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and religious freedom, 262 note; "I am an American," 323; op- poses call for Federal Convention, 335; opposes ratification of Con- stitution, 362.
Hepburn Act, the, 786.
Higginson, Francis, 75, 81; de-
nounces Separatists, 109. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 609, 632.
High Cost of Living, 749.
Holy Alliance, and the Monroe Doc- trine, 504.
Homestead law, called for by labor party in 1830, 541; vetoed by Bu- chanan, 641; passed in 1862, 677; and Reconstruction, 695. Hooker, Thomas, denounces Sepa- ratists, 109; apostle of democracy, 120, 125; suggests New England Confederation, 128.
Hoover, Herbert C., 891, 905. Horseshoe Bend, Battle of, and importance, 488. Houston, Sam," 615.
ican War, 768; in election of 1900, 769; and world trade, 848 ff.; and menace of war, 850-285.
"Implied powers," 347, 381. Impressment of American seamen by England and France, 401, 402, 404, 473 and note; not mentioned in Treaty of Ghent, 476. Imprisonment for debt, see Debt. Income Tax, of 1862, 673; of 1893, 745; nullified by Supreme Court, 746; and Sixteenth amendment, 841; and laws of 1913 and 1916, 846; of 1917, 871.
Indentured servants, see Servants. Independence, see Declaration of Independence.
Independent Treasury plan, 591. Indiana, Territory, 316; State, 498; State system of schools, 554. Indians, east of Mississippi, 6; num- bers, ib.; influence on European settlement, 7, 8, 15; and the Revo- lution, 284 note; and War of 1812, 488.
Industrial development, early col- onial, 3, 8; in Virginia, 27, 33, 35, 39-41, 159, 163; in Plymouth, 66– 68; in Massachusetts Bay, 83; eighteenth century, 201-208; in 1800, 435-438; affected by War of 1812, 487; Industrial Revolution, 527-552; domestic system be- comes factory and capitalist sys- tem, 534; and labor movement, 1825-1837, 527-551; and mechan- ical inventions of 1830-1850, 561; and railway, 562; and farm ma- chinery about 1850, 644; in 1860, 643-648; after 1865, 730. See Big Business," Trusts, Labor, Tariffs, Manufactures. Industrial panics, see Panics. Industrial Revolution, the, 435, 527- 552; spread of, 848.
Industrial Workers of the World (I. W. W.), 818, 819. Industry in common, in early Vir- ginia, 27; in Plymouth, 67.
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Initiative, the, in legislation, 827. Injunction, "Government by," 811. Interlocking directorates, 791, 845. Internal improvements, in Feder- alist administrations, 454; and Jefferson, 453 ff.; National Road, 455, 491; after War of 1812, 492 ff.; vetoes of Madison and Monroe, 492; and J. Q. Adams, 519; and political parties, 520. International law, defined, 399 note; questions at issue, in 1793, 400- 403; in 1915-1917, 858 ff. Interstate Commerce Commission, 784; and Supreme Court, 785; and Hepburn Act,786; Commerce Court hampers Interstate Commerce Commission. Footnote, p. 654. Inventions, mechanical, in early Massachusetts, 83; American gen- ius for, 442; leading to the Indus- trial Revolution, 529-532; in 1830-1850, 561; and railway, 562; in farm machinery about 1850, 644. See Steamboat, Railway, Bes- semer Steel, etc.
Ipswich, and Andros, 150. Iron manufactures, colonial, 83; restricted by Navigation Acts, 184; and Industrial Revolution, 522; and use of anthracite, 561; in the New South, 727. Iroquois, 5-7, 15.
Jackson, Andrew, at New Orleans,
475; at Horseshoe Bend, 488; and tariff of 1828, 511; campaign of 1824, 517; election in 1828, 527, 563, 574; Jacksonian democracy, 565; the man and his earlier ca- reer, 567; spoils system, 568; and the veto, 568; problem of his ad- ministration, 574; and the leaders, 575; and the Bank, 576-578, 586- 587; reëlection, 578; and the nul- lifiers, 579-585; and "pet banks," 586; and specie circular, 589. Jacksonian democracy, contrasted with Jeffersonian, 565.
Jamaica, English colony, 133; im- portance, 138; and Sugar Act, 185.
James I, 22, 25, 42, 43; and attempt at personal rule in Virginia, 45; and the Pilgrims, 63.
James II, and New England, 148 ff. Jamestown, 26; a plantation colony, 27; suffering, 28; burned in Ba- con's Rebellion, 160.
Japan, and World War, 859; and Washington Conference, 903 ff. See Versailles Peace Congress. Jay, John, a "moderate" in First Continental Congress, 250; rejects idea of independence in September, 1775, 258; and peace negotiations in 1783, 287, 289. See Jay's Treaty.
Jay's Treaty, 404, 405; and inter- national arbitration, 406. Jefferson, Thomas, on Independ- ence, in September of 1775, 258; drafts Declaration of, 263; on new State governments, 264; suggests referendum on Virginia constitu- tion, 265; presents to Congress Virginia's cession of the West, 312; draws Ordinance of 1784, ib.; draws Survey Ordinance, 314; on titles, 368; Secretary of State, 370; and Hamilton's assump- tion," 376, 377; and "strict con- struction," 381; a "Federalist in 1789, 385; contentions with Hamilton, 387; organizes Re- publican party, 387; Vice Presi- dent, 389; and Alien and Sedition laws, 415 note; and Kentucky Resolutions, 415 note; Presi- dential election, 419, 423, 424; terror of Federalists at, 426; the man, 443; career before 1800, 444, 445; Americanism, 444, 446; political principles, 446; election in 1800 a "revolution," 447; repub- lican simplicity, 447; specific appro- priations, 447; and the civil serv- ice, 448; and the courts, 449- 451; reëlection, 452; establishes
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two-term principle, 452; centrali- zation in second term, 453; and internal improvements, 454-456; and Louisiana Purchase, 460; and Western exploration, 466-469; and foreign relations, 470-472; impoverished by industrial changes after War of 1812, 487 note; and genesis of Monroe Doctrine, 504 note.
Johns Hopkins University, 733. Johnson, Andrew, and the early labor movement, 547; introduces first Homestead bill, 641; Presi- dent, 700; and Reconstruction, 700 ff.; impeachment, 705. Johnson, Hiram W., 823; and elec- tion of 1916, 862.
Judiciary, see Federal Judiciary. Jury trial, in early Virginia, 37; de- velopment of, in early Massachu- setts, 100.
Labor, wages fixed by aristocratic government in colonial Massachu- setts, 87; conditions in 1775, 201; see Servants; and the Revolution, 231 c, 253, 265 note; in 1800, 438, 442; the first organized move- ment " of, in 1825-1837, 527 ff.; see Industrial Revolution; the long day, 539, 551; child labor, 539; and free schools, 540, 547- 552; unions, 542; and strikes, 540 ff.; and "society," 543; and the courts, 544; and the press, 545; political organization, 548; failure in the panic of 1837, 546; aims, 547; man and the dollar," 550; in 1850-1860, 643; since 1865, 804 ff.; organization, 804- 806; strikes, 807-812; govern- ment by injunction, 811; and violence, 812; gains by legislation, 813 ff.; the eight-hour day, 814, 815; the "closed shop," 815; and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 845; and the World War, 872. Lafayette, 283.
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-1799, Lewis, Meriwether, 467. 415.
King's Mountain, Battle of, 285.
King Philip's War, 147.
Knights of Labor, 805.
Lewis and Clark Explorations, 467,
Lexington, Battle of, 255. Liberia, 602.
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Liberty party, 618. Lincoln, Abraham, youth, 494; on Supreme Court and Dred Scott case, 638; debate with Douglas, 639; presidential nomination, 651; election, 652-654; inaugural, 661; policy, 662; and the spoils system, 663; and Fort Sumter, 663; call for volunteers, 664; and Fremont, 680; recommends gradual eman- cipation, with compensation, 681; Emancipation Proclamation, 682; reëlection, 684; murder, 694; and reconstruction, 698-699; and Ne- gro franchise, 702 note.
Livingston, Robert R., 460, 463. "Living wage for women, 813 a. Lloyd George, David, 896. Local government, development in early Massachusetts, 103-108; New England town and Virginia county, 167.
Loco-Focos, 548, 551.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 738.
London Company, 22-25, 32-38, 42-43.
Long, Crawford W., 561. Loom, Power, invention, 530. Lorimer, Senator, expulsion, 841. Louisiana, 515.
Louisiana Purchase, 460; and con- stitutional questions, 461; and West Florida and Texas, 462- 465; and the Federalists, 477. L'Ouverture, Toussaint, 460. Lovejoy, Elijah P., 611. Lowell, James Russell, quoted on the Pilgrims, 61; on New England schools, 199; on national growth, 429;
on labor, 527; on Dred Scott decision, 638; on right of se- cession, 659; on Sumter, 664. Lowell factory life, in 1830, 539. Loyalists, in American Revolution, 276, 277, 284, 290. Lundy, Benjamin, 608. Lundy's Lane, Battle of, 475. Lusitania, the sinking and contro- versy regarding, 865.
Lyon, Mathew, and Sedition law, 414.
Maclay, Senator William, objects to "His most gracious speech," 368; quotes Adams on said phrase, ib.; and Washington's relation to the Senate, 369; characterizes Adams, Hamilton, et al., 368 note. Madison, James, and call for Fed- eral Convention, 335; "Journal of, 336; delegate to Federal Con- vention, 337; author of Virginia Plan, 342; opposes Connecticut Compromise, 344; and limitation of Federal franchise, 356; explains "We the people," 362; charac- terized by Maclay, 369 note; and the "Bill of Rights," 371; and the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over States, 373; and Virginia resolu- tions, 415 note; and West Florida, 464; and causes of War of 1812, 470; President, 473 and note; recommends war, 473; after 1815, 487 note; approves second Bank, 392; vetoes "Bonus bill" (in- ternal improvements), 392; op- poses extension of franchise in Virginia, 564.
Maine, sinking of the, 740. Maine, 2, 26, 58, 88, 120, 148, 153; State of, 498, 515.
Maize, importance in early settle- ment, 8, 67.
Manila, Battle of, 761. Mann, Horace, and the labor move- ment, 543; and educational re- form, 553. Manufactures, colonial, early, 39, 83; and Navigation Acts, 184; in
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eighteenth century, 204-206; in 1800, 435; and Industrial Revolu- tion, which see; and War of 1812, 487, 506; and rise of protection, see Tarif; in 1830, 521; in New South after 1880, 727; and recent tariffs, 749.
Marbury v. Madison, 451. Marietta, 316.
Marne, Battle of, 858.
Marshall, John, denies Supreme Court's jurisdiction over States, 373; minister to France, 409; Chief Justice, 451; and Marbury v. Madison, 451; and implied powers, 512; opposes extension of franchise in Virginia, 564; and Jackson, 586.
Martin, Luther, and the names Fed- eralist and Anti, 358 note. Maryland, colony of, 50-57,
leads in establishing American re- lation of States and Territories, 308, 309.
Mason, George, and Virginia Bill of Rights, 262; in Federal Con- vention, 337; lonely champion there of democracy, 339; refuses to sign Constitution and opposes ratification, 343; champions the West, 349; opposes the foreign slave trade, 351; favors manhood franchise, 356.
cution, 114-119; nullifies New England Confederation, 130-131; and Navigation Acts, 138, 141, 142; under Andros, 147 ff.; and charter of 1691, 153; a royal province," 188; resists royal de- mand for fixed salary for gover- nors, 189; and decay of Puritan- ism, 194; and witchcraft persecu- tion, 196; and schools, 199; first referendum (on ratification of State constitution), 265; first modern veto, 268; church and state in 1780, 269; graded fran- chise, 271; Western claims, 308; emancipation, 262, 602. Massachusetts Bay Charter, transfer to America, 79; question of return, 84-86; voided in 1684, 147; second charter (1691), 153. Massachusetts Bay Company, 74, 75; merged in colony, 79. Matthews, Samuel, 49. Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 556. May, Samuel J., 609, 632. Mayflower, the, 64, 67. Mayflower Compact, the, 65. Mecklenburg Declaration,"
and note. Merrimac, the, and the Monitor, 668. Mexico, War of 1846, 620-622; and Monroe Doctrine in 1865, 712; recent relations with United States, 847, 864.
Michigan, University of, 733.
Midnight judges," 422. Military Reserve, Virginia's, 311. Mississippi, Territory, 306; State of, 498.
Mason and Dixon's Line, 172. Mason and Slidell, seizure of, 688. Massachusetts, the Bay Colony, 73 ff.; becomes a Puritan common- wealth, 77-79; the " great migra- tion," 79-81; life in early days, 82, 83; aristocracy and democracy, 81-95; Watertown protest, 90; first representative government in, 91, 92; social classes, 94; colonial franchise, 95; development of ballot, 96-98; jury trial, 100; written laws, 101; first American bicameral legislature, 102; denies free speech, 102; ideal, aristo- cratic theocracy, 109-113; local Money, value in seventeenth cen- government, 103; religious perse- tury, 18; lack in colonies, 208.
Mississippi River, question of navi- gation of, for the early West, 305; and the Pinckney treaty, 407. Missouri, 498, 515. Missouri Compromise, 515, 605; and Kansas Bill, 634; and Dred Scott decision, 637.
Mitchell, John, and the Coal Strike, 810.
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