Abu Ghraib prison 165
Adams, John x, 2, 4–6, 11–13, 15–17, 40, 47, 64–5
Adams, John Quincy xii, xiii, 17, 65
Afghanistan xiii, 42, 140, 152, 160, 164, 168, 172
Bush, George W. and 44, 165, 176
Ali, Muhammad 128
Alito, Samuel 77
American Anti-Slavery Society 88
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 138
American Century, The 141
American Civil Liberties Union 125
American Commonwealth (Bryce) 97
American Independent Party 62
anti-miscegenation laws 104
Aristotle 11
Armitage, Richard 166
Articles of Confederation 3–4, 9
Atlantic Charter 155
Audacity of Hope, The (Obama) 129, 166
Axelrod, David 68
Bakker, Jim 135
Bay Psalm Book, The 134
Bernstein, Carl 34
Bill of Rights 2, 21–7, 85, 103, 119, 174
Bingham, Hiram 138
black power 128
Blackstone, William 12
Boorstin, Daniel 116
Bork, Robert 37
Boston Tea Party (1773) 68, 179
Boumediene v. Bush (2008) 51
Brandeis, Louis 112
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 50
Brown, Jerry 98
Bryan, Willliam Jennings 78, 110, 123–5
Bryce, James 97
Buchanan, James 176
Buckley v.Valeo (1976) 79
Bull Moose Party 62
Bush, George H.W. 43, 44, 132, 162
Bush, George W. xi, 37, 51, 53, 57, 75, 94, 163–7, 169
“credibility gap” 171
election as president 17, 133, 110
cabinet 37–39
Calvert, George 118
campaign finance reform 76–80
Carnegie, Andrew 122
Carter, Jimmy 56, 75, 130, 133, 160, 168
Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992) 51
Center for Strategic and International Studies 166
checks and balances 14, 21, 24, 30, 42, 120, 174
Chinese Exclusion Act. (1882) 98
Christian Broadcasting Network 132
Christian Coalition 132–3, 136
Christianity and the Social Crisis, (Rauschenbusch) 123
Churchill, Winston 155, 156, 159
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) 76
Civil Rights Act (1964) 67, 110
civil rights xi, 50, 75, 92, 104, 143
black church and 125–9
Civil War (1861–1865) 10, 26, 31, 59, 62, 66, 92, 126, 138, 175
African-American migration after 109–12
confederacy 2, 67, 73, 74, 89, 90, 104
impact on presidency 73–4, 76, 80–1
industrial expansion after 121–3
Lincoln, Abraham and xiii, 41, 44, 174–6
slavery and x, 7, 13, 50, 66, 88, 112, 121
states rights and federalism 84, 89, 112
Clay, Henry 87
Cleveland, Grover 18, 32, 53, 61, 74, 148
Clinton, Bill 35, 43, 54, 67, 75, 94, 106, 132, 137
foreign policy 162–3
Lewinsky scandal 133
welfare reform 93–4
presidential campaign (2008) 68, 70–2, 78, 81
Cold War 43, 118, 141, 143, 156, 158, 164, 174
aftermath 161–3
nuclear proliferation 172
Commager, Henry Steele 131
Cone, James 128
Congress see House of
Representatives and Senate
Constitution 1–2, 5, 8, 26–30, 44–5, 52, 105, 175, 179
amendments xi, xii, 16, 22–4, 85, 114, 121, 130, 134
elections and parties 14, 18, 62–4
federalism xi, xii, 8–11, 14, 20–5, 73, 84–92, 108–9
Philadelphia Convention (1787) 4–9, 15, 62, 119
separation of powers 11–13, 21, 28, 38–9, 42, 48–52
Constitutional Government in the United States (Wilson) 36
Continental Congress 3–4, 19, 64
Coughlin, Charles 135
Cromwell, Oliver 6
Cronkite, Walter 159
Daley, Richard 111
Darrow, Clarence 125
Daschle, Tom 38
Davis, Gray 99
Daye, Stephen 134
De Priest, Oscar Stanton 111
death penalty see capital punishment
Death with Dignity Act,
(Oregon) 107–108
Declaration of Independence ix, 1–5, 24–7, 119, 131
Defense of Marriage Act (1996) 105
Democracy in America (Tocqueville) 25
“democratic enlargement” 163
Dewey, Thomas 55
Dien Bien Phu, (Battle of ) 158
Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States (Calhoun) 87
Disraeli, Benjamin 52
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) 101
Dobson, James 136
Dole, Daniel 138
Dole, Sanford 138
Douglas, Stephen 89–90
Douglass, Frederick 88
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) 49–50
Dukakis, Michael 61
Edwards, Jonathan 116
Einstein, Albert 155
Eisenhower, Dwight 70, 73, 158
Electoral College 8, 14–18, 60, 64, 72–6, 80, 82, 88
Emancipation Proclamation xiii
Emanuel, Rahm 177
“era of good feelings” 64–5, 81
“extraordinary rendition” 165
Fairlie, Henry 175
Family Support Act (1988) 93
Federal Election Campaign Act (1971) 78–9
Federal Election Commission 79
federalism see Constitution
Federalist Party 16, 47, 64, 65, 81
Felt, Mark 78,
First World War 37, 42, 118, 142, 151
Franklin, Benjamin 4, 5, 18, 27
Frazier, Lynn 99
Frost, David 175
Fukuyama, Francis 161
Fundamentals:A Testimony to Truth, The 124
Fundamentalism 59, 124, 125, 138
Furman v. Georgia (1972) 103
Garner, John Nance 74
Garrison, William Lloyd 88
Gates, Bill 123
Gates, Robert 166
“Gilded Age” 66
Gingrich, Newt 93
Ginsburg, Douglas 37
“Gospel of Wealth” 122
Grapes of Wrath, The
(Steinbeck) 109
“Great Society” see Johnson, Lyndon
Gregg v. Georgia (1976) 103
Guantanamo Bay 51, 142, 165, 169
Hamilton, Alexander 19, 40, 63, 81
Hanna, Mark 78
Harrison, William Henry 18, 65
Hart, Gary 60
Hayes, Rutherford B. 18
healthcare reform 34, 54, 67, 177, 179
Hiss, Alger 35
Ho Chi Minh 159
Holder, Eric 107
Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. 52
House of Representatives 9–10, 14, 29, 63, 78, 81, 93, 111, 133, 177
committees 33–5
elections 14, 16–17, 29, 53–6, 67, 82, 133
Huckabee, Mick 71, 72, 133, 136
Human Life Review, The 50
Humphrey, Hubert 71
“Imperial Presidency” 42–4, 177
internationalism 141, 143, 149, 156, 171
Iran-Contra scandal see Reagan, Ronald
Iraq xiii, 42, 44, 140, 152, 160, 168, 172, 176
“Desert Storm” 162
Obama, Barack and 166, 167, 169–70
weapons of mass destruction 164–5
isolationism 141, 143, 147, 153, 154, 156, 171
Jackson, Henry (Scoop) 160
Jackson, Andrew 31, 41, 49, 52, 59, 70
nullification crisis 86–7
Jackson, Jonathan 64
Jefferson, Thomas x, xi, 4, 6, 63, 65, 117, 119, 143, 179
Declaration of Independence 2, 5, 12, 114
election to presidency 47, 64, 81
Louisiana Purchase 40–1
“Jim Crow” laws 104
Johnson, Lyndon 56, 67, 71, 74–5, 92, 110
“Great Society” 56, 67, 91, 93
relationship with Congress 53, 56
Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 115
Kagan, Elena 57
Kefauver, Estes 70
Kennan, George 156
Kennedy, John F. 53, 56, 71, 74, 130, 164
assassination 28, 56, 129, 159
crisis as challenge 174–5
Kerry, John 110
King, Martin Luther ( jr.) 127–9
Kiyemba v. Obama 51
Korean War xiii, 42, 43, 152, 158, 172
Krauthammer, Charles 162
Lake, Anthony 163
Lewinsky, Monica 133
Liberator, The 88
Lincoln, Abraham ix, xiv, 11, 31, 41, 45, 66, 121, 127
election to presidency 7, 65, 73
Emancipation Proclamation xiii
Lincoln-Douglas debates 89–90
Louisiana Purchase (1803) 40, 41, 49, 96, 142, 171
Luce, Henry 141
Madison, James xii, 25, 47–9, 52, 81
Constitution xi, 2–3, 5–10, 30, 63, 85
The Federalist 19–21
Maloney, Thomas 97
Manifest Destiny 117, 142, 147, 171
Marbury v. Madison (1803) 47, 49
marijuana, medical use of 107
Mason, George 14
Mayflower Compact 113
McCain, John 15, 17, 71, 78, 80, 110, 133, 136
McCain-Feingold Act see Campaign Reform Act (2002)
McCarthy, Eugene 71
McChrystal, Stanley 170
McDonald v. Chicago ( 2010) 101
McVeigh, Timothy 103
Miers, Harriet 37
Miller, Arthur 137
Missouri Compromise (1820) 49
Monroe Doctrine 146–9, 158, 171
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat (Baron) 12
Montgomery bus boycott 127
moral majority 136
Morris, Edmund 131
Morris, Gouverneur 85
Muhammad, Elijah 127
Nation of Islam, 127
National Association of Evangelicals 131
National Rifle Association (NRA) 101
National Security Council (NSC) 157
Neustadt, Richard 13
New Deal see Roosevelt, Franklin
New England Primer, The 134
“new federalism” 92, 93, 108, 109
Ngo Dien Diem 159
Nixon, Richard 35, 44, 62, 74, 81
Watergate scandal 42, 159, 175
Nobel Peace Prize 127, 149, 171
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 158, 170
North, Oliver 160
Nye, Joseph 167
O’Sulllivan, John L. 117
Obama, Michelle 112
Obama, Barack 38, 45, 51, 54, 56, 82, 104, 138, 168, 176
campaign finance reform 77, 80
campaign for nomination 61, 68–72, 78
crisis as challenge 177–8
foreign policy and military intervention 152, 165–71
Supreme Court appointments 57
Olney, Richard 148
Origin of Species, (Darwin) 121, 124
Paine, Thomas 1
Pearl Harbor 42, 45, 142, 143, 155
Philadelphia Convention. see Constitution
Pinckney, Charles 16
Plato 11
Plessy v. Ferguson (1886) 50
Plouffe, David 69
Powell, Colin 167
Project for the New American Century 169
Puritans 95, 113–15,134–5, 137
Rasul v. Rumsfeld 51
Rauschenbusch, Walter 123
Read, Ralph 132
Reagan, Ronald 31, 56, 74, 90–1, 99, 131, 136–7, 160, 166
“new federalism” 92–4
“Reagan Revolution” 54, 67, 109
Supreme Court appointments 37, 50, 57
Reform Party 62
Rich, Marc 35
Robert, John 57–8
Roberts, Oral 135
Rockefeller, John D. 122
Roe v.Wade (1973) 50, 51, 105, 130, 131
Roosevelt, Franklin 32, 35, 39, 41, 53, 55, 67, 74, 145, 172
“court packing” 52
economic depression 44, 53, 75, 174, 176
foreign policy 152–6
“modern presidency” 42–3
Roosevelt, Theodore 41, 52, 62, 66
foreign policy 148–52, 155, 166, 171
“Roosevelt Corollary” 148–9
Russian-Japanese War 149
Rutledge, John 46
Schlesinger, Arthur (jr.) 42, 43
secession see Civil War
Second Great Awakening 138
Second World War 42, 90, 109, 154, 155, 158, 174
aftermath 56, 62, 90, 111, 156
Senate 10, 28, 30, 38, 39, 45, 71, 88, 93, 177
committees 33–6
elections 14, 29, 56–7, 78, 89–90, 134
filibuster 57
party control 29, 53–7, 67, 81
state representation 8–9
Supreme Court appointments 37, 46–7, 57–8
separation of powers see Constitution
September 11 2001 (9/11) 140, 164, 176, 177
Sherman, Roger 9
slavery see Civil War
Social Darwinism 122
Sotomayor, Sonia 57
Sources of Soviet Conduct, The (Kennan) 156
Souter, David 51
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) 158
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 127
Stalin, Joseph 155
Starr, Kenneth 137
states rights 59, 66, 88, 89, 94, 108, 112
Statute for Religious Freedom, (Virginia) 119
Steinbeck, John 109
Stevens, John Paul 57
Stevenson, Adlai 62
Stowe, Harriet Beecher 88
Sumner, William Graham 122
Supreme Court 13, 17, 31, 45–6, 50, 51, 76–80, 130
nominations 37–8, 46–7, 50, 57
review of state laws 101–7
Swaggart, Jimmy 135
Taft, Robert 70
Taney, Roger 49
Taylor, Zachary 65
Tea Party Movement 67, 68, 134, 179
Texas annexation 96, 117, 142, 146–7
Thanksgiving 114
Tilden, Samuel 18
Tonkin Gulf Resolution 159
Tocqueville, Alexis de 25, 26, 119
Treaty of Versailles 36, 37, 142
Truman, Harry 43, 53, 55, 152–8, 164
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe) 88
United Nations 155, 156, 162, 165, 167
United States Democratic Review, The 117
“Vietnam Syndrome” 159, 161, 162
Vietnam War 42–3, 71, 129, 152, 158–60, 163, 168, 171, 172, 175
Virginia v. Loving (1967) 105
Wallace, Henry 156
Wallace, George 62
War of 1812 86
War of Independence 2, 3, 6, 23, 64, 113, 134, 140
“war on terror” 35, 118, 140, 141, 164, 168, 170, 172
Washington, George x, 2–4, 15, 31, 38–40, 46, 81, 141, 154, 158
“Farewell Address” 39, 62–3, 144–5, 150
Washington, Harold 111
Watergate scandal 34, 43, 44, 61, 79, 129, 177
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989) 50
Whig Party 65
Whitfield, George 116
Whole Book of Psalmes 134
Wilson, Woodrow 33, 36, 41, 62, 66, 74, 145, 153, 159, 161
First World War 42, 118, 142, 150–1
foreign policy 149–152, 163, 166, 171
Winslow, Edward 115
Wolfe, Tom 130
Wright, Jeremiah 125–9
Zimmermann Telegram 151