Explore the people, parties, political movements, and events that have shaped America' political history.

The Encyclopedia of American Political History is the perfect single-volume source for students, researchers, and scholars at all levels seeking an accessible, easy-to-navigate reference on the forces that have shaped--and continue to shape--American history.

Particularly helpful to anyone hoping to understand the evolution and intricacies of the modern American political process, this key reference identifies the most significant personalities, trends, campaigns and elections, protests and rebellions, laws, statutes, and policies in American political history.

Alphabetically organized for easy access, The Encyclopedia of American Political History features:

• A complete chronology and an at-a-glance timeline of American political history, which help establish a context for key figures, events, and concepts
• More than 240 signed, original articles by prominent scholars of American political history, organized alphabetically and cross-referenced by subject for easy access
• A glossary of frequently used abbreviations and their meanings as well as historical summaries of presidential election results for quick lookup
• Thorough historical coverage beginning with the late 1700's.

Students, educators, journalists, historians, and activists will consult this reference again and again to understand the "Why" behind the "Who," "What," "Where," and "When." High school and beginning college students will find it invaluable in their struggle to understand the history of modern political events.

Additional Benefits:

• Over 100 photographs, illustrations, maps, and tables to provide a rich visual presentation
• Detailed index for easy searching and reference plus bibliography references with most articles
• General encyclopedia level writing to appeal to a broad range of readers
• Reinforced binding to ensure durability
• High-opacity, acid-free paper for easy reading.

Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Affirmative Action
African American Politics
American Independent Party
American Revolution
Anti-Masonic Party
Anti-Trust Act
Apportionment
Arthur, Chester
Articles of Confederation
Ballot Restrictions
Bank War
Bill of Rights
Black Panthers
Black Suffrage
Bonus March
Breckinridge Democrats
Brown v. Board of Education
Buchanan, James
Buckley v. Valeo
Bush, George
Cabinet
Calhoun, John
Campaign Finance
Campaigning
Carter, Jimmy
Census
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Acts (Modern)
Civil Rights Acts (Reconstruction Era)
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Service Reform
Civil Unrest and Rioting
Civil War
Civil-Military Relations
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, Bill
Clinton-Era Scandals
Cloture
Cold War
Committee System
Communist Party
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1877
Comstock Act
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Conservative Party
Constitution, U.S.
Constitutional Amendments
Constitutional Union Party
Coolidge, Calvin
Coxeys Army
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Currency and Money Supply
Declaration of Independence
Democrats
Dixiecrats
Eaton Affair
Economic Sanctions
Eisenhower, Dwight
Electoral College
Emancipation Proclamation
Embargo
Equal Rights Amendment
Fair Deal
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Reserve System
Federalism
Federalists
Filibuster
Fillmore, Millard
Ford, Gerald
Free Soil Party
Freedman's Bureau Acts of 1865/66
Fugitive Slave Laws
Gag Rule
Garfield, James
Gender Discrimination: Title VII
Gerrymandering
GI Bill
Gilded Age
Grant, Ulysses
Great Depression
Great Society
Gulf War
Gun Control and Policy
Harding, Warren
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, William Henry
Hartford Convention Resolutions
Hayes, Rutherford
Health Policy
Higher Education Act
Higher Education Sex Discrimination - Title IX
Hoover, Herbert
House Leadership
Immigration and Naturalization
Impeachment
Imperialism
Independent Counsel
Indian Policy
Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
Interest Groups
Interstate Highway Act
Iran-Contra Scandal
Jackson, Andrew
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Lyndon
Judiciary Act of 1789
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kennedy, John F.
Know Nothing Party
Koreagate
Korean War
Labor Politics and Policy
Liberal Party
Liberty Party
Lincoln, Abraham
Lobbyists
Local Government
Logan Act
Madison, James
Manifest Destiny
Marches on Washington
McCarthyism
McKinley, William
Mexican-American War
Missouri Compromise
Monroe, James
Morrill Land Grant College Acts
National Debt
National Security Document 68
National Woman's Party
Nativism
New Deal
New Freedom
New Frontier
New Nationalism
Newspapers and Political Parties
Nixon, Richard
Northwest Ordinance
Nullification
Office of Management and Budget
PACs
Panic of 1819
Panic of 1837
Panic of 1857
Panic of 1893
Peace and Freedom
Petition Campaign
Pierce, Franklin
Political Contributions in the Late Nineteenth Century
Political Parties
Political Rights in the Military
Polk, James K.
Poll Tax
Polling and Public Opinion
Popular Sovereignty
Populist Party
Presidency
Presidential Succession Amendments
Progressive Era
Progressive Labor Party
Progressive Party (H. Wallace)
Progressive Party (La Follette)
Prohibition and Temperance
Public Welfare, pre-New Deal
Rainbow Coalition
Ratification of Constitution
Reagan, Ronald
Reapportionment Cases
Reconstruction
Red Scare
Reform Party
Religious Right
Reproductive Rights
Republican Party
Roosevelt, Franklin
Roosevelt, Theodore
Sally Hemings Affair
Scandals and Corruption
Secession
Sectionalism
Sedition Act of 1798
Seminole War
Senate Leadership, Early Period
Senate Leadership, Modern Period
Seneca Falls Convention
Shaw v. Reno
Shays Rebellion
Shays Rebellion: Recent riots
Slavery
Social Security
Socialist Party
Socialist Workers Party
Soft Money and Twentieth-Century Political Campaigns
Spanish-American War
Square Deal
State Apportionment
State Government
Statehood
States Rights/Sovereignty
Suffrage
Suffrage Rights in Military
Super Majority
Supreme Court
Taft, William
Taft-Hartley Act
Talk Radio
Tariff History
Taxation and Twentieth-Century Politics
Taylor, Zachary
Teapot Dome Scandal
Television and American Politics
Tennessee Valley Authority
Term Limits
Territorial Expansion
Territorial Government and New State Formation
Think Tanks and Academic Policy Community
Third Parties
Third Parties (Congressional)
Three-fifths Clause
Treaties, Commercial
Treaties, Peace and Disarmament
Treatymaking
Truman, Harry
Twelfth Amendment
Tyler, John
van Buren, Martin
Veto Power
Vice Presidency
Vietnam War
Wagner Act
War of 1812
War Powers
Washington, George
Watergate
Watershed Elections
Welfare State
Whigs
Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey Ring Scandal
Wilson, Woodrow
Women's Suffrage Movement
World War I
World War II: Domestic Politics
World War II: Foreign and Military Policy

"The Encyclopedia of American Political History, is a ready-reference book with more than 240 essays, written by academic and independent scholars, that provide speedy access to key topics in American political history. ...this work stands as a useful and well-written ready-reference tool for any library."

"Entries are concise, readable, and informative...An excellent starting point for scholars, students, and general readers; recommended for all libraries."

Paul Finkelman is President William McKinley Professor of Law and Public Policy at Albany Law School and the author of more than twenty books including the Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference.

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