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Civil War.

43

Confederacy, 655. See

603; and District of Columbia, South Dakota, see Dakotas.
604; attempts to repeal North- Southern
west Ordinance, 604; 1820-1830
(transition from defensive to offen-
sive), 605; Compromise of 1820,
515, 605; after 1830, 607 ff.; and
abolitionists, 608 ff.; and slave ris-
ings, 610; and free speech, 611,
612; and political abolitionists,
613; and extension of territory
(Mexican War), 615-623; Wilmot
Proviso, 625; Squatter sover-
eignty," 625 ff.; and Compromise
of 1850, 629 ff.; and Fugitive
Slave law, 631, 632; and Kansas-
Nebraska bill, 634; and struggle
for Kansas, 635, 640; Republican
party, 636; and "free land,"
641; and Southern industry, 648;
and Southern society, 649; and
Civil War, 680–684.
Smith, Adam, 184.
Smith, Gerrit, 609, 632.
Smith, John, 30, 58, 63, 66.
Smith-Lever Agricultural Education
Act, 846.

Smith, Sydney, on America, 526.
Smuts, Jan, and the German treaty,
901.

Socialists, 817-819, 873.

Social reform, in the thirties, 549,
558-560; in recent times, see Pro-
gressive movement.

Social unrest, and the Revolution,
231, 232; after 1890, 776 ff. See
Labor, Progressive movement.
Society (American), in 1775, 192-
211; in 1800, 431, 442; in 1830,
521 ff.; intellectual ferment in,
after 1830, 557; in 1860, 643-650;
in 1880, 724 ff.

Sons of Liberty, 236.
South, the, in colonial times, 163-
167, 203-204, and esp. 209; in
1830, 522, 555, 556; in 1860, 648
ff., 653. See Civil War, New South.
Southampton, Earl of, 34, 42.
South Carolina, see Carolinas; and
nullification, 579-585; and slavery
after 1783, 603: secedes, 655.

Spain, in America, 7, 9, 10; checked
by defeat of the Armada, 11; and
Virginia, 29; colonial policy of,
136; cedes Florida to England,
182; and Louisiana, 182; and
American Revolution, 235; re-
covers Florida, 462; and naviga-
tion of lower Mississippi, and
Pinckney Treaty, 407; and West
Florida, 462-464; cession of Flor-
ida, 465. See Spanish-American
States, Spanish-American War.
Spanish-American States, independ-
ence recognized, 464, 504; and
Monroe Doctrine, 504; and eman-
cipation of slaves, 601; and the
World War, 869.
Spanish-American War, 759-764.
Spanish Armada, 11, 20.
Special Privilege, in early Massa-
chusetts, 92, 94; and Bacon's
Rebellion, 158-160; in Virginia
after 1676, 164, 165; and recent
Progressive movement, 776 ff.;
and political corruption, 802.
Railways, Public Service Corpora-
tions, Tariffs.

See

Specie Circular, of Jackson, 589.
Spoils system, in the civil service,

568; and party machinery, 569.
See Civil Service.

Squatter sovereignty (Popular Sov-
ereignty), in the Territories, 625,
627.

Stamp Act, the, 222, 223; agitation
for repeal, 233–236.

Stamp Act Congress, the, 235.
Standard Oil Trust," 789; and
rebates, 781.

Star Route trials, 736.
Star-spangled
475.

Banner, Song of,

State, revival of functions of, 823 ff.
State constitutions, in Revolution-
ary days, 265-274; referendum in
New England only, 265; similar-
ity, 266; features, 267 ff.; limi-

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270-272; | Tea, and American Revolution, 241,
246-247.

Sugar Acts, of 1733, 185; of 1764, Texas, and Louisiana Purchase, 462,
221.

Survey Ordinance, for Public Do- Thames, Battle of, and importance,
main, 314.

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President, 363 ff.; titles for, and
other ceremonial, 368 ff.; and the
Senate, 369; Cabinet, 370, 381,
396;
not bi-partisan, 385; and
Whisky Rebellion, 379; and the
Bank, 381; Federalism, 388, 419;
unopposed reëlection, 388; re-
fuses third term, 389; Neu-
trality Proclamation," 396-398;
and Genêt, 397; and Jay Treaty,
404; Commander against France
in 1797, 410; and partisanship,
419; and Revolutionary land
warrants, 442 b.

904-910.

War of 1812, shameful conditions |
from 1806, 470, 473; and Ameri-
can Fur Company, 473; and
sailors' rights, 473; "warhawks,"
474; unpreparedness, 474, 475;
war on the sea, 475; raid on Wash-
ington, 475; Peace of Ghent,
476; New England's treason,
477-483; final judgment on,
484; results, 485 ff., esp. 514.
See Manufactures.
War with Germany (the World
War, or War for Democracy),
see Imperialism for discussion of
economic causes; and European | Washington, State of, 726.
alliances, 851; and German mili- Washington Conference of 1921-1922,
tarism and autocracy, 852-854;
occasion found in the Balkans,
855; the twelve days, 856;
aims of parties, 857; campaigns
in 1914, 858; and English
navy, 859; German gains through Watauga Articles, democracy of,
1915, 860; new methods, 861-862;
American neutrality, 863-865;
U-boats, 865, 870; German plots in
neutral America, 867-868, 870;
America enters the war, 870-871;
campaigns of 1916-1917, 874-877;
failure of U-boat warfare, 878;
a race between Germany and
America, 879; the Fourteen
Points, 880; the last year, 881-886;
American victories, 882-883, 886;
Armistice, 886.

Ward, Nathaniel, 101, 113.
Washington, Booker, 721.
Washington, Capital, located, 376.
Washington, George, and Pontiac's
War, 219; accused by English as
a " sorehead," 232; on England's
denial of jury trial, 239; comman-
der of Continental armies, 256;
rejects idea of independence in
spring of 1775, 258; campaigns,
264; the one man, 280; in '77-
'78, 283; Newburgh Address, 286;
despair at disorders after 1783;
326; on Shays' Rebellion, 329;
interest in the West, 334; and
the Federal Convention, 334;

Watauga, settlement, 295-298;
mother of Cumberland settle-
ments, 302; and "Frankland,"
303.

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Watered stock," 779; amount,
796.
Watertown, 80 note; protest" of,
90; leads in adopting town govern-
ment, 104; removes to Connecti-
cut, 124, 126.
Weaver, James B., 755.
"We the People," 362.
Webster, Daniel, opposes tariff of
1824, 510; changes in 1828, 511;
opposes extension of franchise,
564;
debate with Hayne, 580;
and Ashburton Treaty, 598; and
Compromise of 1850, 630.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 598..
Weeden v. Trevett, 327.
West, the, in 1690-1760, 180; demo-

cratic influence of, 211; discrimi-
nated against by older sections,
231; in the Revolution, 231, 292;
story of settlement, 293-316; see
Watauga, Cumberland, Northwest;
democracy of, 298, 302; meaning
in American history, 317; after
1815, 485-500; from 1830 to 1850,
523; optimism and democracy,
525-526; and woman suffrage

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