s Death

29. Johnson: How the President Was Impeached

30. Grant: A Peaceful Victory

31. Hayes; Garfield; Arthur

32. Cleveland; Harrison; Cleveland

33. McKinley: War and Sudden Death

34. Roosevelt; Taft

35. Wilson: Troubles with Mexico

36. Wilson: The Great War