American Experiment (149 page)
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Authors: James MacGregor Burns
urbanization,
355
,
438
,
511
,
517-18
,
599
;
see also
cities
Ursuline Convent,
Charlestown,
497
Utah,
464
,
500
Utica, NY.,
303
,
470
Van Buren, John,
470
Van Buren, Martin,
212
,
238
,
268-70
,
331
,,
335
,
338-9
,
341
,
358
,
375
,
446
; and Democratic party, formation of,
322
; in election of 1836,
341-2
; in election of 1840,
421-2
; Independent Treasury Act,
344-6
,
424
,
426
; and Jackson,
266
,
321
,
322
,
324
,
346
,
459
; and politics,
347
,
349
,
350
,
371-2
,
379-80
; presidency of,
343-6
,
381
; as Secretary of State,
325-32
passim;
and slavery issue,
469-70
; as vice-president,
333
,
334
,
337
,
338
,
380
Vancouver, George,
458
Van Hagen, Peter,
79
Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer,
446
Van Rensselaer, Stephen,
267
Veracruz, Mexico,
461-3
Vermont,
92
,
223
,
231
,
280
,
392
; and Canadian rebellion,
446
Vice-President (vice-presidency),
68
,
107
,
229-30
,
334
Victoria, Queen of England,
619
Virginia,
24
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94
,
98
,
151
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159
,
163
,
173
,
176
,
274
,
364
,
390
,
391-2
,
409
,
530
,
602
,
604
,
606
,
608
,
621
; and Constitution,
28-9
,
31
,
34-5
,
36-7
,
53-5
,
57
; “dynasty,”
162
,
210
,
217
,
238-9
,
240
,
255-64
; politics in,
68
,
227
,
257-60
,
266
,
321
,
348
; society and culture of,
255-7
,
263-4
,
482
Virginia resolution,
132-3
,
134
,
139
,
145
,
162
,
261
Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de,
100
voting,
120
,
362
,
365
,
377
,
382
,
421-2
; in a republic,
20-1
,
33
,
60
,
362
Wabash College,
508
Wade, Richard,
356
Wadsworth, Colonel,
73
Waggoner, Madeline Sadler,
316
wagon trains,
456
Walden Pond,
480
,
481
,
484
,
485-7
,
491
Walker, Robert J.,
579
Walker, William,
540
Walter, Lynde and Cornelia,
512
Waltham mills,
240
,
292-3
,
295
,
437
Walton, Isaak,
487
Ward, Artemus,
626
Ware, Dr. Henry,
222
Warner, Sam Bass, Jr.,
115
Warner, Susan,
517
War of 1812,
234-5
,
237-8
,
291
,
328
,
377
,
452
,
461
,
488
,
493
; battles of,
210-15
,
216-17
,
233
; events leading up to,
204-9
, Napoleon’s defeat, effect of, on,
213
,
214
,
216
: negotiations to end,
215
,
217
,
231-5
;
see also
Federalist party: antiwar position in
Warren, Mercy,
56-61
,
passim
,
71
,
118
,
271
Washington, DC,
86
,
110
,
431
,
514
; British raid on,
214
,
233
; during Civil War,
608
,
609
,
614
; Dickens on,
352
; as federal capital,
159
,
168
,
180
,
270
,
272-3
,
321
,
563-6
Washington, George,
15
,
26
,
65-7
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92-3
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112
,
124
,
125
,
127
,
133
,
142-3
,
147
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227
,
255
,
306
,
334
,
419
,
607
; and Constitution,
28-9
,
31
,
42
,
44
,
52-7
passim
,
368
; criticism of,
108-9
,
122
; and economic policy,
85
,
86-8
; elected to presidency,
64-7
; Farewell Address of,
107
,
108
,
134
,
143
,
249
,
501
; and foreign affairs,
100-4
,
120
,
249
,
254
; as model for revolutionaries,
151
,
249
; at Mount Vernon,
64
,
133-4
,
423
; in New York,
76-9
,
81
,
83
; political parties, opposed to,
91
,
99
,
108
,
134
,
368
; presidency of,
38
,
67-76
,
77-8
,
83-109
passim
,
135
,
137
,
154
,
162-8
passim
,
215
,
260
,
261
,
369
,
377
,
428
; reaction of, to Shays’s Rebellion,
15-16
,
97-8
; tours of,
71-6
,
92
,
93
; and Whiskey Rebellion,
97-9
Washington, Martha,
69
,
76
,
92-3
,
122
,
133
,
168
Washington
National Intelligencer
,
159
,
176
,
208
,
515
,
535
Wayne, Gen. Anthony,
97-8
wealth,
25
,
588
; unequal distribution of,
115
,
355-7
,
360
,
361
Wealth of Nations, The
(Smith),
86
,
89
Webster, Daniel,
235
,
267-8
,
270
,
324
,
332
,
335
,
339
,
345
,
358
,
373-4
,
427
,
430
,
437
,
466
,
525-6
,
587
; and Compromise of 1850,
472-5
; debate with Calhoun,
337
; debate with Hayne,
327-30
,
337
; presidential ambitions of,
331
,
334
,
339
,
341
; as Secretary of State,
423
,
425
,
426
,
447-8
,
458
,
459
,
474
,
525
,
531
Webster, Noah,
527
Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842),
448
Weed, Thurlow,
334
,
437
,
560
,
565
,
595
Weld, Theodore Dwight,
366
,
412-13
,
500
Wellington, Duke of,
233-4
Welter, Rush,
502
Wentworth, John,
514
Wesley, John,
495
West, the,
3-5
,
53
,
141
,
173-4
,
207
,
232
,
240
,
246
,
445
,
450
,
457
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492
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494-7
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507-8
,
514-15
,
589
,
599
; agriculture in,
141
,
277
,
286
,
309
,
451
; Burr’s conspiracy in,
196-7
; Civil War in,
616
,
617
,
621
,
622
; class distinctions in,
356
,
451
; economic problems in,
241-2
,
451
; land speculation in,
93-5
; Lewis and Clark expedition,
178-83
; nationalists in
347
,
348-9
; politics in,
173
,
266
,
381
,
451
,
566
; and War of 1812,
206-9
;
see also
frontier, the; Northwest Territory; Southwest, the
Westchester County, NY.,
370
,
528
West Indies, French,
102
,
103-4
,
121
,
125
,
173-4
,
198
,
200
,
446
West Virginia,
616
whaling industry,
540-2
Whig party,
336
,
344-5
,
373
,
380
,
435-7
,
457
,
459
,
462
,
466-7
,
505
,
509-10
,
515
,
538
; and classlessness, doctrine of,
434-5
; in Congress,
423-6
,
427
,
461
,
526
; decline of,
426-8
,
433
,
525
,
599
; economic nationalism of,
423
,
427
,
433-7
; in election of 1836,
341-2
; in election of 1840,
419-22
; in election of 1848,
468-70
; in election of 1856,
559-62
; factions in,
341
,
423-8
,
437
,
468-71
,
545
,
548-9
,
553-4
; formed against Jackson,
341
,
427
,
437
; lack of political philosophy in,
349
,
381
; leadership in,
341
,
422
,
427-8
,
433
,
437
,
554
; liberty, view of,
347
,
350
,
525
; and patronage,
422
,
427
,
437
; populist strategy of,
420
,
422
; slavery issue in,
465
,
467
,
468-71
,
473
,
556-8
,
580
,
585-6
; and states’ rights,
423
,
424-6
,
427
Whiskey Rebellion,
97-9
,
137
,
162
White, Horace,
546
White, Hugh Lawson,
341-2
Whitehill, Robert,
48-9
Whitman, Walt,
360
,
517
,
588
,
614
;
Leaves of Grass
,
588
Whitney, Eli,
306
; armaments
manufacture,
216
,
287-8
,
289
,
290-1
; cotton gin,
274-5
,
387
,
308
,
311
,
429
,
567
.
Whittier, John Greenleaf,
223
,
501
,
522
Wilkes, Capt. Charles,
618
Willard, Emma,
400
Willard, Solomon,
430
William and Mary College,
32
,
257
,
422
Williams, Rose,
388-90