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Augusta (ship), 649 Bernays, Edward, 585 Brownmiller, Susan, 714 New Deal and, 610; opposition
Australia, 638 Bessemer, Henry, 406, 411 Brown University, 629 to, 572
Austria, 629 Bessemer process, 411 Brown v. Board of Education of Capone, Al, 587
Austria-Hungary, 561, 569 Bethlehem Steel, 412 Topeka, 683 Carbon tax, 772
Automation, 676 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 618 Bruce, Blanche K., 368 Caribbean region, 484
Automobiles and automobile indus- Big Bonanza (gold strike), 393 Brussels Treaty, 656 Carlisle Indian School, 385
try, 477, 583–584; Ford’s mass pro- Big business, regulation of. See Bryan, William Jennings: election of Carmichael, Stokely, 712
duction and, 507, 581, 581–583; oil Trust(s) 1896 and, 472–474, 473; election Carnegie, Andrew, 411–412, 421,
embargo and, 726–728; post World Big Foot (chief), 384, 385 of 1900 and, 499; election of 1908 424, 497
War II, 676; suburbs and, 676–678; “Big Four,” at Paris Peace and, 544; Spanish-American War Carnegie Steel Company, 411–412
unions and, 617–618 Conference, 577 and, 490, 497; in Wilson’s cabinet, Caroline Islands, 638, 646, 661
Axis of evil, 765 Big Three, at Teheran and Yalta, 645 560, 564 Carpetbaggers, 366
Axis Powers, 628, 633; turning tide Billion-Dollar Congress, 459–461, Bryn Mawr College, 443 Carranza, Venustiano, 561
against, 635, 635–637, 636, 637; 478 Buckley, Christopher (“Blind Boss”), Carson River Valley (NV), 393
victory against, 644–647, 646–647 Bill of Rights (U.S.), due process 435–438 Carter, James E.: election of 1980
and, 360; first Billy the Kid, 391 Buckley, William, 721 and, 737–739; presidency of, 729,
B Bin Laden, Osama, 764 Budgets and budget deficits: in 731–732, 735
Baby and Child Care (Spock), 677 Birds of passage, 515 1970s, 728–729, 735; Bush Sr. and, Cascade Mountains, 379
748; Clinton and, 757, 758; FDR
Baby boom, 641, 647, 675, 675, 676 Birmingham (AL), 699, 700 and, 622; Obama and, 770–771 Casey, William, 742
Bad Heart Bull, Amos, 377 Birth control, 441, 586 Budget system, government, 599 Cash-and-carry policy, 629, 630–632
Baez, Joan, 711 Birth of a Nation, The (movie), 522 Buffalo, on the Great Plains, Cash register, 438
Baghdad, Iraq, 750, 750, 766, Birth rates: in 1970s, 729–730; nine- 380–381, 381, 386–387 Castro, Fidel, 694, 695–697, 735
766–767 teenth century, 441; post World Bulgaria, 569, 653, 749 Catalogs, mail-order, 418
Baker, Ella, 687 War II, 675 Bulge, Battle of the, 644–645, 646 Catholicism: in new immigrants
Baker, Ray Stannard, 571 Black, Hugo, 622 “Bulldozing” voters, 374 and, 434
Bakke v. Regents of the University of Black, use of term, 712 Bull Moose (Progressive) party, 529, Catlin, George, 381
California, 771 Black Beauty (Sewell), 471 547–549, 548 Catt, Carrie Chapman, 535, 563
Balanced budget. See Budgets and Black Codes, 358, 366, 369 Bundy, McGeorge, 705, 708 Cattle and cattle ranching, 394–397,
budget deficits Blackfoot Indians, 380 Bureau of Corporations, 540 395, 396
Balkan region, World War II and, 645 Black Hills Gold Rush, 384 Burma, 634 Cavalry: black regiments of, 492;
Ball, George, 708 Black Kettle (chief), 382 Burns, Lucy, 535 Rough Riders as volunteer,
Ballinger, Richard A., 546 Blacklist, 670 Bush, George H. W.: CIA and, 734; 479–481
Ballinger-Pinchot affair, 546 Black nationalism, 712 election of 1980 and, 738; election CCC. See Civilian Conservation
Baltimore (MD), 430, 432 Black Panther Party, 712 of 1988 and, 748, 748; presidency Corps (CCC)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 408, 410 Black Power movement, 712 of, 745, 745–751, 774 Centennial exposition, 403
Bankruptcies, railroad, 410 Blacks. See African Americans Bush, George W.: election of 2000 Central America: 1970s uprisings in,
Banks, Louis, 607 Black Thursday (October 24, 1929), and, 760–763, 761; presidency of, 736; foreign policy approach to,
Banks and banking: Federal Reserve 605 763–767; as Texas governor, 757 483–484, 740–741, 741
System and, 550–551; New Deal Blaine, James G., 484 Business. See also Corporations; Central High School (Little Rock),
and, 610 Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act 684
Bannock Indians, 383 (1878), 458 Trust(s): growth of, 508, 508–509; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
New Deal and, 612–613; post
Bara, Theda, 589 Bliss, Tasker H., 576 World War II boom and, 676; 659, 695–696, 740–741, 764
Barbed wire, 396–397, 398 Blitzkrieg, 630 regulation of, 460, 475–477; Central Pacific Railroad, 408–409,
Barnard College, 443 Boland Amendment (1984), 741, 742 women and, 729–732 410
Barnett, Ross, 699 Bolden, Charles (Buddy), 523 Byrd, Harry F., 702 Central Powers, in World War I,
Barnum, Phineas T., 377 Bolsheviks, 567, 575, 590. See also Byrnes, James, 640 561, 563
Barton, Bruce, 585 Communists and communism Cervera, Pascual, 495, 496
Baruch, Bernard M., 573, 653 Bonus Army, 609 Chain stores, 585
Baruch Plan, 653 Boomtowns in World War II, 641 C Chamber of Commerce (U.S.), 532
Baseball, 440, 522, 587 Bootleggers, 587, 592 Cable, George Washington, 471 Chambers, Whittaker, 667
Basketball, 440 Borah, William E., 629 Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary), Charity societies, in 1890s
Basra, Iraq, 766 Borjas, George J., 752 393 depression, 455
Bastogne, Belgium, 644 Bosses, political, 435–438 Califano, Joseph, 735 Charleston (dance), 588
Baton Rouge (LA) bus boycott, 686 Boston (MA): in late nineteenth California, 390–391, 512, 640, 751; Charleston harbor, 353
"Battle of the standards," 394 century, 434, 437, 440; police gold and, 380, 387, 393; Native Château-Thierry, battle at, 568
Battleship fleet, 488 strike in, 590, 598; South End Americans in, 380; Spanish influ- Chávez, César, 712–714, 713
Bay of Pigs, 695 House in, 451 ence in, 390–391; water issues Chayefsky, Paddy, 679
Bear Stearns, 768 Boston (ship), 485 and, 390, 512 Cheney, Richard, 747
Beatles, 711 Boston Red Sox, 440 Californios, 391 Chernenko, Konstantin, 742
Beatniks, 679 Bow, Clara, 589 Calley, William, Jr., 710 Cherokee Indians, 380
Beecher, Henry Ward, 450 Boxer Rebellion, 500 Call of the Wild, The (London), 471 Cheyenne Indians, 377, 380, 382, 383
Beijing, China, 749 Boxing, 587 Cambodia, 710, 722–724 Chiang Kai-shek, 633, 636, 661
Belgium, 630, 644 Boycotts: grape, 712–714 Campaigning, political: Bryan and, Chicago (IL): 1968 Democratic con-
Bell, Alexander Graham, 404 Bozeman Trail, 382 474; late nineteenth century, 457, vention in, 716; black population
Bell, Griffin, 735 Bradley, Omar, 644–645, 664, 715 474–475 of, 574; as cattle market, 395; Civic
Bellamy, Edward, 449–450, 450 Branch, Taylor, 686 Camp Dweller Indians, 380 Federation of, 453; early twentieth
Belleau Wood, battle at, 568 Brandeis, Louis D., 549 Canada, 483–484, 644 century, 447, 522; Hull House in,
Bellows, George W., 524 Brazil, 705 Canary, Martha Jane (Calamity 451, 453; late nineteenth century,
Bell Telephone Company, 416 Brezhnev, Leonid, 722, 742 Jane), 393 432, 433, 434, 440; Northwestern
Bemis, Samuel F., 481 Brezhnev Doctrine, 749 Cannon, Joseph (“Uncle Joe”), University Settlement in, 451
Berkman, Alexander, 424, 590 Briand, Aristide, 625 545–546 Chicago, University of, 443, 536
Berlin, Germany, 645, 652, 653; Britain. See England Capital (financial), 405, 407. See also Chicago Poems (Sandburg), 524
blockade and airlift, 657–659, 658; Britain, battle of, 631–632 Finances and financing Chicanos, 714
Wall, 749 Bronco-Buster, The (Remington), 501 Capitalism. See also Business; Childhood: late nineteenth century,
Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis. See Axis Brown, H. Rap, 712 Corporations; Trust(s): industrial, 439, 441; mid-twentieth century,
Powers Brown, James, 712 436; neoconservatives and, 721; 677
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