An American History

INDEX ★ A-103

freedom in, 634–39

labor in, 639–47

liberty of contract in, 636–37

political parties in, 631

politics in, 629–34

Social Darwinism, 635–36

social reform in, 643–44

state governments in, 624

Gilded Age, The (Twain and Warner), 630

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860–1935),

700, 710, 712, 747

Gingrich, Newt (1943–), 1077

Ginsberg, Allen (1926–1997), 967–68

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (1933–), 1076

Gitlow, Benjamin (1891–1965), 798

Glacier Point, Calif., 727

Gladden, Washington (1836–1918), 644

Glasgow, 768

glasnost, 1067

Glass-Steagall Act (1932), 824, 1085

Gleason, Jackie (1916–1987), 947

globalization, 1072, 1074, 1080–86, 1088,

1089, 1091, 1133, 1137, 1153

global warming, 981, 1111, 1112 , 1146

GNP, see gross national product

Goddess of Democracy and Freedom, 1071

Godkin, E. L. (1831–1902), 597, 687

gold, 1044

corporate mining of, 618

Goldbergs, The (TV show), 947

Gold Coast, 917, 963

Golden Anniversary of the Festival of

Lights, 811

“golden door,” 803

Goldman, Emma (1869–1940), 713, 714,

753, 771

Goldman Sachs, 1133

gold rush, California, 614

gold standard, 632, 657, 811, 824, 901, 1044

Gold Standard Act (1900), 659

Goldwater, Barry (1909–1998), 994–95,

1010, 1030–31, 1058, 1078

Gompers, Samuel (1850–1924), 676, 704,

706, 707, 747

Gonzáles, Rodolfo Corky, 1019

Goodman, Andrew (1949–1964), 993

Good Neighbor Policy, 864, 887

Gorbachev, Mikhail (1931–), 1067–68,

1068 , 1071

Gore, Albert (1907–1998), 977

Gore, Albert, Jr. (1948–), 1103–4

debates with Bush, 1105

Goshorn, Shan, 1099

General Slocum, 692
General Theory of Employment, Interest,
and Money (Keynes), 844
Geneva:
summit conference in, 962
Vietnam peace conference in, 964
Geneva Accords (1954), 964, 1006
Geneva Conventions, First, 1119, 1127
Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907), 761
George, Henry (1839–1897), 641, 642, 646,
646 , 703, 715, 717
Georgia, 576, 660, 856, 1048, 1126
Confederate flag and, 977
textiles in, 660
German-Americans, 615, 669, 706, 806
Prohibition and, 752
World War I and, 743, 759, 1119
World War II and, 866, 890
Germany, 749 , 772, 773 , 774, 775, 795,
871–73, 898, 902, 919, 1043, 1047,
1134, 1151, 1152
aggression by, 866
D-Day and, 871
declaration of war against U.S. of, 869
division of, 910, 912
empire of, 735
in Great Depression, 811
industry in, 605
invasion of Soviet Union by, 868, 908
Iraq War and, 1116
occupation of, 912–13
post-Cold War, 1072
progressivism in, 715
rise of Hitler in, 822, 865
socialism in, 706
Soviet Union invasion of, 898
submarine war and, 869, 871
Venezuela crisis and, 739
in World War I, 742
in World War II, 890, 898, 900, 901
see also East Germany; West Germany
Geronimo (1829–1909), 624
Gettysburg Address, The, 854, 905
Ghana, 963, 1094
Ghost Dance, 627
GI Bill of Rights (1944), 882–83, 890, 894,
922, 954
Gilded Age, 603–48, 703, 704, 706, 715,
720
corruption of politics in, 629–30
courts in, 638–39
economy in, 632
elections in, 631