An American History

INDEX ★ A-85

American Missionary, 623

American National Exhibition, 940, 942

American Party, see Know-Nothing Party

American Protective League (APL), 754

American Psychiatric Association, 1037

American Railway Union, 656

American Revolution, 635, 878, 881, 906 ,

913, 921, 925, 1003, 1101

Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), 1097

American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T),

1037

American Tobacco, 728

American University, 991

American Way, 1020

American Woman Suffrage Association,

589

Ames, Adelbert (1835–1933), 599

Amnesty International, 1049

anarchism, 640, 645, 753, 759, 779

Anderson, John (1922–), 1057–58

Anderson, Marian (1897–1993), 850

Anderson, Sherwood (1876–1941), 810

Andersonville, Ga., Confederate prison at,

581

Andrews, Sidney (1837–1880), 568, 571

Angel Island, 697

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 963

Angola, 963

Ann Arbor, Mich., Beats in, 967

Anniston, Ala., 985

Anshutz, Thomas (1891–1912), 637

Anthony, Susan B. (1820–1906), 588, 589

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972), 1038,

1065

anti-Catholicism, 954, 979

Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 807

Anti-Imperialist League, 687, 688

anti-Semitism, 806, 807, 834, 885, 954,

1032, 1101

see also Jews

antiwar movement, Vietnam era, 1008–9,

1024–26, 1039, 1116, 1121

Apaches, 624

apartheid, 687, 1009, 1071

Appalachia, 998

poverty rates in, 1141

Appeal to Reason, 706

appeasement, 866

Apple Computers, 1082, 1083 , 1086

appliances, household, see consumerism,

and household appliances

Appomattox Courthouse, 579

aqueducts, 728

Alien Act (1798), 752, 1119
Alito, Samuel, Jr. (1950–), 1127
Allen, Richard (1760–1831), 591
Allende, Salvador (1908–1973), 1038
Alliance for Progress, 989–90
Allies:
in World War I, 742, 745, 745 , 749 , 768,
774
in World War II, 871, 896, 898, 900–903,
920
Al Qaeda, 1106, 1116, 1119
Altgeld, John Peter (1847–1902), 645
Amalgamated Association, 649–50, 769
America First Committee, 867
American Anti-Slavery Society, 586
American Ballet Caravan, 865
American Century, The (Luce), 880, 917
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 797,
801, 855–56, 932
American Commonwealth, The (Bryce), 687
American Creed, 897, 918
American Dilemma, An (Myrdal), 896 , 897
American Document, 854
American Economic Foundation, 953
“American Economic System,” 954
American Enterprise Institute, 1053
American Federation of Labor (AFL),
673–76, 704, 705–7, 747, 755, 769,
794, 831, 833, 854, 896, 922, 923, 960
American Freedom and Catholic Power
(Blanshard), 979
American Heritage Foundation, 906–7
American identity, 755–67
American Indian Movement, 1019, 1098
American Individualism (Hoover), 810
American International Group (AIG), 1129,
1134
Americanism, 802, 852, 853, 854, 918, 997
vs. racism, 854, 884
Americanization, 793, 802–6, 950
Catholics and, 807
of immigrants, 755–58, 802–3, 852,
884–86
see also assimilation
Americanization of the World, The; or,
the Trend of the Twentieth Century
(Stead), 734
American Jewish Committee, 854, 892, 895
American League, 724
American Legion, 931
American Liberty League, 840
American Medical Association, 724, 837,
920