Sumter Fort, held by Federal Government, 172; attempt to reinforce, 172; Lincoln sends supplies to, 172; Davis consents to bombardment of, 173; surrender of, 173; anger at attack on, 173-174
Supreme Court, independence of, 45; pronounces a National Bank constitutional, 57; Jackson on, 105; decides against Dred Scott, 146
Taft, President, succeeds Roosevelt, 236; denounced by Roosevelt, 236
Talleyrand and "X.Y.Z. letters," 63; Jefferson's negotiations with, 69
Taney, Roger, a Catholic, 39; Attorney-General, 105; and Jackson's Veto Message, 105; appointed Secretary to the Treasury, 106; Senate refuses to confirm, 106; his judgment in the Dred Scott case, 146; supports the Union, 165
Tarleton, leader of South Carolina "Tories," 31; defeated at Cowpens, 31
Taylor, Zachary, defeats Mexicans, 122; Whig candidate for Presidency, 124; Lowell's satire on, 124; elected, 125; on California, 125; an obstacle to Clay, 126; death of, 126
Tea Tax, imposed, 17; resisted in Boston, 17
Tennessee, Jackson commands in, 74; nominates Jackson for Presidency, 92; rejects Secession, 171; secedes, 175
Territories surrendered to Federal Government, 44; Slavery in, 85, 142 _et seq._, 160; Douglas eager for development of, 141-142
Texas, secedes from Mexico, 115; the "Lone Star State," 116; seeks admission to the Union, 116; Calhoun eager to annex, 116; boundary of, in dispute, 117; Secessionism in, 171
Thirteenth Amendment, Slavery abolished by, 203
Thomas, General, a Virginian Unionist, 97; associated with Sherman in the West, 97
Tobacco industry in American colonies, 11
Townshend, Charles, proposes taxation of Colonies, 17
_Trent_, the, Mason and Slidell take passage on, 182; stopped by Captain Wilkes, 182; anger in England over, 183
Trusts, unpopularity of, 234; Roosevelt attacks, 235
Tyler, Whig candidate for Vice-Presidency, 113; succeeds Harrison as President, 114; differences with Whig leaders, 114-115; appoints Calhoun Secretary of State, 115; Democrats refuse to accept as candidate, 119
Union, urgent need for, 41-42; difficulties of, 43; achieved, 51; Western feeling for, 72; Jackson's devotion to the, 100; Clay called upon to save the, 125; Abolitionists hostile to the, 133, 136; South Carolina's view of the, 157; Lincoln declares perpetual, 168; calls for soldiers to defend the, 174