Download or read book Empire, Expansion and the Struggle for Freedom written by Jim Rodgers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the importance of political culture to the actions and lives of leading political characters during the time of American expansion and leading into the American Civil War (1820–1863). Strains of individualism, moralism, and traditionalism in American political culture shaped the political behaviors and events of this momentous era.