Africa (ǎf'rl-kȧ), 52

Agriculture, in the colonies, 49-51

in the early republic, 255, 261-262
changes in, 289–291

rapid growth of, 386

in the New South, 460-462

use of machines in. 471-472, 482-485

on a large scale, 497-499

Aguinaldo ( ̋gē-näl ́dð), Emilio, 562

Alabama (ǎl”d-bä’må), 303, 304, 308, 309,
404, 488

Alabama, the, 412, 467

Alabama Claims, 468-469
Alamo (ä'lä-mō), the, 358

Alaska (d-läs'kȧ), 467, 521

Albany (ôl'bȧ-n). 30, 286

Albany Plan of Union, 101, 159

Albemarle Sound (ǎl'bê-märl), 33

Alcock (ôl'kok), Captain John, 597-598
Alexandria (ăl ̋ěg-zăn'drl-ȧ), 5
Algonquins (ål-göǹ'kl-ånz), 46, 88
Alien and Sedition Acts, 214, 217

Alleghany Mountains (ǎl'ê-gā'nÎ). 45, 65,
93, 99, 108, 130, 176. 184, 188, 193, 221

Allegheny River, 100, 278

Allen (ǎl'en), Ethan, 132

Alliance, French, 144, 146-147

Alsace-Lorraine (äl-säs-lo-ran), 593

Amendments to the Constitution, 168,

170, 173

twelfth. 217-218

thirteenth, 445-446

fourteenth, 454-455

fifteenth, 455

seventeenth, 528

eighteenth, 536

nineteenth, 528-9

America (d-měr’I-kȧ), 2, 4, 18

discovery of, 7-9

new British policy in, 109-111

British troops in. 117-119

American Antislavery Society, 346-347

American Colonization Society, 346
American Federation of Labor, 511
Americanization, 542-553, 597

influences promoting, 551-553
American Party. 385, 394
Americans, 71

the making of, 542, 543

Amherst (ăm'ērst), Baron Jeffrey, General,
102, 103, 109

Amusements, colonial, 77

Anderson (ăn’dẽr-sðn), Major Robert, 408
Andros (ăn’drôs), Sir Edmund, 56

Annapolis (ă-nȧp'o-lls). Convention at,

164-165

Antietam (ăn-tế tâm), battle of, 415
Anti-Federalists, 168

Antioch (ăn’t-Ok), 5

Antislavery Movement. 346–352
Apaches (å-pä'châz), 501

Appalachian mountain system (ǎp'ȧ-

lǎch 'I-ån), 44, 69, 99, 221, 488

influence of, 44-45, 298-299

Appomattox Court House (ăp ́ð-mǎt'ûks),

surrender at, 432

Arabs (ăr'åbz), 4

Arbitration, 468-469, 557, 595

Architecture, 540

Arizona (ǎr-I-zō'nå), 368, 503

Arkansas (är’kån-sô), 309, 408, 417

Arkansas River, 91, 227

Arkwright (ärk-rīt), Richard, 274

Armenians (är-mē’nl-ånz), 546

Armistead (ärm'I-sted), Gen. Lewis Ad-

dison, 424

Arnold (är'nüld), Gen. Benedict, 132, 133
treason of, 145

Arthur (är'thur), Chester A., 507

portrait of, 507

Asia (ā'shả), 4-5. 7, 8

Asia Minor (ā'shả miʼnễr), 5
Association, American, 123-124
Astor (ǎs'ter), John Jacob, 228
Astoria (ǎs-tō'ri-ȧ), 228

Atlanta (åt-lăn'tȧ), campaign against, 427
growth of, 463

Atlantic seaboard (åt-lăn'tik), 45, 93, 99,

176

resources of, 69-70

Austerlitz (ous'ter-lits), 234

Austin (ôs'tin), Moses. 357

Austin. Stephen F., 357

Austria (ôs'trl-ȧ), 223, 233-234, 251, 573
Austrians (ôs'trl-ånz), 205, 223, 575, 576,

588

Aviation, (a'vi-ā'shûn), development of,
597-598