The Encyclopedia of American Political History,9781568025117

The Encyclopedia of American Political History

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ISBN13: 9781568025117
ISBN10: 1568025114
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Cq Pr
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Summary

Particularly helpful to anyone hoping to understand the evolution and intricacies of the modern American political process, The Encyclopedia of American Political History identifies the most significant personalities, trends, campaigns and elections, protests and rebellions, laws, statutes, and policies in American political history.

Alphabetically organized for easy access to include:
-- A complete chronology and an at-a-glance timeline of American political history, which helps establish a context for key figures, events, and concepts
-- More than 240 signed, original articles by prominent scholars o American political history, organized alphabetically and cross-referenced by subject for easy access
-- A glossary of frequently used abbreviations and their meanings as well as historical summaries of presidential election results for quick lookup
-- Thorough historical coverage beginning with the late 1700s.
-- Over 150 photographs, illustrations, maps, and tables to provide a rich visual presentation
-- Detailed index for easy searching an

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
About the Editors xiii
Contributors xv
Descriptive Time Line of Political Events in U.S. History xxi
Adams, John
1(1)
Adams, John Quincy
2(1)
Affirmative Action
3(3)
African American Politics
6(3)
American Independent Party
9(1)
American Revolution
9(4)
Anti-Masonic Party
13(1)
Antitrust
14(2)
Apportionment
16(3)
Arthur, Chester A.
19(1)
Articles of Confederation
19(4)
Bank War
23(1)
Bill of Rights
24(2)
Black Panthers
26(1)
Black Suffrage
26(4)
Bonus March
30(1)
Breckinridge Democrats
30(1)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
31(2)
Buchanan, James
33(1)
Buckley v. Valeo
34(1)
Bush, George
35(4)
Cabinet
39(3)
Calhoun, John C.
42(1)
Campaign Finance
43(3)
Campaigning
46(5)
Carter, Jimmy
51(2)
Census
53(4)
Civil-Military Relations
57(4)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
61(1)
Civil Rights Act of 1875
62(2)
Civil Rights Acts (Modern)
64(3)
Civil Rights Movement
67(4)
Civil Unrest and Rioting
71(5)
Civil War
76(3)
Cleveland, Grover
79(1)
Clinton, Bill
80(4)
Clinton-Era Scandals
84(2)
Cloture
86(1)
Cold War
86(6)
Committee System
92(2)
Communist Party USA
94(1)
Compromise of 1850
95(2)
Compromise of 1877
97(1)
Comstock Act
98(1)
Congress
99(4)
Congressional Budget Office
103(1)
Conservative Party
104(1)
Constitution, Ratification
104(2)
Constitution, U.S.
106(3)
Constitutional Amendments
109(3)
Constitutional Convention
112(3)
Constitutional Union Party
115(1)
Coolidge, Calvin
115(1)
Coxey's Army
115(1)
Credit Mobilier Scandal
116(1)
Currency and Money Supply
117(2)
Declaration of Independence
119(2)
Democratic Party
121(5)
Dixiecrats (States' Rights Party)
126(3)
Eaton Affair
129(1)
Economic Sanctions
130(1)
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
131(3)
Electoral College
134(1)
Emancipation Proclamation
135(1)
Embargo
136(1)
Equal Rights Amendment
137(2)
Fair Deal
139(1)
Federal Housing Programs
140(1)
Federal Reserve System
141(1)
Federalism
142(2)
Federalists
144(1)
Filibuster
145(1)
Fillmore, Millard
146(1)
Ford, Gerald R.
146(1)
Free Soil Party
147(1)
Freedmen's Bureau Acts
148(2)
Fugitive Slave Laws
150(3)
Gag Rule
153(1)
Garfield, James A.
153(1)
Gerrymandering
154(2)
G.I. Bill
156(1)
Gilded Age
157(2)
Grant, Ulysses S.
159(2)
Great Depression
161(2)
Great Society
163(2)
Gun Control and Policy
165(4)
Harding, Warren G.
169(1)
Harrison, Benjamin
170(1)
Harrison, William Henry
170(1)
Hartford Convention Resolutions
171(1)
Hayes, Rutherford B.
172(1)
Higher Education Act
172(1)
Hoover, Herbert C.
173(2)
House Leadership: Speaker
175(2)
Immigration and Naturalization: Society and Politics
177(4)
Immigration and Naturalization: Twentieth-Century Law and Policy
181(2)
Impeachment
183(3)
Independent Counsel
186(2)
Indian Policy
188(4)
Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
192(1)
Interest Groups
192(4)
Interstate Highway System
196(2)
Iran-Contra Scandal
198(3)
Jackson, Andrew
201(3)
Jacksonian Democracy
204(1)
Jefferson, Thomas
205(3)
Jeffersonian Democracy
208(1)
Johnson, Andrew
209(1)
Johnson, Lyndon B.
210(2)
Judiciary Acts
212(3)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
215(1)
Kennedy, John F.
216(2)
Know Nothing (American) Party
218(1)
Koreagate
219(1)
Korean War
220(3)
Labor Politics and Policies
223(5)
Landslide Elections
228(1)
Liberal Party
229(1)
Liberty Party
230(1)
Lincoln, Abraham
230(4)
Lobbyists
234(1)
Local Government
235(2)
Logan Act
237(2)
Madison, James
239(3)
Manifest Destiny
242(1)
Marches on Washington
243(4)
McCarthyism
247(2)
McKinley, William
249(2)
Mexican-American War
251(1)
Missouri Compromise
252(2)
Monroe, James
254(1)
Morrill Land-Grant College Acts
255(2)
National Debt
257(1)
National Security Document 68
258(1)
National Woman's Party
258(1)
Nativism
259(1)
New Deal
260(4)
New Freedom
264(1)
New Frontier
265(2)
New Nationalism
267(1)
Newspapers and Political Parties
268(2)
Nixon, Richard M.
270(4)
Northwest Ordinance
274(1)
Nullification
275(2)
Office of Management and Budget
277(2)
Panic of 1819
279(1)
Panic of 1837
280(1)
Panic of 1857
281(1)
Panic of 1893
281(2)
Peace and Freedom Party
283(1)
Persian Gulf War
283(3)
Petition Campaigns
286(1)
Pierce, Franklin
287(1)
Political Action Committees
287(2)
Political Contributions in the Late Nineteenth Century
289(1)
Political Parties
289(5)
Polk, James K.
294(1)
Poll Tax
295(2)
Polling and Public Opinion
297(3)
Popular Sovereignty
300(1)
Populist (People's) Party
300(1)
Presidency
301(4)
Presidential Elections
305(1)
Presidential Succession Amendments
306(2)
Private and Public Welfare, Pre-New Deal
308(2)
Progressive Era
310(2)
Progressive Labor Party
312(1)
Progressive Party (H. Wallace)
312(1)
Progressive Party (La Follette)
313(1)
Prohibition and Temperance
313(2)
Rainbow Coalition
315(1)
Reagan, Ronald
315(2)
Reapportionment Cases
317(2)
Reconstruction
319(4)
Red Scare
323(1)
Reform Party
324(1)
Reproductive Rights
324(2)
Republican Party
326(4)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
330(3)
Roosevelt, Theodore
333(2)
Sally Hemings Affair
335(1)
Scandals and Corruption
336(3)
Secession
339(2)
Sectionalism
341(4)
Sedition Act of 1798
345(1)
Seminole War
346(1)
Senate Leadership: Early Period
347(1)
Senate Leadership: Modern
348(1)
Seneca Falls Convention
348(2)
Sex Discrimination in Employment: Title VII
350(1)
Sex Discrimination in Higher Education: Title IX
350(1)
Shaw v. Reno
351(1)
Shays's Rebellion
352(2)
Slavery
354(4)
Social Security
358(1)
Socialist Party
359(2)
Soft Money and Twentieth-Century Politics
361(1)
Spanish-American War
361(2)
Square Deal
363(1)
State Apportionment
364(1)
State Government
364(4)
Statehood
368(1)
States' Rights/Sovereignty
369(3)
Suffrage
372(4)
Super Majority
376(1)
Supreme Court
377(4)
Taft, William Howard
381(1)
Talt Radio
382(1)
Tariff History
383(3)
Taxation and Twentieth-Century Politics
386(3)
Taylor, Zachary
389(1)
Teapot Dome and Other Harding Administration Scandals
390(1)
Television and American Politics
391(3)
Tennessee Valley Authority
394(1)
Term Limits
395(2)
Territorial Expansion
397(3)
Territorial Government and New State Formation
400(2)
Think Tanks and the Academic Policy Community
402(2)
Third Parties
404(1)
Three-Fifths Clause
405(1)
Treaties: Commercial
406(3)
Treaties: Peace, Armament, and Defense
409(6)
Treaty Making
415(2)
Truman, Harry S.
417(4)
Twelfth Amendment
421(1)
Tyler, John
422(1)
Van Buren, Martin
423(1)
Veto Power
424(1)
Vice Presidency
425(1)
Vietnam War
426(5)
War of 1812
431(1)
War Powers
432(2)
Washington, George
434(3)
Watergate
437(2)
Watershed Elections
439(1)
Welfare State
440(1)
Whig Party
441(1)
Whiskey Rebellion
442(1)
Wilson, Woodrow
443(2)
Woman's Suffrage Movement
445(2)
World War I
447(2)
World War II: Domestic Politics
449(4)
World War II: Foreign and Military Policy
453(4)
Appendix: Acronyms and Abbreviations 457(8)
Index 465

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