A Short History of the United States

Index 371

censured by, 108 ; Jay Treaty and,
61 ; Johnson impeachment and, 163 ;
Missouri Compromise and, 83 ;
New Deal and, 224 , 226 ; Panama
Canal and, 290 ; Reagan and, 301 ;
Reconstruction and, 157 ; United
Nations and, 244 ; Versailles Treaty
and, 204 ; Watergate investigation
and, 284 ; Wilmot Proviso and,
127 – 28 ; women in, 307. See also
U.S. Congress; and specific acts,
individuals, political parties, and
treaties
U.S. Senate committees: Foreign
Relations, 204 ; Judiciary, 158 ;
Watergate, 284
U.S. Steel Company, 194
U.S. Supreme Court, 60 , 69 ; abortion
and, 283 , 314 – 15 ; Bank of U.S. and,
106 ; Bush I and, 305 ; civil rights
and, 261 , 262 ; congressional right
to override, proposed, 212 , 226 ;
creation and powers of, 49 ; election
of 2000 decided by, 322 ; FDR’s
New Deal and effort to pack,
225 – 28 ; federal government favored
by, vs. states, 75 ; fi rst appointed,
52 ; Granger laws and, 178 ; income
tax and, 185 – 86 ; Indian removal
and, 100 – 102 ; segregation and,
178 ; Marshall, and opposition to
Jefferson, 70 ; Marshall appointed
to, 66 ; Nixon impeachment and,
285 ; reorganization of, under
Judiciary Act of 1789 , 54 ; railroads
and big business and, 180 ; Reagan
and, 301 ; Reconstruction and,
164 – 65 ; salaries, 171 ; sedition and,
202 ; slavery and, 138 – 39 ; WW II
and, 238. See also specific cases and
justices
United States v. Butler, 226
Upshaw, William D., 219 , 220
urban areas, 205 – 6 ; aid and renewal,
272 , 296 ; riots of 1960 s, 268 , 276 , 278
Urban II, Pope, 4

Utah, 126 , 130

Uzbekistan, 303

Vallandigham, Clement, 148

Va l le y For g e , 43 – 44

Van Buren, Martin “Little Magician,”

87 – 88 , 91 , 97 – 98 , 110 – 11 , 116 , 128 ,

302

Vandenberg, Arthur H., 233 , 249

Van Rensselaer tract, 22

Van Tuong Peninsula, Battle of, 274

Vatican Council, Second ( 1965 ), 313

Versailles, Treaty of, 203 – 4 , 231

Ve s e y, D e n m a rk , 119

Vespucci, Amerigo, 6

Veterans Administration, 243

vice president, separate balloting for,

66

Vichy France, 233 , 236

Vicksburg, capture of, 149

Viet Minh, 260

Vietnam War, 260 , 274 – 81 , 275 , 281 ,

331 , 332

Vikings, 2 – 4

Virginia, 10 – 12 , 13 , 28 , 36 , 41 , 46 , 47 ,

51 , 56 , 134 , 143 , 155 , 164 , 267 , 273 ;

House of Burgesses, 11 – 13 , 33 ;

University of, 46

Virginia Company, 16

Virginia Dynasty, 79

Virginia Plan, 48 – 50

Voldstead Act ( 1920 ), 207

voting rights, 196 – 97 ; blacks and,

164 – 65 , 177 , 181 , 262 – 63 , 267 – 68 ,

272 – 73 ; secret ballot, 184. See also

elections; suffrage; women

Voting Rights Act ( 1965 ), 273 – 74

WA AC s , 239

Waco, Texas, Branch Davidians, 308

Wade, Benjamin, 144 – 45

Wade-Davis Bill, 150 – 51

wages, 87 , 184 , 193

Wagner, Robert, 225 , 228

Wagner-Steagall Housing Act ( 1937 ),

228