Word: americans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sixteen American colleges are now without presidents...
Best general references: Stanwood's Presidential Elections, particularly chapters I, XXI, XXIV and XXVII; O'Neil's American Electoral System, particularly chapters I and XXIV...
...present day the American people are confronted with the fact that the weakest point in their plan of government is the mode of choosing a president.- O'Neil...
...American Protective Tariff League offers to the undergraduate students of senior classes of colleges and universities in the United States, a series of prizes for essays...
...eight volumes is devoted to the period before the European discoveries. The book is a collection of articles by various writers, with critical essays and notes by Mr. Windsor. The history is not continuous, and only the salient points of each period are treated. A knowledge of American history is requisite for the reader, but for the student, the materials brought together are invaluable. Mr. Windsor contributes some very able papers in the fifth volume which are remarkable for their literary and historical treatment. As might be expected from the varied authorship, the work, judged as a historical narrative...