A-114 ★ INDEX
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), 914
Mapuche, 614
March on Washington, 894, 988–89
Marie Antoinette, queen of France (1755–
1793), 612
Marine Corps, U.S., segregation in, 893
market economy:
capitalism and, 1081
and “captains of industry,” 609–11
competition in, 608–9
expansion of, 607
rich and poor in, 612–13
workers’ freedom and, 611–12
market fundamentalism, 1133–34
marriage, 1020 , 1037, 1101, 1101
see also Defense of Marriage Act;
divorce; gay rights
Marshall, George C. (1880–1959), 911
Marshall, Thurgood (1908–1993), 972–73
Marshall Island, and BP oil rig, 1137
Marshall Plan, 911, 989–90
Martí, José (1853–1895), 683
Martin, James “Spider,” 996
Martin, Mrs. Bradley (1841–1913), 612
Martin, Trayvon, 1143
Marx, Karl (1818–1883), 642, 743, 1103
Maryland, 994, 1023, 1042
gay marriage in, 1150
Massachusetts, 791, 1041, 1149
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics,
634
“massive retaliation,” 961
mass murders, in U.S., 1152
“master race,” 884, 924
maternalist reform, 722–24, 787, 837
maternity leave, paid, 1152
Mattachine Society, 1017
May Day, 645
Mayflower Compact (1620), 905
Maytag, 1120
Meat Inspection Act (1906), 696, 726
Mecca, 1001
Medicaid, 997, 1055, 1065, 1077, 1138,
1139
Medicare, 997, 1065, 1077
Mediterranean Sea, 910
Mellon, Andrew (1855–1937), 814
Melting Pot, The (Zangwill), 758
“melting pot”, U.S. as, 758, 761, 884, 952
Memphis, Tenn., 855, 907, 984, 1025, 1025
Reconstruction riot in, 584
Memphis Free Press, 667
Mencken, H. L. (1880–1956), 719McKinley, William (1843–1901), 658–59,
680 , 681, 682, 687, 707
assassination of, 725
Philippines and, 682–83, 684
McKinley administration, 684
McKinley Tariff (1890), 658
MacLeish, Archibald (1892–1982), 839, 920
Macmillan, Harold (1894–1986), 963
McNamara, Robert (1916–), 1041
McNary-Haugen Bill, 794
McNeill, George E. (1837–1906), 641, 687
McPherson, Aimee Semple (1890–1944), 835
McRea, Ed, 855
McReynolds, James C. (1862–1946), 793
McVeigh, Timothy (1968–2001), 1101–2
McWilliams, Carey (1905–1980), 849
Macy’s, 946
MAD (mutual assured destruction), 961
Madero, Francisco (1873–1913), 741
Madison, James (1751–1836), 932
Madison, Wis., Beats in, 967
Madison Square Garden, 868
Madoff, Bernard (1938–), 1133
Magna Carta (1215), 861
Mahan, Alfred T. (1840–1914), 679–80
Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon (Stead),
734
Maine, 841
gay marriage in, 1150
Maine, USS, 681
malaria, 738
Malaya, 917
Malaysia, 963
Malcolm X (1925–1965), 1001
Manchuria, 865, 899
Mandela, Nelson (1918–), 1071
Manhattan Project, 899
manifest destiny, 679
Manila Bay, 681, 684
Mann Act (1910), 644
Manning, Richard I. (1859–1931), 715–16
Man Nobody Knows, The (Sheeler), 786
Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of
Race (Montagu), 885
“manufacture of consent,” 790
manufacturing, 695, 698, 943, 949, 999,
1045–46, 1081, 1091, 1120
decline of, 1043–44, 1062, 1068, 1086,
1120, 1128, 1151
in Mexico, 1085
rebound in, 1141, 1144
unions and, 1062
see also industry