A Brief History of the United States

Excerpt

It is not too much to assert that most of our countrymen acquire at school
all the knowledge they possess of the past history of their country.  In
view of this fact it is most desirable that a history of the United States
for elementary schools should present not only the essential features of
our country’s progress which all should learn, but also many things of
secondary consequence which it is well for every young American to know.