IndexIndex
A & P, 675
AARP. SeeAmerican Association of
Retired Persons (AARP)
Abolitionism, 281–283, 356–357
Abortion, 10, 827–829, 844, 862
rates by state, 830m
Roe v. Wade and, 828–829, 851
state laws on, 830m
Abstinence, 273f, 274
Abu Ghraib prison, 862
Accident insurance plans, 565
Acheson, Dean, 741, 745
Acquired immunodeficiency syn-
drome (AIDS), 833–834, 833m
Adams, Abigail, 133, 134f
Adams, Charles Francis, 379,
458–459, 472, 473
Adams, Henry, 180, 472f, 508,
518, 530
Adams, John, 80, 90, 133n
alcohol consumption by, 280
Alien and Sedition Acts and,
165–166
Boston Massacre and, 106
on Calhoun, 213
Constitutional Convention
and, 146
death of, 219–220
Declaration of Independence
and, 118
election of 1796 and, 164
on events leading to revolution,
102, 103
at First Continental Congress,
108, 109
gentility and, 224
Jefferson and, 209
judiciary and, 176
Louisiana Purchase and, 180
on Pain, 117
as president, 164–166
on son, 212
as vice president, 153
XYZ Affair and, 165
Adams, John Quincy
in 1824 election, 214f, 218, 249
in 1828 election, 249–250, 266
background of, 212–213
on Jackson, 248
on Missouri controversy, 218
on Monroe, 209
presidency of, 218–219
as secretary of state, 207
sectional issues and, 210f
on slavery, 282
Texas question and, 299
Transcontinental Treaty and, 206
Treaty of Ghent and, 203
Adams, Samuel, 104, 106, 106f, 112,
114, 152
Adamson Act, 619
Addams, Jane, 506, 507, 507f, 515,
567, 623
Adena communities, 5
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, 564
Administration of Justice Act, 108
Adolescence, 838
Advertising
in 1920s, 659, 660f
radio, 649
AEF. SeeAmerican Expeditionary
Force (AEF)
Afghanistan
elections in, 879
Soviets in, 812–813, 812f
Afghanistan War, 584–585, 713,
877 f, 878m
Bush and, 858–859
compared with Vietnam war, 764
Obama and, 764, 876–879
AFL.SeeAmerican Federation of
Labor (AFL)
Africa, 12–14
Barbary pirates from, 177
colonization movement and, 234
diseases in, 13
population in 1500, 13m
African Americans
in 1920s, 656–659
abolitionism and, 282–283
in American Revolution, 132
Black Codes and, 407, 409black militancy and, 579–581
civil rights movement and,
769–771
in Civil War, 385–386, 396–397
during Cold War, 756–758
colonization movement and, 234
as cowboys, 452
crime and, 837
culture of, 658–659
disenfranchisement of, 537
education for, 538, 579
Hurricane Katrina and, 863–864
Industrial Revolution and, 228
Jefferson on, 173
labor unions and, 478
lynchings and, 579f
Missouri constitution and, 218
mistreatment of, in South, 408
New Deal and, 700–701
in North, in 19th century, 234
northern migration by, 625, 657
politicians, during Reconstruction,
413–417
in post–Reconstruction era,
537–540
progressives and, 578–579
segregation and, 537–539,
578–579
sharecropping and, 420–421
voting intimidation and, 423
in War of 1812, 200, 204
white violence against, 423
women, during World War II, 721
during World War I, 622,
624–626
in World War II, 717–719
African colonization movement, 539
African Methodist Church, 234
African slaves, 58, 60, 63, 63f
See alsoSlaves
African slave trade, 59m, 71
Afrika Korps, 723
Afro-American League, 539
The Age of Innocence(Wharton), 656
Age of Reason, 88–89
Aging population, 844–845I1Note:Italicized letters f, m, andnfollowing page numbers indicate figures
(photos, illustrations, and graphs), maps, and footnotes, respectively.