Index I5Bolsheviks, 620
The Bombardment of Fort McHenry,
203 f
Bonanza farms, 447
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 166
America and, threat to, 198
defeat of, 202
Great Britain and, 186–187
Louisiana Purchase and, 177–180
shipping policy and, 196
Bonomi, Patricia, 72f
Bonsack cigarette-rolling
machine, 458
Bonus Army, 679
Book of Mormon, 277
Books, 15, 70
See alsoLiterature
in mid-nineteenth century,
290–291
Boomers, 826, 840
aging of, 844–845
Millennials and, 821–822
Booths, John Wilkes, 404
Bootleggers, 653
Borah, William E., 632
Border issues, with Canada, 205–206
Borders, map of, 208m
Bosnia, 854
Bosnian refugees, 823
Boston, Massachusetts, 37, 65, 71, 74
cultural life in, 502
foreign-born population in, 496
Route 128, 809
Boston Associates, 225
The Bostonians(James), 521
Boston Latin School, 70
Boston Manufacturing Company, 225
Boston Massacre, 105–106, 105f
Boston Port Act, 108
Boston Public Library, 291
Boston Symphony, 502
Boston Tea Party, 107–108, 114
Bouquet, Henry, 96f
Bowen, Francis, 471
Bower, John, 203f
Bowers, Claude G., 704
Bowie, Jim, 299
Boxer Rebellion, 602
Boxing, 502, 650, 708–709
Boycotts, colonial, 103, 108
Bozeman Trail, 438
BP oil spill, 797, 849, 874–876, 876f
Braddock, Edward, 93
Braddock, James J., 708–709, 709f
Bradford, William, 35–36, 39, 112
Bradley, Ed, 838
Bradley, Joseph P., 426–427
Bradley, Omar N., 746–747
Bradstreet, Anne, 66
Braille, 278
Brain Trust, 690
Brandeis, Louis D., 618, 619,
690, 696
Brandywine, battle of, 123
Brazil, 22
The Breakfast (Paxton), 486f
Breckenridge, John C., 364, 365
Breed’s Hill, 115–116, 116f
Bremer, Fredericka, 271f
Breweries, 502
Brewster, William, 35
Briand, Aristide, 672
Bridges, 501
Bridgman, Laura, 278
Brill, A. A., 560, 643
Bringhurst, John, 74
British Guiana, 590
British Navy, 159
British Petroleum (BP), 797, 849,
875–876
British troops, 134
quartering of, 103, 105
Brock, Isaac, 199
Brooklyn Bridge, 501f
Brooks, N. C., 586
Brooks, Preston S., 357
Brothels, 506f
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, 718
Brown, Gordon, 871
Brown, John, 354, 354f, 356,
362–363, 362f, 365t
Brown, Joseph E., 414
Brown, Moses, 225
Brownson House, 507
Brown University, 87, 293
Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, 757, 774–775
Bryan, William Jennings
“Cross of Gold” speech of, 546,
547 f, 548f
election of 1896 and, 546,
548–551, 549f, 551m
election of 1908 and, 573
Philippines and, 596
Scopes trial and, 651–652
Wizard of Ozand, 544f
Bryan-Chamorro Treaty, 613
Bryce, James, 557, 585, 613
Bryn Mawr College, 513
Bubonic plague, 25
Buchanan, James, 352
election of 1856 and, 357–358
Lecompton constitution and, 359
secession crisis and, 367
Buchanan, Patrick, 823Buchenwald, 724f
Budbury, Jones, 398
Budget deficits
in 1990s, 817
1992–2010, 873f
in 2010, 849
under Reagan, 809
Budget Reconciliation Act, 805
Budget surplus, 848
Buffalo, 54–55, 436, 440–441, 440f
Bulgaria, 814
Bulge, Battle of the, 724
Bull Run, battle of, 376–377, 393f
Bulwer, Henry Lytton, 348
Bundy, McGeorge, 766
Bunker Hill, battle of, 115–116
Bureau of Corporations, 577
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 701
Burgoyne, John, 122
Burke, Edmund, 108, 114
Burlesques, 502
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 518
Burnham, Daniel, 501, 502
Burns, Anthony, 351, 353
Burns, Ken, 719f
Burnside, Ambrose E., 386–387
Burr, Aaron
in 1800 election, 172, 172m
conspiracy of, 183, 186
duel with Hamilton, 181–182,
181 f, 183f
Federalists’ secession attempt
and, 181
Burr, William Henry, 333f
Bush, George H. W.
economy during, 817
election of 1988 and, 813
election of 1992 and, 851
Persian Gulf War and, 815–817
as president, 813–817
Bush, George W.
2008–2009 financial crisis and,
869–871
9/11 attacks and, 584
Afghanistan war and, 858–859
election of 2000 and, 584,
855–856
election of 2004 and, 860, 862
Hurricane Katrina and,
863–864
Iraq War and, 859–860, 860f,
864–865, 868
Kyoto Protocol and, 875
September 11, 2001 and,
857–858
war on terrorism and, 858–859
Bushman, Richard, 224f
Bushnell, Horace, 274