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“Misery index,” 738 Munich meeting (1938), 629 National Woman Suffrage Associa- Guild in, 451; schools in, 447;
Missiles: ABM treaty and, 722, Munitions industry: World War I tion, 457, 535 September 11, 2001 and, 764
765; Cuban Missile Crisis and, and, 629; World War II and, 629 National Women’s Economic Sum- New York Central Railroad, 408
695–697; Gulf War and, 750; INF Murphy, Charles F., 436 mit, 730 New York Journal, 489
and, 743; Reagan and, 741; SALT Murray, Philip, 618 Nation building: Kennedy admin- New York Stock Exchange. See Stock
and, 722; START I and, 749 Music, 440, 522–524, 711 istration and foreign, 694; war in market crashes
Missions and missionaries: empire Mussolini, Benito, 627, 638 Iraq and, 766–767 New Zealand, 638
and, 482, 485–486, 497 My Lai massacre, 710 Native Americans. See also Indian NFWA. See National Farm Workers
Mississippi, University of, 699 policy; specific tribes: activism Association (NFWA)
Mississippi River region, expansion N and, 712; conquest of (1849-1902), Niagara Movement, 514
beyond, 379, 387–389 379, 380–387, 384, 402; gender Nicaragua, 736, 740–741, 741–742
Missouri (ship), 647 Nader, Ralph, 760 and, 380–381; New Deal and, 620; Nichols, Jess D., 584
Missouri Pacific Railroad, 395, 422, Nagasaki, 646, 647 in World War II, 643 Nichols, Roger L., 387
608 Nashville (ship), 558 Nativism, 595–596 Niebuhr, Reinhold, 679
Missouri River region, 387 National Academy of Sciences, 752 Naturalism in literature, 472 “Night riders”of Ku Klux Klan, 370
MIT. See Massachusetts Institute of National American Woman Suf- Natural resources, 405 Nimitz, Chester, 638, 646
Technology (MIT) frage Association, 442, 535, 552 Nature preservation. See Conserva- Nineteenth Amendment, 535, 586,
Mitchell, John (Nixon administra- National Association for the tion 587
tion), 724 Advancement of Colored People Navajo Indians, 380, 381, 382, 643; Nisei, in World War II, 643–644
Mitchell, John (United Mine Work- (NAACP), 514, 712 and reservations, 383; women, 381 Nitze, Paul, 660
ers), 541 National Association of Manufactur- Naval bases, 484, 488, 497 Nixon, Richard M.: election of 1952
Mobilization: in World War I, ers, 532 Naval War College, 488 and, 669; election of 1960 and,
567–568; in World War II, 640 National Biscuit Company, 415 Navy (U.S.), 627, 630, 632, 681. See 669, 691–693, 693; election of
Model A Ford, 582, 583 National Child Labor Committee, also Royal Navy (Britain); empire 1968 and, 714–716, 716; presi-
Model N Ford, 507 532 and new, 486–488, 487; Spanish- dency of, 722–726, 744
Model T Ford, 507, 581–583 National Civic Federation, 453 American War and, 495; in World “No Child Left Behind” program,
Modern America, transition to, National Conference of Charities War II, 627, 631–632, 633–634, 763
581, 581–601; city life in 1920s and Corrections, 533 638, 646 Nonviolence, King and, 687
and, 585–589, 602; conservative National Conference of Social Work, Nazi Germany, 627, 629–630, 632, Normalcy, Republicans and, 598
response to, 589–596, 602 533 634–640, 644–647 Normandy, D-Day in, 644–645
Modernism in painting, 524 National Congress of Mothers, 534 Nazi Holocaust, 645 Norris, J. Frank, 596
Mondale, Walter, 742 National Congress of Parents and Nazi-Soviet Pact, 630, 636 North, Oliver, 742
Monetary policy: 1970s inflation Teachers, 470 Nebraska Territory, 382, 388 North Africa campaign, 638
and, 729, 737; Federal Reserve Act National Council of Jewish Women, Negro, use of term, 712 North American Free Trade
and, 550–551; gold standard vs. 534 Neighborhood Guild (NYC), 451 Agreement (NAFTA), 757
silver standard and, 458, 460, 469, National Council of Women, 470 Nelson, Donald, 640 North Atlantic Treaty Organization
475–477 National Education Association, 532 Neoconservatism, 721 (NATO), 656–657
"Monkey Trial.” See Scopes Trial National Farm Bureau Federation, Netherlands (Dutch), 630 North Carolina Agricultural and
Monopoly, 414, 422, 508; Clayton 532 Neutrality: war with Spain and, 489; Technical College, 688
Antitrust Act, 550–551; Sherman National Farmers’ Alliance and World War I and, 562–563; World Northeast, 405, 751
Antitrust Act (1890), 459–460, Industrial Union, 462–467 War II and, 628–630 Northern Pacific Railroad, 409, 468
461, 540–541, 547 National Farm Workers Association Neutrality acts, 629; revision of, 629 Northern Securities Company, 415,
Monroe, Harriet, 524 (NFWA), 712–714 Nevada, 394 540
Monroe Doctrine, 481, 483–484; National Federation of Settlements, Newark (NJ), 712 North Korea, 662–664
corollaries to, 559 532 New Deal, 603–624, 604, 624; end North of Boston (Frost), 524
Montana, 394 National government. See of, 621–622, 665; Great Depres- North Vietnam, 694, 706–708,
Montana Territory, 393 Government (U.S.) sion and, 603–604; impact of, 709–710, 715, 723
Montgomery (AL), 686–687, 687, National Grange of the Patrons of 617–620, 622–623, 624; recovery Northwestern Alliance, 466
704 Husbandry, 398 programs in, 612–613; reforming Northwestern University Settlement,
Montgomery bus boycott, 686 National Guard: desegregation American life and, 613–617, 624; 451
Montgomery Ward & Co, 418 and, 684, 699, 704, 704; Spanish relief programs in, 605–607, 624 Norway, 630, 634
Moral diplomacy, 560 American War and, 491; Vietnam New England, 676 Novels: dime, 426
Morality: 1920s and, 586–587, 592; War protests and, 722–724, 723 New England Conservatory, 440 NOW. See National Organization
turbulent sixties and, 711; victo- Nationalist Chinese, 661, 662 New Era, 585 for Women (NOW)
rian, 439, 442 Nationalist Clubs, 450 New Freedom, 505, 549 NRA. See National Recovery
Moral Majority, 721 National Municipal League, 538 New Frontier, 693, 698–701, 718 Administration (NRA)
Morgan, Anne, 518 National Organization for Women New Guinea, World War II and, 634, NSC. See National Security Council
Morgan, J. Piermont, 541, 542, 546; (NOW), 714, 731 638, 646 (NSC)
conservation and, 546; as financial National Origins Quota Act (1924), New Haven Railroad, 540 NSC-68, 660, 664. See also National
leader, 410, 412, 417, 508; Theo- 595 New immigrants, 434–435, 435 Security Council (NSC)
dore Roosevelt and, 527 National parks and forests, 544 Newlands Act (1902), 390, 512 Nuclear arms race, 653; Cuba and,
Morgan, J. P. Jr., 599 National Reclamation Act (New- New Mexico Territory, 393 695–697; INF and, 743; Reagan
Mormons, 387 lands Act): (1902), 390 New Nationalism, 505, 548; Wilson and, 740; SALT and, 722; START
Morrill Land Grant Act (1862), 443, National Recovery Administration and, 551–552 I and, 749
444 (NRA), 612, 612 New Orleans (LA): Hurricane Nunn, Sam, 733
Mortality rates, childhood, 277, 438, National Security Council (NSC), Katrina and, 754, 755; race riot Nursing: higher education and, 446
521 659–660, 664 in, 360 Nye, Gerald, 629
Morton, Ferdinand (“Jelly Roll”), 523 National security/defense. See New Republic, 551 Nye Committee, 629
Mothers Congress (1896), 470 Defense spending Newspapers: rotary press and, 418
Motion pictures. See Movies "National Security Strategy (NSS) of Newton, Huey, 712 O
Movies, 522–524, 585 the United States," 765 “New world order” (Bush, Sr.), 750
Muckrakers, 503–505, 546 National Steel, 412 New York (NY): Greenwich Village Obama, Barack: election of 2008
Mugwumps, 439 National Union for Social Justice, in, 524, 733–735; Harlem Renais- and, 767–770, 769, 770; presi-
Multiple independently targeted 615 sance and, 588; immigration dency of, 770–771, 774
reentry: vehicles (MIRVs), 722 National Union movement, 360 and, 434; late nineteenth century, Oberlin College, 281
Muncie (IN), 584 National Urban League, 514 432–434, 436, 440; Neighborhood Ocala Demands, 466
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