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Licensed to:
845, 853; Soviet infl uence
of, 754, 830, 845; World
War II impact on, 702,
747–748
Polio, 888
Political parties: animosity of,
181, 183–187, 188–190;
emergence of separate,
172–173, 231, 244–245;
gender gap in, 858;
national conventions of,
243, 810–811; patronage
in, 233, 236, 442–443, 448;
platforms of, 252; twoparty
system, 252. See also
specifi c parties by name
Politics: abolitionism
through, 314; African
American participation
in, 428–430, 453–455,
529, 675–676, 805–807,
861–862, 893–895; campaign
fi nance reform in,
866; change in methods
of, 227–230; during Civil
War, 406–410; colonial,
85–86; farmers’ participation
in, 453, 528–530,
653; Irish American
participation in, 257, 616;
labor disputes creating
interest in, 453–455; labor
union involvement in,
731; Latino participation
in, 891–892; Native
American participation
in, 832–833; negative
campaigning in, 189–190,
231, 449, 656, 801–802;
older Americans’ involvement
in, 878, 888; for the
people, 251–252; political
parties in (See Political
parties); progressivism
in (See Progressivism);
radio impact on, 635, 656;
Religious Right activism
in, 849–850; republicanism
shaping, 103–104,
126, 127–128, 144–146,
159; slavery as issue in,
337–349, 361–362; spoils
system in, 233, 236;
television impact on,
771, 785–786; veterans
involvement in, 647,
662–663; voting in (See
Voting rights); women
in, 675–677, 846, 858,
861–862, 879–880, 895;
youth participation in,
777–778, 806, 813–814,
820. See also Government
Polk, James K., 324, 326–335
Pollock, Jackson, 897
Poll tax, 804
Pol Pot, 827
Polygamy, 279–280, 521
Ponce de Léon, Juan, 11
Pontiac’s uprising, 100
Pony Express, 272
Poole, Elijah, 806
Poor Richard’s Almanack,
83–84
Pope, John, 399
Popé’s Rebellion, 15
Popular sovereignty, 338, 354,
359, 361, 368
Population: aging, 888–889;
baby boom impact on,
746; colonial growth of,
69–70; demographics
of U.S., 166, 719–720,
744–746, 803, 887–895;
minority, 890–892; multiculturalism
of, 70–72,
256, 626, 895–896; Native
American, 517; of slaves,
304, 306–308; of United
States, 255–256, 435
Populist Party, 453–455,
529–530, 533, 562–563
Portugal, 8–9, 11
Postal Reorganization Act
(1971), 449
Postal system, 77, 272, 449,
634
Potsdam conference, 734
Pound, Ezra, 640, 787
Poverty: aging and, 888–889;
in colonies, 73; income
gap between wealth and,
844, 849, 884–886, 899;
Medicaid as insurance in,
803, 824; single parenthood
and, 888, 894–895;
social programs addressing,
801, 803–804, 824;
welfare and, 674, 682–683,
824, 843, 864–865, 885,
894
Powderly, Terence V., 478
Powell, Colin, 873, 895
Powell, John Wesley, 520–521
Powhatan/Powhatan Confederacy,
23–24
Presbyterian Church, 78,
278–279
Prescott, William H., 296–297
Presidency: assassination/
assassination attempts
on, 411–414, 448, 552,
799–800, 843; Constitution
creating, 157; elections
for (See Elections,
presidential); executive
privilege of, 829; fi rst,
167–168, 171–172, 174,
177–181; impeachment
proceedings against,
431–432, 829–830, 868;
pardons by, 416–417, 603,
830, 834; term limits on,
443, 707–708; veto power
of, 242. See also specifi c
presidents by name
Presley, Elvis, 770
Press. See Media
Princeton University, 82
Printing presses, 84–85
Privacy, right of, 823, 831
Privateers, 138
Proclamation of 1763, 100
Productivity, 744, 816, 818
Progress and Poverty
(George), 499
Progressivism: in 1912
presidential election,
580–581, 583–586; in
1916 presidential election,
595–596; in 1924 presidential
election, 653; in
1948 presidential election,
760–761; anti-trust regulations
in, 572–573, 588;
in cities/states, 568–569;
on consumer safety, 573;
economic policies of,
587–588; end of, 644–646;
on environmental protection,
574–575; interstate
commerce regulation in,
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