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- Connery, William P., 384â85, 395
- Conot, Robert, 459
- Constitution, 9, 10, 46, 90â91, 98â101
passim
, 633, 676- adoption of, 70, 86, 91, 96, 98â99
- Bill of Rights, 99
- 1st Amendment 100
- 13th Amendment, 192, 198, 204
- 14th Amendment, 198, 204, 260â61, 449, 526
- 15th Amendment, 198, 449
- 16th Amendment, 349
- 17th Amendment, 349
- 19th Amendment, 384
- 22nd Amendment, 675
- adoption of, 70, 86, 91, 96, 98â99
- constitutions, state, 83, 110, 291
- Continental Congress, 71, 81
- contras, 585â87, 613
- Conwell, Russell, 262
- Cooke, Marvel, 404
- Coolidge, Calvin, 387
- Cooper, Richard, 590
- Copeland, John, 186
- Corbin, Margaret, 110
- Cornbury, Lord, 48
- Cornell, Ezra, 262
- corporate executives, income of, 581
- corporations, multinational, 568â69
- Cortés, Hernando, 11â12, 14, 17, 18
- Cott, Nancy, 111, 114, 115, 117
- Cotton, John, 108
- cotton, 89, 125, 129, 171, 219, 274, 283, 284, 285, 301, 301, 408, 459
- Coulter, E. Merton, 237
- Council for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze, 603
- Cox, Archibald, 549
- “Coxey's Army,” 260, 294
- Crafts, Thomas, 75
- Crane Stephen, 237
- Cranston, Alan, 546
- Crawford, James, 454â55
- Creek Indians, 54, 55, 126, 127â28, 129, 132, 134â35, 141â43
- Creel, George, 364, 365, 369
- Crevecoeur, Hector St. Jean, 53â54
- crime, 637, 665
- Crockett, Davy, 136
- Croly, Herbert, 350â51
- Cuba: Castro, Fidel, 439â41, 554, 634
- Spain and, 3, 5â7, 301, 302, 303
- Spanish-American war and independence of, 309â13, 318, 408, 439
- U.S. and, 297, 299, 302â03, 439, 647, 657
- Spain and, 3, 5â7, 301, 302, 303
- Cullen, Countee, 444
- Curti, Merle, 383
- Czechoslovakia, 429, 592
- Daly, Marcus, 289
- Darrow, Clarence, 365
- D'Aubuisson Roberto, 590
- Davidson, Basil, 27
- Davis, Angela, 542
- Davis, Benjamin 448
- Davis, Hugh, 30
- Dawley, Alan, 232â33
- Day, Luke, 92, 93
- death penalty, 574, 645
- Debs, Eugene, 278, 279, 281, 330, 339â41, 347â48, 367â68
- Declaration of Independence, 70â75
passim
, 558, 665, 674, 682 - Degler, Carl, 85
- Deloria, Vine, Jr., 525â26, 527
- Denison, George, 539
- Depew, Chauncey, 273
- Diem, Ngo Dinh, 472, 473, 474â75
- Dix, Dorothea, 121
- Dole, Robert, 643
- Dole, Sanford B., 299
- Dole family, 300
- Dominican Republic, 408, 592
- Donnelly, Ignatius, 288â89
- Dorr, Thomas, 214â16
- Dorr's Rebellion, 215â16
- Dos Passos, John, 374, 391
- Douglas, William O., 435
- Douglass, Frederick, 157â58, 180â81, 182â83, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 209
- Dreiser, Theodore, 322, 383
- Dresden, bombing of, 421
- Drew, Charles, 415
- Drew, Elizabeth, 595
- Drinan, Robert, 553
- Du Bois, W. E. B., 23, 175, 185â86, 192, 193, 210, 328â29, 348â49, 363, 448, 686
- Dukakis, Michael, 583, 611
- Duke, James, 254, 262
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 445
- Dunmore, Lord, 82
- Dylan, Bob, 537, 538
- Earth Summit (1992), 577
- Easley, Ralph, 352, 353
- Eastern Europe, 591â92
- East Germany, 591
- Eastman, Crystal, 343
- Eastman, Max, 370â71
- East Timor, 567, 595, 655â56
- Eaton, John, 133, 139
- ecological crisis, 576
- Edelman, Marian Wright, 571, 610
- Edelman, Peter, 649
- Edison, Thomas, 254
- education, 9, 21, 111, 118, 556, 574, 651
- blacks, 89, 198, 199, 202, 208, 450, 466, 467
- colleges, 219, 262, 263
- public schools and high schools, 263â64
- women, 110, 115, 118, 123, 509
- blacks, 89, 198, 199, 202, 208, 450, 466, 467
- Ehrlichman, John, 543, 544
- Eisenhower, Dwight, 391, 435, 439, 440, 473, 474, 475, 560, 583, 643, 661
- Elders, Jocelyn, 645
- election of 2000, 675â77
- Elkins, Stanley, 33â34
- Ellsberg, Daniel, 470, 487â88, 543, 544
- El Mozote massacre, 591
- El Salvador, 572, 589â91, 606â07, 608, 648
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 146â47, 156, 186, 221
- Engel, George, 271
- Engerman, Stanley, 173
- environmental movement, 575
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 576, 613
- Ethiopia: Italian invasion, 409, 410, 421
- Ettor, Joseph, 331, 335, 336, 337
- Evans, George Henry, 222
- Evans, Rowland, 498
- Everett, Edward, 146, 219
- Evers, Medgar, 538
- Fair Employment Practices Commission, 415
- Fairfax, Lord, 84
- “fairness doctrine,” 564
- Farmer, James, 464
- Farmers Alliance, 283â94
passim - farming, 84, 197, 206
- Depression (1930s), 392, 397
- farmers' movements (19th century), 264, 282â95
- grain, 253, 261, 283, 286, 287, 301
- mechanization of, 219, 253, 283
- Shays' Rebellion, 91â95, 98
- tenants and rebellions (Colonial era and 18th century), 47, 62â65, 84, 85â86, 91â95, 211, 212â14
- see also
cotton; land; slavery; tobacco
- Depression (1930s), 392, 397
- farm workers, 614, 615
- Faulkner, Harold, 350
- Faulkner, William, 283â84
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 433, 434, 462, 463â64, 489, 490, 534, 544, 554â55, 556, 645â46
- Federalist Papers,
96â97 - Federal Reserve System, 651
- Feingold, Henry, 415
- feminist movements: 19th century, 117, 119â24
passim
, 184â85, 202- early 20th century, 342â46, 349
- 1960s and 1970s, 504â14
- 1980s and 1990s, 616
- early 20th century, 342â46, 349
- Fine, Sidney, 400
- Firestone, Shulamith, 511, 513
- Firestone company, 399
- Fischer, Adolph, 271
- Fiske, John, 82
- Fite, Emerson, 233
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 383
- Flagler, H. M., 207
- Fletcher, Benjamin, 48
- Flexner, Eleanor, 115, 122, 384
- Florida: acquisition of, 129, 685
- election of 2000 and, 676â77
- Seminole Indians, 127, 128, 129, 141, 143â46
- election of 2000 and, 676â77
- Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, 334, 336, 344, 347, 436
- Fogel, Robert, 173
- Foner, Eric, 80
- Foner, Philip, 159, 223, 244, 303â04, 308, 309â10, 317, 328, 372, 431
- Food Not Bombs, 617
- Ford, Ford Madox, 374
- Ford, Gerald, 544, 545, 546â47, 549, 550, 551, 552, 556
- Ford, Henry, 324, 387
- Ford Motor Company, 387, 401
- foreign aid, 426â27, 429, 438
- Foreman, Grant, 147â48
- Forsberg, Randall, 603
- Fortune, Thomas, 208â09
- Foster, William Z., 381
- France, 2, 9, 87, 80, 438
- Indochina, 412, 429, 469â71, 472
- Seven Years' War, 53, 59, 60, 61, 87
- slavery, 28
- World War I, 359â60, 361
- World War II, 409, 412, 417, 424
- Indochina, 412, 429, 469â71, 472
- Franklin, Benjamin, 44, 80, 85, 91, 107
- Franklin, George, 560
- Franklin, John Hope, 172
- Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 138
- Fremont, John C., 189
- French and Indian War (Seven Years' War), 53, 59, 60, 61, 77, 87
- Frick, Henry Clay, 260, 276, 277
- Friedan, Betty, 505, 506
- Friend, Isaac, 45
- Fuentes, Carlos, 607
- Fugitive Slave Act, 181, 186, 188
- Fuller, Margaret, 120
- Fussell, Paul, 361
- Gage, Nicholas, 572
- Gage, Thomas, 65
- Galbraith, John, 386
- Garland, Hamlin, 282â83
- Garner, Deborah Sampson, 110
- Garner, Lloyd, 413, 414
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 122, 187, 190
- The Liberator,
157, 182, 184 - Garvey, Marcus, 382
- Gary, Elbert, 350
- Gatewood, William, 318, 319
- Gaylin, Willard, 516
- gay movements, 616â17, 645
- General Motors, 400
- Genovese, Eugene, 175, 176, 177, 194
- George, Henry, 264, 272, 273
- Georgia, 82, 83
- Indians, 52, 126, 127, 128, 133, 134â35, 136, 137, 139, 140â41, 146
- Indians, 52, 126, 127, 128, 133, 134â35, 136, 137, 139, 140â41, 146
- German immigrants, 43, 46, 49, 160, 226, 265, 279
- socialism, 244, 249, 268, 270, 340
- socialism, 244, 249, 268, 270, 340
- Germany, 409
- Spanish Civil War, 409, 421
- World War I, 359â60, 361â62
- World War II, 17, 407, 410, 411, 412â13, 415, 421, 424
- Spanish Civil War, 409, 421
- Germany, East, 429
- Gerry, Elbridge, 91
- Gettleman, Marvin, 214
- Giddings, Joshua, 154
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 342
- Ginsburg, Ruth, 645
- Giraud, Henri, 412
- global warming, 577
- Gold, Harry, 433â34
- gold, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 18, 134, 139
- Golden, John, 352
- Goldman, Emma, 272, 277â78, 321, 345, 372, 375, 503
- Gompers, Samuel, 306, 308, 328, 352, 365, 380, 381
- Gonzalez, Henry, 587
- Goodman, Andrew, 456
- Goodwyn, Lawrence, 284â85, 286, 288, 289, 290â91, 292, 293
- Goodyear company, 400
- Gould, Jay, 254, 255, 258
- Gorbachev, Mikhail, 591
- Gore, Albert, 675â77
- Grady, Henry, 207
- Graham, Billy, 538
- Grant, Ulysses, 199, 204, 242
- Grantham, Thomas, 41
- Great Britain, 2, 9, 10, 12, 42, 183, 425, 426, 470
- King George's War, 52
- parliamentary government setup, 73, 74
- private property, 16, 27, 42
- Queen Anne's War, 52
- Seven Years' War, 53, 59, 60, 61, 87
- slavery, 28, 29
- War of 1812, 127
- World War I, 359â60, 361, 362
- World War II, 17, 407, 410, 411, 413, 414, 417, 421, 424
- see also
American colonies; Revolutionary War
- King George's War, 52
- Greece, 425â27, 429, 551
- Greek immigrants, 265
- Greeley, Horace, 159, 190â91
- Green, James, 340
- Greene, Jack, 59
- Greene, Nathanael, 83
- Greenglass, David, 433
- Greenspan, Alan, 651
- Greider, William, 580, 581
- Grenada, 588â89, 685
- Grenville, Richard, 12
- Grimké, Angelina, 120, 121
- Grimké, Sarah, 120â21
- Grover, William, 575â76
- Groves, Leslie, 423
- Guam, 312, 408
- Guatemala, 439, 586, 648
- Guinier, Lani, 645
- Gulf War, 594â600, 618â25, 652, 653â54
- Gutman, Herbert, 173, 178, 229
- Gwertzman, Bernard, 588â89
- Haig, Alexander, 546, 605
- Haig, Douglas, 360â61
- Haiti, 303, 408
- Haldeman, Robert, 543
- Hall, Bolton, 307, 308
- Haligren, Mauritz, 389â90
- Hamby, Alonzo, 428
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, 505
- Hamilton, Alexander, 77, 95â96, 97, 98, 101, 219, 417
- Hamilton, Richard F., 492
- Hammond, James, 174
- Hampton, Fred, 463, 555
- Hancock, John, 85
- Haney, Evan, 531
- Hanna, Mar, 351
- Harburg, Yip, 390â91
- Harding, Warren, 368, 384
- Harlan, Jobe, 204, 205
- Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 202
- Harriman, Averell, 414
- Harriman, E. H., 351
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 208
- Harris, Patricia, 566
- Harrison, Benjamin, 259, 260
- Harrison, William Henry, 126, 132
- Harte, Bret, 265
- Havel, Vaclav, 592
- Hawaii, interest in and annexation of, 297, 299, 300, 302, 306, 312, 408
- Hay, John, 309
- Hayes, Rutherford, 205, 246, 258
- Hays, Samuel, 353
- Haymarket affair, 272, 321
- Haywood, Big Bill, 330, 335, 336, 337â38, 340, 341, 373
- Headley, Joel Tyler, 236
- health and safety, 111, 117, 118â19, 662, 663
- in business and industry, 230, 239, 241, 242, 246, 254, 255, 256, 278, 325, 326, 327, 338â39, 346
- disease and epidemics, 40, 218, 221, 240
- Indians, 16, 87
- insurance and compensation, 349, 352â53, 651, 664
- and nuclear development, 441
- railroads, 245â46, 255, 256, 278
- in business and industry, 230, 239, 241, 242, 246, 254, 255, 256, 278, 325, 326, 327, 338â39, 346
- health care coverage, 611, 612
- health degradation, 638
- Hearst, William Randolph, 294, 390
- Heller, Joseph, 418
- Helms, Richard, 548
- Hemingway, Ernest, 374
- Henretta, James, 57
- Henry, Patrick, 68â69, 126
- Herndon, Angelo, 447
- Hersh, Seymour, 479, 573
- Hertsgaard, Mark, 591, 594
- Hiatt, Howard, 603
- Hill, Anita, 574
- Hill, Christopher, 74
- Hill, James J., 351
- Hill, Joe, 334â35
- Hiroshima, bombing of, 9, 17, 422
- Hispaniola, 3, 4, 7, 32, 685
- Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 149, 150, 151, 166
- Hitler, Adolf 407, 409, 410, 415
- Ho Chi Minh, 469, 470, 472
- Hoerder, Dirk, 66, 67
- Hoffman, Abbie, 613
- Hoffman, Ronald, 82, 83
- Hofstadter, Richard, 57, 187, 189, 192, 351, 361, 362, 563
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 366, 368
- Homestead strike, 276â77, 294, 321
- Honduras, 585
- Hoover, Herbert, 387, 392, 563
- Hopi Indians, 19, 529â30
- Hopkins, Harry, 414
- Horwitz, Morton, 239, 239â40
- House of Representatives, election of, 96
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