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History of the United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction

Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard

Read by Katie Gibboney and Sibella Denton · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM (27:34)
THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM (continued) -- The Industrial Revolution and National Politics (21:09)
THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS (15:28)
THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS (continued)--Slavery in National Politics (16:15)
THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS (concluded)--The Drift of Events toward the Irrepressible Conflict (24:32)
THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (13:41)
THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (continued) --The War Measures of the Federal Government (27:52)
THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (concluded) --The Results of the Civil War (29:23)