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Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, New, 372–374 segregation in, 374, Stimson, Henry L., 647 T
Versailles..., The (Orpen), 578 446–448, 681 “St. Louis Blues” (Handy), 523
Silent majority, 717, 723 South America. See Latin America St. Mihiel salient, 569 Taft, Robert A., 631, 632, 669
Silver coinage, 458, 460, 466, 469, 472 South Carolina: Robert Smalls and, Stock market crashes: in 1893, 468, Taft, William Howard: domestic
Silver mining, 391–394, 393 353–355 604–608 presidency of, 527, 527–529, 541,
Silver standard vs. gold standard, 462, South End House (Boston), 451 Stock ticker, 415 545–552; foreign policy of, 557,
469, 471–475 Southern Alliance, 464, 464–466 Stone, Lucy, 370 559; Philippines commission and,
Simmons, William J., 592 Southern Christian Leadership Stone Mountain (GA), 592 499–500; in Roosevelt cabinet,
Sinai Peninsula, 726 Conference (SCLC), 686 Straight, Willard, 559 540, 559
Sinatra Doctrine, 749 Southern Farmers’ Alliance, 374 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Taft-Katsura Agreement, 559
Sinclair, Upton, 504, 543, 614 Southern Pacific Railroad, 409 (SALT), 722 Taiwan, 661
“Single tax,” 449 Southern Railway, 410 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), “Talented tenth” (Du Bois), 446
Sino-Soviet alliance, 661 South Korea, 660–664 740 Taliban, 764–765
Sioux Indians, 380, 381–383 South Vietnam, 694–695, 706, 708, Strategy of Peace, The (Kennedy), “Talkies,” 585
Sioux War, 382, 384 708–710, 715 694 Tammany Hall, 436–438
Sirica, John, 724–726 Southwest, 390–391, 516, 753 Streetcars, 417, 432, 440, 441, 522 Tarbell, Ida, 441, 571
Sister Carrie (Dreiser), 471 Soviet Union. See also Russian Strikes, labor, 422–425, 423, 424, Tariff(s): in 1920s, 598–599; late
Sit-ins, 688, 688 Revolution: in Cold War, 649–651, 518, 520; coal, 542, 665; farm nineteenth century, 459–461, 469,
Sitting Bull (chief), 384, 385, 387 652, 653–664; demise of com- workers and, 712–714; post 475, 489; progressives and, 545,
Six Day War (1967), 726 munism in, 749; Pact with Nazi World War II, 665; Pullman, 468; 550–551
Sixteenth Amendment, 547, 560 Germany, 630, 636; Reagan and, railroads and, 665; Red Scare and, Tariff Commission Act, 552
Skyscrapers, 431–432 740–741; in World War II, 630, 575, 590–592; sit down, 617–618; Taxation. See also Income tax: Arti-
Sloan, John, 524 635–637 textiles and, 614 cles “single-tax” clubs and, 449
Slums, 305, 429, 429–430, 432–434 Spain: war with, 479–481, 488–496, Strong, Josiah, 482, 483 Taylor, A. J. P., 627
Smalls, Robert, 353, 353–355, 368 501 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 509
Smeal, Eleanor, 731 Spanish-American War, 488–496, Committee (SNCC), 688, 698 Taylor, Maxwell, 694
Smith, Alfred E., 599–600 492, 495; Caribbean Theater, 496 Student protests, 710–711, Teach-ins, 710–711
Smith, Bessie, 523 Speculation: 1890s depression 722–724 Teapot Dome scandal, 597
Smith, Howard K., 692 and, 491; Great Depression and, Students for a Democratic Society Technology. See also Transportation:
Smith, Margaret Chase, 670 605–606 (SDS), 710 1920s and, 583; 1950s and, 675;
Smith College, 443 Spencer, Herbert, 448–449 Subcultures. See also Ethnic groups: farming, 398; industrial society
Snake River, 388 Spheres of influence, 500 immigrant, 435–436 and, 403–405; nineteenth century,
SNCC. See Student Nonviolent Coor- Spock, Benjamin, 677 Submarines, World War I, 563–564 477
dinating Committee (SNCC) Spoon River Anthology (Masters), Sub-treasury system, 466 Telegraph, 405, 406, 409, 415–417
Social Darwinism, 448 524 Suburbs, 676–678 Telephone, 404, 405–406, 415–417
Social Gospel, 450 Sports, 440, 587 Sudetenland, 629 Television, 678, 679; Kennedy vs.
Socialism, 537, 571–572; Red Scare Sprague, Frank J., 417 Suffrage. See Voting and voting Nixon debate on, 691, 691–693;
and, 590–592 Sputnik, 679, 697 rights Reagan and, 721
Socialist party, 529, 537, 571–572 Square deal, 541–542 Sugar and sugar industry, 485, 489 Teller, Henry M., 491
Social-justice movement, 532–533; Stalin, Joseph: Cold War and, 649, Sullivan, Louis H., 431, 432 Teller Amendment, 491
women and, 534–535 649–651, 661; death of, 649, Sumner, Charles, 359, 361 Tenant farmers, 512, 618
Social order. See Classes 649–651, 661, 670; World War II Sumner, William Graham, 449 Tenements, 429, 429–430, 432–434
Social sciences, progressivism and, and, 636, 645 Sunbelt, 721, 748, 751, 754 Tennessee Coal and Iron Company,
530–532 Stalingrad, battle at, 638 Sunday, Billy, 590 541, 547
Social Security, 704, 767, 772 Standardization: of railroad gauges, Sunni Muslims, in Iraq, 766–767 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
Social Security Act (1935), 615–617, 409; of time, 409 Sununu, John, 745 611, 611, 703
616, 622 Standard of living: 1920s and, 583; Superiority: Anglo-Saxon peoples Ten Percent Plan, 356
Social thought, new currents in, 1990s and, 751; industrial society and, 446, 482 Tenure of Office Act, 363
449–451, 478 and, 425; post World War II, 676 Superpowers: late twentieth century, Terkel, Studs, 603, 607
Social welfare, crisis in, 452–453 Standard Oil Company, 412, 508, 722, 735, 740, 742, 743, 747; post Testing of the First Reaping Machine
Social work and social workers: Du 540, 543 World War II, 651, 653, 659, 661, near Steele’s Tavern, Virginia, 1831,
Bois and, 445; new profession Stanford, Jane, 443 662 The, 303
of, 452–453; progressivism and, Stanford, Leland, 443 Supreme Court (U.S.). See also in- Tet offensive, 715
532–533; settlement houses and, Stanford University, 443 dividual cases: abortion and, 731, Teton Sioux Indians, 383, 384
451–452 Stanton, Edwin, 363 771; affirmative action and, 771; Texas, 751
Sociology. See Social work and social Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 370 antitrust legislation and, 459–460, Texas, University of, Law School, 771
workers Starr, Kenneth, 758 541, 546–547; Communist party Texas and Pacific Railroad, 422
Sod houses, 398 START I and II, 749 and, 667; desegregation, 683–685, Texas longhorn cattle, 395
Soldiers. See also Afghanistan; Civil “Star wars.” See Strategic Defense 684, 686; desegregation and, 699; Textile industry, 419
War; Iraq; Korean War; Vietnam Initiative election of 2000 and, 761; gay Thatcher, Margaret, 747
War; World War I; World War States’ rights: Wilson and, 549 rights and, 732–734; income tax Thernstrom, Stephan, 421
II: in Spanish-American War, States’ Rights party, 681 and, 469–470; Japanese reloca- Third Reich (Germany), 627
492–494, 501 St. Denis, Ruth, 524 tion camps and, 643–644; labor Third World, 694, 735
Solidarity movement (Poland), 749 Stead, William T., 453 disputes and, 468; New Deal Thirteenth Amendment, 358
Solomon Islands, 638 Steamboats/ships, 403–405 and, 613, 621–622; school prayer Thomas, Norman, 631
Somoza, Anastasio, 736 Steam power, 403, 404, 406, 583 and, 721; segregation and, 442, Thomson, J. Edgar, 408
Sooners, Oklahoma, 399 Steel and steel industry, 411, 446, 447; Watergate tapes and, Thoreau, Henry David, 686
Sorensen, Theodore, 698 411–412, 413, 676 725–726; women’s suffrage and, Tiananmen Square (Beijing), 749
Souls of Black Folk, The (Du Bois), Steel Workers Organizing 457 Tilden, Samuel J., 372
514 Committee, 618 Survey magazine, 533 Tillman, Benjamin, 466
South. See also Civil War; Ku Klux Steffens, Lincoln, 503–505 Sussex (ship) and pledge, 564 Time, daylight saving, 573
Klan; Sectionalism: black activism Stephens, Alexander, 358 SVN. See South Vietnam Times, 432
in, 686–688; desegregation and, Stephens, Uriah S., 421 Swift, Gustavus F., 415, 417 Time zones, 408, 409
684, 698; education in, 442–443; Stevens, John L., 485 Synagogues, 436 “Tin Lizzie,” 507
railroads and, 408; Reconstruc- Stevens, Thaddeus, 361 Synthetic fabrics, 585 Titusville (PA), 412
tion and, 363–369; reunion and Stevenson, Adlai, 669, 677 Syria, 726 Todd, Helen, 442
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