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World War II, 676; Reagan and, Douglas, William O., 622 of 1888, 459, 460; of 1890, 461– Espionage Act (1917), 571, 571–572
740 Dove, Arthur, 524 462; of 1892, 467; of 1894, 469; Ethiopia, 627
Deficit. See Budgets and budget Draft (military): Vietnam War and, of 1896, 471–475, 475; of 1900, Ethnic groups: nationalism and,
deficits 711; in World War I, 567–568 475–477, 477, 478; of 1904, 542; 712–714; in twenty-first century,
De Gaulle, Charles, 636 Drake, Edwin L., 412 of 1908, 544; of 1910, 546–547; 752–756
Demobilization, World War II and, Dreiser, Theodore, 471 of 1912, 529, 538, 547–549, 549; Ethnic Heritage Studies Act (1972),
653 Drinking. See Alcohol and alcohol- of 1916, 552, 564–565, 565; of 713
Democracy: mining camps and, 394 ism 1918, 564–565, 565, 576; of 1920, Europe and Europeans. See also
Democratic party. See also Droughts, 468, 613, 619 579, 579; of 1924, 599–600, 600; World War I; World War II: Cold
Democratic presidents by name: Du Bois, W. E. B., 444–446, 445, 453, of 1928, 599–600, 600; of 1932, War division of, 651–653, 652; for-
in 1900s, 756–760, 774; African 514, 574 609–610, 610; of 1936, 621–622; eign policy approach to, 483–484
Americans and, 551, 618–620, Dukakis, Michael, 748 of 1938, 622; of 1940, 632, 632; “Evil Empire,” Soviet Union as, 740
623, 681; election of 1980 and, Duke, James B., 417 of 1944, 640; of 1946, 665; of Evolution: empire and, 482; vs. intel-
743; FDR coalition and, 623; in Dumbbell tenements, 432 1948, 666; of 1952, 669, 669–670, ligent design, 771
the New South, 373; realignment Duncan, Isadora, 524 670; of 1960, 691–693, 693; of Executive branch: in 1920s, 599;
(1890s) and, 458, 461, 472–474; in Dunkirk, battle at, 630 1962, 695–696, 696; of 1964, national security/ defense and,
Reconstruction, 372 Du Pont Corporation, 509, 540 703–704, 704; of 1968, 691–693, 659, 676; New Deal and, 610–613;
Demonstrations. See Antiwar senti- Dust Bowl, 613, 619 693, 715–716, 716; of 1972, 724, World War I and, 572, 575
ment; Civil rights movement Dutch East Indies, 633, 634, 635, 636 724–726; of 1976, 735, 735–737; of Exodusters, 397
Dempsey, Jack, 587 Dylan, Bob, 711 1980, 728, 737–739; of 1984, 742, Expansion and expansionism,
Denmark, 630 742; of 1988, 748, 748; of 1992, overseas, 481–488
Denver (CO), 391, 394 E 756–757; of 1996, 758, 758; of Experts, government, progressives
Departments of government. See 2000, 760–763, 761; of 2004, 767, and, 538
specific department names Eagleburger, Lawrence, 747 768; voting irregularities and, 693, Exports, 482
Department stores, 418 East Germany, 749 760–763
Dependent Pensions Act, 459 East Indies. See Dutch East Indies Electrical industry, 583, 584 F
Depression(s): of 1890s, 453, Eastman, George, 415 Electricity, 440; Tennessee Val-
455–457, 467–470, 478. See also Eastman Kodak, 509 ley Authority (TVA) and, 611, Factories and factory systems: indus-
Great Depression East St. Louis (IL), 447 611–612, 703 trial society and, 419, 422, 509
Desegregation: armed forces and, E. C. Knight Co., 460 Electric motors, 583 Fair Deal, 681
681; black activism and, 686–688, Economic aid. See Foreign aid Electronics industry, 676 Fair Employment Practices
698–701; school, 683–686 Economic inequality. See Classes; Elementary and Secondary Educa- Committee (FEPC), 643, 681
Desert Shield, 750 Poverty; Wealth and the wealthy tion Act (ESEA), 704 Falaba (ship), 563
Desert Storm, 750 Economy. See also Agriculture; Banks Elevators, 303, 404, 432 Fall, Albert, 597–598
Détente, 722; Reagan and, 740; Third and banking; Commerce; Finances Eliot, T. S., 524 Falwell, Jerry, 721
World and, 735–737 and financing; Industrial society; Elliott, Robert Brown, 368 Families: colonial, immigrant, 436;
Detroit (MI), 196, 574, 640, 643, New Deal; Recessions; Trade: in Elliott, Stephen, 322 late nineteenth century, 438,
676, 712 1920s, 584–585; early twentieth Ellis Island (New York), 434 440–441, 729–730; nuclear, 677,
Deutsch-Amerikanischer century, 505; high-tech bubble and, El Salvador, 736, 741 729–730; post World War II,
Nationalbund, 436 763–764; natural resources and, Emergency Fleet Corporation, 573 677; twentieth century, 512–513,
Dewey, George, 495, 495, 497, 499 405; oil embargo and, 726–728; Emigrants: African Americans and, 586–587; during World War II,
Dewey, John, 514, 536 post Civil War West and, 378; post 375; Western settlement and, 641
Dewey, Thomas E., 658–659, 665, World War II, 675, 690;406–410; 387–389 Family task system, 364
666 World War I and, 575 Emori, Susumi, 644 Fannie Mae, 768
Díaz, Porfirio, 561 Economy policy. See also Monetary Empire, American, 479–502, 499; Far East. See Asia; China
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 694–695, 706 policy; Tariff(s): 1970s inflation acquisitions and, 496–500, 502; Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial
Dingley Tariff, 475, 545 and, 728–729; industrial society overseas expansion and, 481–488, Union, 398–399, 466
Diplomacy. See also Foreign policy: and, 405, 406–407; New Deal 502; war with Spain and, 479–502, Farms and farming. See also
dollar, 559; moral, 560; World War and, 622 491–492, 501, 502 Agriculture; Planters and planta-
II and, 633–634, 645 Ederle, Gertrude, 588 Empires, world colonial, 482, 501 tions: discontent on, 398–399;
Dirksen, Everett M., 703 Edison, Thomas A., 404, 415–417, Employees. See Labor early twentieth century, 505,
Disarmament: post World War II 416 Employment. See Unemployment 512; Great Depression and, 603,
plan for, 653 Education. See also School(s): Energy crisis, 726–728 603–604; on the Great Plains,
Discrimination, 703. See also college, 677, 679, 710–711; Engel v. Vitale, 721 397–398; grievances and, 464;
Segregation controversy over progressive, Engineering, chemical, 585 late nineteenth century, 438, 440,
Disease: in Spanish- American War, 679; freedmen and, 365; higher, England (Britain): Iraq war and, 455–457; New Deal and, 613;
496 443–446. See also College educa- 766; Monroe Doctrine and, 484; populist movement and, 464–467
Dissent. See also Black power move- tion; Hispanics and, 753; Johnson post World War II aid and, 654; in Farmworkers, 511–512, 520,
ment; Vietnam War and, 710–711 and reform of, 703; nineteenth World War I, 561, 563, 566–567, 712–714
District of Columbia (DC). See century, 442–443; No Child Left 575–576; in World War II, Fashion. See Clothing
Washington (DC) Behind and, 763 630–632, 644–645 Faubus, Orval, 684
Diversity: in post World War II Efficiency, industrial, 509, 583 Enron, 763–764 Federal agencies. See specific agencies
suburbs, 677 Egypt, 726, 736 Entertainment. See also Leisure and Federal Home Mortgage
Divorce, 441, 446, 586, 641, 730 Ehrlichman, John, 725 entertainment: leisure and, 439–440 Corporation, 768
Dixiecrats, 665, 681 Eighteenth Amendment, 534, 592 Entrepreneurs, industrial society Federal National Mortgage
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 697 Eisenhower, Dwight D.: election and, 405 Association, 768
Doctors. See Medicine of 1952 and, 669, 669–670, 670; Environment, 530, 535–537, 772 Federal Reserve, 729, 738, 739, 763
Dodge, Grenville M., 408–409 NATO and, 656–657; presidency Equal Employment Opportunity Federal Reserve Act (1913),
Dodge City (KS), 395, 396 of, 670, 676, 685, 689, 695; in Commission, 703 550–551
Dole, Robert, 758 Truman administration, 653; in Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Federal vs. state governments.
“Dollar diplomacy," 559 World War II, 637–638, 644–645 731, 731 See also Regulation:
Domesticity, in late nineteenth El Alamein, battle at, 638 ERA. See Equal Rights Amendment Billion- Dollar Congress and, 461;
century, 440–441 Elderly: in 1990s, 751; Social (ERA) Spanish-American War and, 476;
Dominican Republic, 705 Security and, 615–617 Erie Railroad, 408, 468 twentieth century conservatives
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, 733 Election(s): of 1876, 372–373, 373; of ESEA (Elementary and Secondary and, 717, 721, 735, 748
Dos Passos, John, 587 1880, 457, 458; of 1884, 459, 459; Education Act), 704 “Fellow travelers,” 667
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