This page brings together free online books and topic searches related to early nineteenth-century United States history, including westward expansion, politics, reform movements, society, and economic development. The materials range from older public domain works to modern scholarly studies.
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- Civilization 1783-1865
- Intellectual life1783-1865
- History 1801-1809
- Foreign Relations 1801-1809
- Politics and government 1801-1809
- Foreign Relations 1801-1815
- Politics and government 1801-1815
- Foreign Relations 1809-1812
- History 1809-1817
- Politics and government 1809-1817
- Foreign Relations 1812-1815
- Politics and government 1812-1815
- History 1815-1861
- Foreign Relations 1815-1861
- Politics and government 1815-1861
- History 1817-1825
- Foreign Relations 1817-1825
- Politics and government 1817-1825
- History 1825-1829
- Foreign Relations 1825-1829
- Politics and government 1825-1829
- Foreign Relations 1829-1837
- Politics and government 1829-1837
- Politics and government 1837-1841
- Foreign Relations 1841-1845
- Politics and government 1841-1845
- Foreign Relations 1845-1849
- Politics and government 1845-1849
- Politics and government 1845-1861
- Foreign Relations 1849-1853
- History 1849-1877
- Politics and government 1849-1877
- Foreign Relations 1853-1857
- Politics and government 1853-1857
- Foreign Relations 1857-1861
- Politics and government 1857-1861
- Description and travel 1865-1900
- Civilization 19th century
- Foreign Relations 19th century
- Social life and customs 19th century
- Economic conditions To 1865
- Foreign Relations To 1865
- Social conditions To 1865
- History, Naval To 1900
- History Tripolitan War, 1801-1805
- History War of 1812
- History War with Algeria, 1815
- Appropriations and expenditures
- African Americans – to 1863
- Alamo
- Antislavery Movements
- Bank of the United States
- Black Hawk War 1832
- Bleeding Kansas
- California Gold Rush
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Compromise of 1850
- Cotton Production
- Erie Canal
- Factory System
- Free-Soil Party
- Fugitive Slave Law
- Impressment
- Indian Removal Act (1830)
- Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
- Keelboats
- Lowell System
- Mexican War 1846-1848
- Missouri Compromise (1820)
- Monroe Doctrine (1823)
- National Road
- Nullification
- Oregon Trail
- Overland Journeys to the Pacific
- Religion 19th Century
- Shakers
- Stagecoaches
- Steamboats
- Territorial Expansion
- Thomas Hart Benton, 1782-1858
- Trail of Tears
- Transcendentalism
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Underground Railroad
- Utopian Communities
- War of 1812
- War of 1812 – Campaigns
- Whig Party
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