Index I13Ecological imperialism, 25, 27
E-commerce, 840, 855
Economic consolidation, 474–475
Economic crises. SeeFinancial crises
Economic Opportunity Act, 773, 776f
Economics
classical, 514
institutionalist school of, 514–515
of marriage, 517
Economists, laissez-faire, 473
Economy
of 1920s, 659, 675–676
Bank of the United States and,
253–254
during Bush Sr. administration,
817
during Carter administration,
800–802
during Clinton administration,
852, 853–854
colonial, 84–85
cotton boom in South and,
232–234
effects of Civil War on, 389–390
factory system, 224–225,
228–232
gentility and consumer
revolution, 224
during Great Depression,
677–680
household system and, 231
immigration and, 229–230
Industrial Revolution and,
231–232
Internet and, 855
in late 19th century, 458
Marshall Court and, 241–243
New York City and, 239–241
nineteenth century, 222–245
panic of 1837, 260, 262
in post–Civil War period, 532–533
post–Revolutionary, 144, 150
post–World War I, 634
post–World War II, 739
pre–Civil War, 341–342
railroads and, 338–341, 462–463
during Reagan administration,
805, 808–809
revival of slavery and, 233–234
Supreme Court and, 243f
transportation and, 235, 236, 237
during World War II, 716–717
Eden, Anthony, 702
Ederle, Gertrude, 650
Edison, Thomas A., 464–465,
470, 508
Education
See alsoHigher education
for African Americans, 538, 579
during Cold War, 755
in mid-nineteenth century,
291–292
in New England, 70–71
online, 842
post–Revolutionary, 137
progressive, 515
public, 291–292
segregation in, 756–757
social mobility and, 490–491
spread of, 248–249
of women, 133, 291f
The Education of Henry Adams
(Adams), 472f
Edwards, John, 862
Edwards, Jonathan, 87–88, 181
Egypt
Camp David Accords and, 803
revolution in, 752
Suez Canal and, 752
Yom Kippur War and, 798
Ehrlichman, John, 789, 790
Eicher, David, 394
Eighteenth Amendment, 624,
652–653
Eight-hour workday, 478
Einstein, Albert, 705, 730
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 749f
desegregation and, 758
election of 1952 and, 749
foreign policy of, 750–754
Israel and, 752
Khrushchev and, 752–754
on McCarthy, 751
on military-industrial complex, 761
as president, 749–751
World War II and, 722–724
Eisenhower Doctrine, 752
Electoral College, 148
election of 1928 and, 675
election of 1968 and, 783
election of 1996 and, 852
election of 2004 and, 862
election of 2008 and, 871
Twelfth Amendment and, 172
Electric trolleys, 500–501
Electricity, 89, 461f, 464–465, 500
Electricity industry, 470
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act, 776, 776f
Elementary schools, 292, 491
Eliot, Charles W., 512, 524f
Elizabeth I (queen), 31, 31f, 32, 34
Elkins, Stanley, 330
Elkins Railroad Act, 568
Elliott, Robert Brown, 416f, 417f
Ellis, Havelock, 643Ellis Island, 494, 640f
Ellsberg, Daniel, 790
Ely, Richard T., 473, 514, 524f
Emancipation Proclamation,
383–384, 385
Embargo Act, 188–190, 189f,
190 f, 196
Embargo law, 703–704
Emergency Relief Appropriations
Act, 695f
Emerson, John, 358
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 262, 286, 486
Eminem, 838
Employment Agency(Soyer), 691f
Encomienda system, 22
Enfield rifle factory, 331
England.SeeGreat Britain
English Bill of Rights, 154
English church. SeeAnglican Church
English Civil War, 66
English colonies, 32–42, 56–58,
57 m, 65–75
See alsoColonies
Enlightenment, 88–89
Environmental issues, 874–876
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), 788
EPA. SeeEnvironmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
Equal rights amendment, 647
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA),
827, 828f, 831–832, 831m, 835f
Equitable Insurance, 470
ERA.SeeEqual Rights Amendment
(ERA)
Era of Good Feelings, 209, 537
Erie Canal, 226, 238f, 239,
240–241, 275, 337
Erie Railroad, 337, 460
Eriksson, Leif, 16
Espionage
during Cold War, 754
communist, 748
Espionage Act, 623, 623f
Essex Junto, 181
Estate taxes, 694–695
Ethiopia, 704
Ethnic cleansing, 854
Ethnic diversity
in Middle Colonies, 72–74
in modern U.S., 826
Ethnicity, in colonies, 73m
Ethnic minorities, during World
War II, 717–719
Ethnic neighborhoods, 496
Etowah, 11
Eurasia, 12–14
Eurasian hunters, 4