Abercromby, General James, 85, 86. Abolition, 309; bibliography, 321. Abolition party, 290, 296, 315. Abraham, Plains of, 89. Acadia, 72.
Adams, Charles Francis, 402, 478. Adams, Charles Francis, Junior, 346. Adams, John, portrait, 207; Revolu- tionary activities of, 105, 116, 120- 127, 130; vice-president, 191; presi- dent, 207-211.
Adams, John Quincy, portrait, 266; supports embargo policy, 229; peace commissioner at Ghent, 246; secretary of state, 254; president, 265-269; opposes annexation of Texas, 293; defends right of peti- tion, 311; makes threat of seces- sion, 346.
Adams, Samuel, 112, 113, 116, 186. Adamson law, 562.
Agriculture, Department of, 457. Agriculture, development of, in West, 306.
Aguinaldo, 510, 511.
Aix-la-Chapelle, the Peace of, 79. Alabama, admitted, 258; secedes, 345.
Alexander VI, Pope, issues bull of May 4, 1493, 8.
Alger, Russell A., inefficiency of the War Department under, 505; resignation of, 508.
Alien Act, 210; bibliography, 222. Allen, Ethan, 121. Altgeld, Governor, 470. Alverstone, Lord, 529. Amendments, to the Constitution, the first ten, 193; bibliography, 205; twelfth, 211; thirteenth, 425; fourteenth, 428, 429, 430; fifteenth, 439, 464; sixteenth and seventeenth, 544.
America, the naming of, 9. American Antislavery Society, 309. American cabinet, 192. American coast, blockade of, 1813, 238; bibliography, 250. American Colonization Society, 308. American diplomacy, beginnings of,
146. See Neutrality, Monroe Doc- trine, Open-door Policy, Treaty. American doctrine of expatriation, 481.
American Federation of Labor, 454. American fleet, voyage of, around the world, 1907, 537.
Alabama, The, 402; bibliography, American neutrality and the mission 407.
of Genêt, 202; bibliography, 206. "Alabama Claims," 475, 476, 477; American Republics, Bureau of, bibliography, 495.
Alamance, battle of the, 106.
Alaska, purchase of, 478; bibliog- American Tobacco Company, 543.
Alaskan boundary dispute, 528.
Alexander, General William, 130,
Amherst, Colonel Geoffrey, 86, 88. Anderson, Major Robert, 349. André, Major John, 162.
Andros, Sir Edmund, governor- general of New England, 51, 59,
Anti-Federalists, 185, 197. Anti-Masonic party, 278.
Appomattox, Lee's surrender at, 420; bibliography, 423.
Arabic, torpedoed, 558.
Arbitration treaties, 491, 527, 528, 544.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, begin- ning of, 305.
Bancroft, George, 297, 426.
Bank, United States, first, 196, 197; second, 251; applies for new charter, 279; Jackson's war on, 281-283; bibliography, 288.
Arkansas, admitted to the Union, Banks, Nathaniel P., 330, 376.
307; secedes, 350, 356. Armed Neutrality, 155. Armistead, General Lewis A., 388. Arnold, Benedict, portrait, 161; at Ticonderoga, 121; at Quebec, 122; on Lake Champlain, 132; at Fort Stanwix, 139; at Free- man's Farm, 143, 144; treason of, 161, 162; in Virginia, 166; bibliography, 174.
"Aroostook War," 292.
Barnburners," 315.
Barron, Commodore James, 227. Bayard, James A., 247. Bayard, Thomas F., first American ambassador to England, 487. Beaumarchais, Pierre A. C. de, 146. Beauregard, General Pierre G. T., portrait, 358; fires on Fort Sumter, 350; at first Manassas, 358; at Shiloh, 355; at Drewry's Bluff, 413.
Arthur, Chester A., portrait, 454; Beecher, Henry Ward, 455.
Articles of Confederation,
defects of, 178; proposal to amend,
179; bibliography, 189.
Ashby, General Turner, 373.
Belgium, invaded by Germans, 554. Belknap, William W., secretary of war, impeached, 443.
Bell, John, nominated for president, 342. Belligerency, recognition of Con- federate, 397; bibliography, 407. Bemis Heights, battle of, 143.
Attorney-general, office of, created, Bennington, battle of, 138.
British West Indies, trade with, 203, 204.
Brooklyn Heights, battle of, 130. Brooks, Preston, assault on Sumner, 331.
Brown, John, portrait, 337; in Kansas, 332; raid on Harper's Ferry, 337; execution of, 338; bibliography, 339.
Bryan, William J., portrait, 471; first nomination for presidency, 472; indorsed by Populists, 472; second nomination for presidency, 516; third nomination for presi- dency, 538; supports Woodrow Wilson, 548; as secretary of state goes to California to prevent anti- Japanese legislation, 550; resigns from cabinet, 557.
Border states, attitude of, on seces- Buchanan, James, candidate for sion, 347.
Boston, British troops sent to, 105; bibliography, 111; "Tea Party," 1773, 113; closing of the port, 114, 115; blockade of, 117; "Boston Massacre," 105.
Botetourt, Lord, 105.
Bowen, Herbert W., 525.
Boxer movement in China, 515. Boycotts, 449.
Boy-Ed, Captain Karl, 559.
Braddock, General Edwin, 82, 83. Bradford, William, 33.
Bradley, Justice, 446. Bradstreet, Colonel John, 87.
Bragg, General Braxton, 389, 392. Brandy Station, fight at, 385.
Democratic nomination in 1844, 295; secretary of state, 297; tries to purchase Cuba, 324; con- nection with Ostend Manifesto, 325; nominated for presidency, 332; breach with Douglas, 335; attitude on secession, 348; bibliog- raphy, 356.
Buckner, General Simon B., 364, 472.
Buell, General Don Carlos, 362, 389.
Buena Vista, battle of, 301.
Bull Run. See Manassas.
Bulloch, Captain James D., 403. Bunker Hill, battle of, 119; bibliog- raphy, 128.
Brandywine, battle of the, 140; Burgoyne, General John, sent to
Brazil, discovered by Cabral, 4. Breckinridge, John C., nominated for president, 341.
British attack on Washington and Baltimore, 245; bibliography, 250. British blockade of American ports, 1813, 238; bibliography, 250. British colonial system, defects in the, 92.
Boston, 118; advances from Canada to the Hudson, 137-139; checked at Freeman's Farm, 143; surrenders at Saratoga, 144. Burke, Edmund, 93, 100, 114. Burnside, 382, 383.
Burr, Aaron, elected vice-president,
211; kills Alexander Hamilton, 221; forms conspiracy in the west, 222; bibliography, 223.
British intrigues with the Indians, Butler, General Benjamin F., 367,
British orders in Council, 225; Butler, Pierce, 180.
Byrd, William, of Westover, 70.
Cabinet, American, 192. Cabot, John, 9. Cahokia, 153.
Carpet-baggers," 435. Carr, Dabney, 113.
Carranza, General Venustiano, recog- nition of, 552.
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, por- trait, 127.
Carteret, Sir George, 46. South Cartier, Jacques, 11. 268; Carver, John, 33.
Calhoun, John C., portrait, 280; reports bill establishing second Bank of the United States, 251; secretary of war, 254; vice- president, 265; prepares Carolina Exposition," develops doctrine of State sovereignty, 273; breach with Jackson, 276, 277, bibliography, 288; nullification controversy, 280, 281; concludes treaty for annexa- tion of Texas, 293; views on slavery, 312; last speech, 317; death, 321.
California, occupation of, 301, bibliog- raphy, 307; discovery of gold in, 304; question of slavery in, 314; admitted to Union, 316; anti-Japanese agitation in, 536, 550; presidential vote, 1916, 564. Calvert, Cecilius, second Lord Balti- more, portrait, 29; adopts policy of religious toleration, 30.
Calvert, Charles, 59.
Cass, Lewis, 295, 315. Catholics, 28.
Cerro Gordo, battle of, 302.` Cervera, Admiral, 501, 503. Champion's Hill, fight at, 391. Champlain, Samuel de, 72. Chancellorsville, battle of, 384; bibliography, 395.
Charles I, personal government of, 35. Charles II, restoration of, 46, 57. Charleston, founding of, 1680, 56; population, 1760, 62; attack on, June, 1776, 126; fall of, May 12, 1780, 158.
Chase, Salmon P., leader of anti- slavery forces in Senate, 328; secretary of the Treasury, 409; Chief Justice, 432, 437.
Calvert, George, first Lord Baltimore, Chase, Samuel, impeachment of, 28.
Chatham, Earl of. See William Pitt.
Camden, battle of, 160; bibliography, Chattanooga, campaign of 1863, 174.
Canada, French settlement in, 72, 73, bibliography, 91; British con- quest of, 87-90, bibliography, 91; invited to send delegates to Continental Congress, 117; inva- sion of, 1775, 122, bibliography, 128; war on the frontier of, 1813- 14, 241-244, bibliography, 250; reciprocity treaty with, 1854, 323, 1911, 543.
392; battle of, 394; bibliography, 395.
Cherokees, 200, 277.
Chesapeake-Leopard encounter, 227. Chickamauga, battle of, 393. Child labor, products of, excluded from interstate commerce, 560. Chile, dispute with, 485. China, threatened partition of, 514; Boxer movement in, 515; bibli- ography, 519.
Canning, George, British foreign Chinese exclusion, 482; bibliography,
secretary, 263, 264.
Cannon, Joseph G., 542.
Capital, location of the national, 195. Caribbean Sea, advance of the United States in, 553.
Carleton, General Guy, 130, 132. Carolina, charter of, 1663, 55. Carolinas, Sherman's march through, 419.
Chinese indemnity, return of, 515. Chippewa, battle of, 243. Chrystler's Farm, battle of, 243. Churches, divided by slavery dis- cussion, 311.
Circumnavigation, of the globe, 10. Civil Rights Bill, 428. Civil service, 213.
Civil Service Commission, 453. Civil Service Reform, bibliography, 473.
Civil War, financial readjustment after, bibliography, 473. Civil War in England, 36. Claiborne, William, 28, 30. Clarendon, Earl of, portrait, 46. Clark, Champ, 542, 547.
Clark, George Rogers, portrait, 152; expedition of, 152; bibliography, 156.
Clark, William. See Lewis and Clark. Clay, Henry, portrait, 289; speaker of the House, 232; peace com- missioner at Ghent, 247; advocates Missouri Compromise, 261; candi- date for presidency, 1824, 265; secretary of state, 266; duel with John Randolph, 266; candi- date for presidency, 1832, 278; defeated by Jackson, 279; assumes leadership of Whigs, 290; candi- date for presidency, 1844, 295; defeated by Polk, 296; proposes Compromise of 1850, 316; death,
Clayton Anti-Trust bill, 550. Clayton-Bulwer treaty, negotiated, 304; efforts to modify, 484; abrogated, 530. Cleveland, Grover, portrait, 456; nominated for presidency, 1884, 455; election of, 456, bibliography, 474; events of his first adminis- tration, 456-459; defeated by Harrison, 1888, 460; reëlected in 1892, 467; events of his second administration, 468-470; opposes annexation of Hawaiian Islands, 488; Venezuelan message, 490; Cuban policy, 495. Clinton, De Witt, 253. Clinton, Sir Henry, sent to Boston,
Clive, Robert, wins battle of Plassey, 90.
Coercive acts of 1774, 114; bibliog- raphy, 128.
Cold Harbor, battle of, 413. Coligny, Admiral, leader of the Huguenots, 13.
Colombia, rejects Hay-Herran Con- vention, 531.
Colonial policy, of the Restoration, 46, bibliography, 71; of 1763, 97. Colonial system, defects in, revealed by the French and Indian War, 94. Colorado, admitted to the Union, 1876, 465.
Columbia, District of, 192. Columbia University, 70. Columbus, Christopher, belief that the earth was a sphere, 2; early life, 5; first voyage, 6; later voyages, 8; death, 9; bibliog- raphy, 17.
Commerce, colonial, 66, 67; bibliog- raphy, 71.
Commerce, interior, based on cotton and slavery, 260. Commission form of city government, 545.
Committees of correspondence, local, 112; intercolonial, 113; bibliog- raphy, 128. Compromises, the three fifths, 183; between the big states and the little states, 182, bibliography, 189; on slavery, 184, bibliography, 190; Missouri, 261, bibliography, 270; tariff of 1833, 280; of 1850, 316, bibliography, 322.
Confederacy, blockade of the, 397; bibliography, 407.
Confederate cruisers, 403; bibliog- raphy, 407.
Confederation. See Articles of Con- federation.
118; fails in attack on Charleston, 126; in battle of Long Island, 131; evacuates Philadelphia, 149; withdraws to New York, 150; captures Charleston, 158; sends André to confer with Arnold, 162; plans invasion of Virginia, 165, 166; outwitted by Washington, 168. | Conkling, Roscoe, 453.
Congregationalists, 32. Congress, First Continental, 115, bibliography, 128; Second Con- tinental, 120; flees to Baltimore, 135; appoints peace com- missioners, 169; Congress of the United States, first session, 192.
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