| Abbott, Charles F., 257 | |
| abolitionism, 70–71, 83n.92; and the Con- stitution, 122, 126–27, 131–34, 140n.4, 140–41nn.10 and 11, (see also Thir- teenth Amendment); and domestic ideol- ogy, 179 (see also “family values” poli- tics); grassroots organizations, 131–33; of the Republican party, 122, 131, 133 | |
| abolitionist mails controversy (1835), 51, 73–74 | |
| abortion, 186, 190 | |
| Ackerman, Bruce, 139n.3 | |
| Adams, John, 26; on bankers, 359; Coo- per’s critique of, 33, 36–37; Hamilton’s criticism of, 38, 48n.66; Locke’s influ- ence on, 373–74n.3; public support aroused by, 28–29; on reputation, 30 | |
| Adams, John Quincy, 51, 55, 56, 57–58; constitutional amendments proposed by, 126, 140n.10; and Cook, 71; and corrup- tion, 58, 59–60, 78n.34; on the gag rule crisis, 126; presidential campaign of, 60 | |
| Adams, Samuel, 359 | |
| Adams, Thomas, 45–46n.40 | |
| Addams, Jane, 213, 361, 362 | |
| Addison, Alexander, 30, 45n.31 | |
| Adorno, Theodor, 366 | |
| “Advice to My Country” (Madison), 21 | |
| African-Americans: civil rights of, 86, 312 (see also Fourteenth Amendment); Freedmen’s Bureau for, 179–80; Social Se- curity benefits for, 310; suffrage rights of, 11–12, 121, 136–37; urban population of, 312. See also race/racism; slavery | |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), 259–60 | |
| Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), 310 | |
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 316, 318 | |
| Alger, Horatio, 361 | |
| Alien and Sedition Acts, 23, 90. See also Se- dition Act | |
| Alien Enemies Act, 44n.16 | |
| Alien Friends Act, 44n.16 | |
| Allen, John, 30 | |
| Altgeld, John Peter, 207 | |
| Altschuler, Glenn, 84n.101 | |
| Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 256 | |
| Amar, Akhil, 102–3, 139n.3 | |
| American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 284 | |
| American Association of University Women, 256 | |
| American Bar Association, 200–201 | |
| American Colonization Society, 68 | |
| American exceptionalism, 5, 148, 165, 302–3, 354, 368, 391. See also APD | |
| American Farm Bureau Federation, 284 | |
| American Federation of Labor, 237, 256, 266 | |
| American Judicature Society (Chicago), 200–201, 210 | |
| American Political Development. See APD | |
| American Political Science Association, 6 | |
| American Revolution, 269n.5; and demo- cratic culture, 359; Hartz on, 357, 358– 59; Hofstadter on, 394; republicanism in, 7 | |
| American System (Madisonian platform), 56, 78n.28 | |
| Ames, Fisher, 25, 28, 41 | |
| Andersen, Kristi, 195n.17, 244–45n.5 | |
| Andrews, George Reid, 364 | |
| antebellum politics: and citizenship, 10, 93, 102–3, 104, 106; and the Constitu- tion, 122–23, 124–25, 134; Hartz on, 357, 360–61, 362 | |
| Anthony, Susan B., 131 | |
| antiabortion movement, 186, 190 | |
| antibusing movement. See busing | |
| antislavery movement. See abolitionism | |
| antistatism, 1–2; central government as ac- commodating, 15; and central govern- ment’s authority/legitimacy, 9; grassroots, 281; and individualism, 280–81; of inter- est groups, 13; opposition to types of gov- ernment, 297n.26; and political culture, 280–81; in the suburbs, 14–15. See also localism; taxes, opposition to | |
| Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee, 267 | |
| antitrust policies/laws, 209, 253, 258, 261, 267 |
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