An American History

INDEX ★ A-137

hourly, 1086

immigrants and, 699

inflation and increasing, 784

international standards for, 1081

“living wage” and, 731, 749, 838, 846

and Mexican immigrants, 1018, 1124

migrant farm workers and, 1018

minimum, 724, 729, 791, 830, 844, 960,

1086, 1139, 1140

New Deal and, 833

overtime and, 844

rising, 942

Social Security tax on, 838, 846, 848

stagnation of, 1124

strike for higher, 590, 617

tax brackets and, 1059

in U.S. compared with Europe, 611

women and, 676, 761, 879, 1015, 1054,

1055 , 1100

in World War I, 747

in World War II, 873, 876, 879

Wagner, Robert (1877–1953), 837

Wagner Act (1935), 830, 836–37, 844, 849,

906

Waite, Davis (1825–1901), 656

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 612

Walker, David, 897

Walker, Francis Amasa (1840–1897), 670

Walker, Scott (1967–), 1148

Wallace, George (1919–1998), 994, 995,

1027, 1052

Wallace, Henry (1888–1965), 881, 882, 909,

926, 927

Walls, Josiah T., 591

Wall Street, 693, 786, 794, 834, 867, 927,

955, 1064, 1129, 1132–33, 1134, 1139

in depression, 813

Occupy Movement and, 1140

Wall Street Journal, 790

Wal-Mart, 1086

and owners’ wealth, 1139

War Advertising Council, 878

war bonds, 749 , 874, 878, 892

War Department, U.S., 896, 899

Warehouse Act (1916), 731

War Industries Board, 747, 824

War Labor Board, 747

War Manpower Commission, 873

Warm Springs Foundation, 903

Warner, Charles Dudley (1829–1900), 629–30

War of 1812, 569, 756, 868

War of Independence, see American

Revolution

protests against, 1008–9, 1032, 1116
television and, 1024
Tet offensive in, 1024
troop numbers in, 1008, 1025
Villa, Francisco “Pancho” (1878–1923), 742
Vinson, Fred (1890–1953), 972
Virginia, 1022, 1022 , 1135
desegregation in, 977
Virginia Tech University, 1152
Virgin Islands, 735
VISTA, 998
Voice of America, McCarthy and, 930
Volga River, 871
voting rights, 702, 718, 974
African-American loss of, 663–64, 718,
764, 765, 846, 850, 889, 977, 993,
995, 999
for African-Americans, 583, 585, 587,
896
citizenship and, 718
emancipated slaves and, 565, 568–69,
583, 585
grandfather clause and, 663, 664
for Japanese women, 912
literacy tests and, 663, 718
of Native Americans, 803
Puerto Ricans and, 761
registration and black, 663–64, 718
universal, 589
Voting Rights Act and, 995–96
for women, 585, 587–88, 655, 670, 677,
693, 717, 721–22, 723 , 744, 749–51,
787, 791
Voting Rights Act (1965), 994, 995–96,
1142

Wabash v. Illinois, 638
Wade, Benjamin F., 584
“wade-ins,” 985
wages, 769, 852, 1139
African-Americans and, 761, 808, 1063,
1123
agricultural work for, 616
consumerism and, 700, 703, 720–21,
786
cost of living increases in, 934, 960
cowboys and, 617
decline in real, 1046 , 1047, 1048, 1068,
1086
equal pay for equal work and, 1054,
1055
Fordism and, 702
Great Depression and, 812, 814