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"Carpet baggers," 451

Carranza, Venustiano, 576

Carteret, Sir George, 53
Cartier, Jacques, 14

Cass, Lewis, 323

Catholics, 3, 15, 20, 27, 47
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 555
Caucus, Congressional, 219, 262
Cavaliers, 44

Censure, vote of, 277
Centennial Exposition, 457
Cerro Gordo, battle, 308
Cervera, Admiral, 523
Champlain, Samuel, 35
Chancellorsville, battle, 398
Chapultepec, battle, 308
Charity, 553

Charles I, 39, 44, 46, 48

Charles II, 41, 43, 44

Charleston (South Carolina), 49, 103,

138, 154, 377

Charters, colonial, 76

Chase, Salmon P., 346, 376, 410

Château-Thierry, 590

Chattanooga, battle, 399

Chautauqua Circles, 550
Cherokees, 277
Cherry Valley, 148
Chesapeake, the affair, 221
Chicago:

Fort Dearborn Massacre, 239
McCormick's factory in, 312
its growth, 359, 472
in war times, 413
great fire in, 443

the Haymarket affair, 487
labor disturbances in, 508

Columbian Exposition in, 508
Chickamauga, battle, 399
Child Labor, 290, 552
Children's Bureau, 552
Chile, 494
China:

search for route to, 10, 35
"open door" policy in, 529
Boxer Rebellion in, 530

Chinese, the, 467
Chippewa Falls, 230
Cincinnati, 205, 360, 472
Cities:

in Europe in fifteenth century, 4
at end of colonial period, 103
principal in 1783, 153

in 1840, 289

in 1860, 359

growth in population of, 471, 556, 601

reforms in government of, 556-558

City Manager plan, 558

Civil Rights Bill, 426, 429

Civil Service Commission, 464

Civil Service Law, 464

Civil Service Reform, 461, 476, 492
Civil War:

events leading to, 370-379

strength of the North and the South
compared, 379-381

the beginning of, 382

the blockade, 383

foreign complications, 383-385

organization and plan of campaign,
385-387

Civil War-Continued:

in the West (1862): Fort Donelson;
Shiloh; opening of the Mississippi,
388-391

in the East (March, 1860-May, 1862):
the Monitor and the Merrimac; the
Peninsular Campaign; Manassas;
Antietam; Fredericksburg, 391-395
results of the fighting in 1862, 395
in 1863; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg;
Vicksburg; Chattanooga, 397-400
results of the fighting in 1863, 400
the close of the struggle: Atlanta;
Savannah; the campaign against
Lee; Appomattox, 401-406
keeping the ranks filled, 407-409
meeting the expenses of, 409-412
politics during, 417-419

Claiborne, William, 241

Clarendon, Earl of, 48

Clark, Champ, 566

Clark, George Rogers, 148
Clark, William, 245

Clay, Henry:

advocates war with England, 227
and the Missouri Compromise, 255
his American System, 261

candidate for the Presidency, 263,
276, 301, 323

Secretary of State, 265

and the tariff of 1833, 274

and the Compromise of 1850, 334-336
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 317, 540
Clayton Anti-Trust Bill, 571
Clermont, the, 240
Cleveland, Grover:

elected President, 472-474
at the helm, 475-478
his tariff message, 489
elected a second time, 504
and the gold reserve, 505-508
and foreign affairs, 510
and the Wilson Bill, 512
Cleveland, 206. 472, 601
Clinton, De Witt, 227, 284
Clinton, George, 196
Clinton, Sir Henry, 145
Clipper Ships, 363

Coal, 162, 290, 465, 607
Coal Commission, 608

Coal Strike, 538, 601, 607
Cohens vs. Virginia, 253
Cold Harbor, battle, 404
Collective Bargaining, 538

Colleges and Universities, 3, 160, 293,
368, 470, 549

Colombia, 541

Colonies:

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Commerce:

in Europe in fifteenth century, 4
blocked by the Turks, 9

England's in 1600, 29

effect of the Navigation Laws upon,
45

in the colonies in 1700, 65

at end of colonial period, 105

extent of in 1783, 155

under the Confederation, 170
regulation of, 176, 180

struggle for commercial freedom, 225-
233

movements of inland, 291
during the Civil War, 414

progress in, between 1870 and 1890,
464

regulation of interstate, 484, 545, 563,
600

the "open door" policy, 528-530
progress in, between 1900 and 1912,
559

Commission System of Municipal Gov-
ernment, 556-558

Committees of Correspondence, 118, 121
"Common Sense," Paine's, 130

Community Center, 558

Competition in business, 480-482

Compromise of 1850, 332-336

Comstock mine, 365

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Cortez, 13

Cotton, 244, 288, 290, 358, 385, 465

County government, 25, 78

Cowpens, battle, 148

Coxey's Army, 508

Cox, James M., 603

Crawford, William H., 262
Credit Mobilier, 455

Crittenden Compromise, 374
Crockett, David, 300

Cromwell, Oliver, 43, 44, 45
Crown Point, 96, 124

Cuba, 10, 12, 97, 341, 447, 521, 525
Cumberland Gap, 100

Currency, see Money and Monetary
Matters

Curtis, George William, 457, 492
Custer, General George, 440

Customs duties, see Tariff

D

Dakota Territory, see North Dakota,
South Dakota

Dallas, 498

Dalton (Georgia), 401

Dare, Virginia, 22

Davenport, John, 41

Davis, Jefferson, 308, 372, 377, 405, 417
Dawes Bill, 499

Dayton (Ohio), 205

Dearborn, Henry, 215

Dearborn, Fort, 239

Debs, Eugene V., 509, 544, 547, 567,
603

Debt, national, 191, 410, 449, 587
Declaration of Independence, 131-136
Declaratory Act, 114

Delaware:

the Swedes in, 51

acquired by Penn, 55

has its own legislature, 56

first to ratify the Constitution, 184
remains in the Union, 379
Demarcation, line of, 11

Democracy, 25, 37, 248, 556, 598

Democratic Party, 266, 276, 281, 301.
338, 356, 432, 458, 472, 504, 517,
567

Democratic Republican Party, 194, 211,
224, 266

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Roosevelt (1904), 543

Taft (1908). 547
Wilson (1912), 565-568
(1916), 582

Harding (1920), 603
Electoral Commission, 458
Electoral Count Act, 477
Electricity, 313, 468, 559
Eliot, Charles W., 471
Elizabeth, Queen, 20, 21
Elkins Law, 545
Emancipation, 395-397
Embargo Act, 222, 235
Employers' Liability Laws, 551
England:

in fifteenth century, 2

her claims to America, 10, 11
extends her power upon the seas, 18
her clash with Spain, 19-21

her first efforts at colonization, 21-23
conditions in, in 1700, 24-30
plants the Virginia colony, 31-34
takes possession of New York, 51
her repressive colonial policy, 66
her alliance with the Iroquois, 82
border warfare between English and
French, 82-83

her struggle with France for the con-
tinent of America, 91-97
overthrows French power in America,
98

adopts an imperial policy for America,
106-109

taxes her colonies, 110-113

her action during the Revolution, 116,
144

unfriendly conduct of, 170, 199, 220
our second war with, 225-233
and the Oregon country, 246, 304
and the Monroe Doctrine, 259, 511
during the Civil War, 384

and the Venezuelan boundary, 510
expansion of, 528

in the World War, 577, 578, 583
Episcopal Church, 27, 69, 71, 159
Era of Good Feeling, 251
Erdman Act, 552

Ericson, Leif, 11

Erie Canal, 283-284, 286
Erskine, David, 225

Established

Church

Church, see Episcopal

Europe in the fifteenth century, 1-7

F

Factory system, 289. 359
Fair Oaks, battle, 392
Fallen Timbers, battle, 205
Farming, see Agriculture

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Forts, see under different names
"Fourteen points," 592
Fourteenth Amendment, 426
France:

in the fifteenth century, 1
the fishermen of, 13

challenges the claims of Spain, 14
her clash with Spain, 14-16
her power in Canada, 35, 80

her method of colonization, 35, 90
expansion of her power, 80

border warfare between French and
English, 82

in the Mississippi Valley, 80-82, 90-93
struggle for the control of America,
90-96

loses American possessions, 97

enters into an alliance with the
United States, 143

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immigrants from, 85, 344, 366, 378,
436, 466

her war with France in 1870, 448
her expansion, 528

and the Venezuela incident, 542

and the World War, 577-579, 582-
593, 595, 603
Gerry, Elbridge, 208
Getttysburg, battle, 398
Ghent, treaty of, 233
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 21
Gilman, Daniel Coit, 471
Gist, Christopher, 91
Goethals, G. W., 542

Gold, 193, 317, 438, 505, 531
Gold Standard Act, 531
Gompers, Samuel, 486, 589
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 42
Gould, Jay, 482

Government:

in Europe in the fifteenth century, 2
in England in 1700, 25

in Virginia, 31, 34

in New England, 31, 75, 78

in the colonies in 1700, 73-79
local, 78

State, 164-166

under the Confederation, 166–171

the Federal Constitution, 176-182
by party, 196

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Hoe printing press, 369
Holland, 45, 51

see also Dutch, the
Holy Alliance, 258
Homestead Act, 412, 437
Homestead, riots in. 504
Hood, General J. B., 402
Hooker, General, 394, 398
Hooker, Thomas, 40
Hoover, Herbert, 586
Hospitals, 553

House of Representatives, 93, 179
Household Industry, 4, 67, 156
Houston, Sam, 300

Howe, Elias, 312

Howe, General, 128, 138-141

Hudson, Henry, 35

Huerta, Victoriano, 576

Hughes, Charles E., 582, 605

Huguenots, 16, 49

Hull, William, 229

Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, 41

Idaho:

I

made a Territory, 438
admitted to the Union, 496

Illinois:

a part of the Northwest Territory,
120

made a Territory, 239

admitted to the Union, 240

growth of, 240, 366

Illiteracy, 469

Immigration, 85, 154, 314, 366, 436,

466, 598

Impeachment of Johnson, 428-430

Imperialism,

532

Impressment, 199, 221, 234

Income Tax, 410, 512, 569

"Indentured" servants, 63

Independence, Declaration of, 128-137
Independents, 28, 37

Independent Treasury, 281, 303
India, 10, 29, 95

Indiana:

a part of the Northwest Territory,
120

made a Territory, 206

admitted to the Union, 239
growth of, 240

Indians:

origin of the name, 57

numbers and principal tribes, 58

government and civilization, 59

and the land, 60

alliance with the English, 82

in the French and Indian War, 94

their position after 1763, 99

and the treaty of Fort Stanwix, 100

during the Revolution, 148

and the Treaty of Greenville, 205

in the Northwest, 226, 239

removal of, 277

in Iowa and Wisconsin, 316

in Nebraska and Montana, 439

the Custer Massacre, 440

the Dawes Bill, 499

Indian Territory, 278, 498, 562
Industry:

in Europe in the fifteenth century, 4

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