American Experiment (137 page)

California,
392
,
455-6
,
515
; admitted as free state,
472
,
473
,
475
; gold rush in,
471
,
475
,
515
,
534
,
539
,
587
,
589
; under Mexican rule,
455
,
458
,
460
,
464
; Mexican War in,
461-2

Calvinism,
78
,
476
,
479
,
494
,
497-8

Cambreleng, Churchill C
344-5

Cambridge, Mass.,
51
,
74
,
222
,
478
,
481

Cameron, Simon,
594-5
,
605
,
617
,
620

Campbell, John A.,
575

Canada,
540
; boundary disputes with,
7
,
103
,
235
,
447-8
; rebellion against British,
446-7
; and War of 1812,
207-8
,
210-11
,
213
,
234

canals,
236
,
240-1
,
286
,
302-5
,
309
,
352
,
528
,
531
; caste system on,
317
; financing of,
302-3
,
306
,
309
; labor on,
see also
Erie Canal; internal improvements

canneries,
529

Canning, George,
249
,
251

Canot, Captain,
385

capitalism,
224
,
333
,
451
,
574
,
577

competition in,
438
,
440
,
443-4
,
483
,
491-2
; expansion of,
251
,
491
,
593
; and Jacksonian democracy,
347-8
;
see also
business; industry; labor

Caribbean Sea,
102
,
113-14
,
124
,
174
,
244
,
618

Carlisle, Pa.,
48

Carlyle, Thomas,
481

Carroll, Anna Ella,
615

Carson, Kit,
455

Carter, Robert, III,
256

Cartwright, Peter,
496-7

Cash, W. J.,
450

Cass, Lewis,
332
,
469-70
,
473
,
565

Castlereagh, Viscount,
245
,
249

Catawba Indians,
150

Catholic Church,
7
,
78
,
81
,
373
,
498-9
,
500
,
547
,
554
,
559
; in Latin America,
244
; persecution of,
498-9
,
500
,
509
,
548
; schools of,
509

Catlin, George,
451

cattle ranching,
528-9
,
530

Central America,
244
; isthmian canal in,
539-40
, and Monroe Doctrine,
251-2
; rebellions in,
248-9
,
252
; U.S. expansionist interest in,
539-40

Cerro Gordo, Mexico,
463

Chacabuco, Battle of,
248

Chambers, William,
376
,
422

Chandler, Zachariah,
620

Channing, Edward,
240

Channing, William Ellery,
240
,
434-6
,
479
,
481
,
489
,
518-19
,
545

Chapman, Maria,
519-20

Chapultepec,
463-4

Charles River,
292-3
,
478

Charles River Bridge case,
466

Charleston, S.C.,
7
,
52
,
101
,
107
,
149
,
319
,
329
,
337
,
393
,
412
,
450
,
514
,
567
,
569
,
592
; and Civil War,
605-7

Charlestown, Mass.,
75
,
430
,
497

Charlottesville, Va.,
182
,
255
,
273

Chase, James,
380

Chase, Salmon P.,
469
,
545-6
,
554
,
565
,
594
,
604
,
626
,
627

Chase, Samuel,
129-30
,
146
,
185
,
186
,
202
,
228-9

Chateaubriand, François René de,
478

Chauncey, Comm. Isaac,
212

checks and balances: in Constitution,
34-5
,
37
,
38-9
,
61
,
63
,
134-5
,
168
,
190
,
193
,
269
,
368
,
381
,
605
; in a republic,
17-18
,
34
,
118
,
120
,
134
,
260-1
,
262-3
,
272
,
372
,
625

Cherokee Indians,
6
,
95
,
335
,
452-3

Chesapeake
, U.S.S.,
199
,
212
,
228

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
450

Chesnut, Mary Boykin,
568

Chicago, Ill.,
211
,
450
,
514
,
528
,
530-5
passim
,
543
,
555
,
583
,
594-6

Chicago
Daily Tribune
,
514

Chicago
Democrat
,
514

Chickasaw Indians,
6
,
95
,
452

Chicopee, Mass.,
295
,
307

Child, David Lee,
403
,
411

Child, Lydia Maria,
402-3
,
411-13
,
520-1
,
588
,
590

Chile,
248

China,
542

Chippewa, Battle of,
213

Chippewa Indians,
96

Choctaw Indians,
6
,
95
,
452-3

Christianity,
457
,
476
;
see also individual sects and denominations

Churubusco, Mexico,
463

Cicero, Marcus Tullius,
225

Cincinnati, Ohio,
266
,
300
,
301-2
,
352
,
415
,
420
,
450
,
500
,
514
,
545
,
559
,
573
,
603
,
604
,
616

cities,
162
,
302
; competition among,
309
; population of,
7
,
80
,
511
; port,
218-23
,
275-6
,
295-6
,
310
,
344
,
370
,
528
,
535-6
; society in,
78-83
,
115
,
125
,
355-6
,
405-9

Civil War: battles,
605-7
,
609-12
,
621-2
,
624
,
626
; blockade,
615
,
618
; causes,
449
,
598-600
; and Joint Committee ofCongress,
620
;
see also
Confederate Army; Union Army

Claflin, H. B.,
534

Clark, James,
374-5

Clark, William,
178-83
,
190
,
458

Clay, Cassius,
573

Clay, Henry,
239
,
241
,
268
,
325
,
326
,
352
,
358
,
375
,
427
,
452
,
525-6
,
587
,
593
; American System of,
270
,
320
,
331
; and censure of Jackson, proposed,
340
,
346
; and Compromise of 1850,
472-5
; election of 1824,
264-7
,
321
; election of 1832,
331
,
333-6
,
376
; in Ghent negotiations,
232-4
; presidential ambitions of,
232
,
264-7
,
322
,
331
,
339
,
341
,
423-4
,
426
,
459
,
468
,
469
; in Senate,
327
,
337
,
339
,
345
,
423-6
; as Speaker of the House,
207
,
235
,
236-7
,
243
,
247
,
264
; as spokesman for West,
207-8
,
232
; and War of 1812,
207-8
,
209

Clayton, John M.,
540

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850),
540

Clermont
(steamboat),
296
,
311

Cleveland, Ohio,
420
,
532
,
535

Cleveland
Leader
,
547

Clinton, Iowa,
302

Clinton, De Witt,
210
,
212
,
227
,
238
,
265
,
266
,
273
,
370-1
,
440
; and Erie Canal,
303-11
passim
,
371

Clinton, George,
43-4
,
55-7
,
66
,
69
,
79
,
92
,
102
,
192
,
204
,
210
,
370
,
378

clockmaking,
289-90

clothing trades,
406
,
534

Cobb, Howell,
471

Coffin, Hannah,
281

Coffin, Thomas,
279-81

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,
481

Collins, James,
485

Collins, Wilkie,
588

Colombia,
244
,
265

Colorado,
464

Colt, Samuel,
290
,
534

Columbia, S.C.,
569
,
572
,
597

Columbia College,
31-2
,
81

Columbian Centinel
(newspaper),
176
,
206-7
,
217

Columbia River,
458-9

Columbus, Ohio,
420
,
450

Commager, Henry S.,
355

common law,
130
,
143
,
402
,
436

Common Sense
(Paine),
117-18

Communist Manifesto
(Marx and Engels),
416
,
444
,
467

communitarianism,
439-44

Compromise of 1850,
472-5
,
522
,
543
,
598

Concord, Mass.,
276
,
529
,
561
; literati of,
468
,
479-81
,
483-8
,
489
,
590

Concord, N.H.,
326
,
338

Conestoga wagons,
315-16
,
449

Confederate Army,
607
,
614
,
622-5
,
628
; in battle,
605-7
,
609-12
,
621-2
,
624
,
626
; conscription in,
613-14
; strategy of,
608

Confederate Navy,
621-2

Confederate States of America,
608
,
612
,
618
,
626
; border states in,
602
,
604
,
606
,
608
,
620
,
626
; constitution of,
601
,
612
; Davis as president of,
600-3
,
606
,
608
,
612-14
,
628
; government of,
612-13
; negative brand of liberty in,
613
; states’ rights in,
612-14

Congregationalists,
7
,
24
,
52
,
223
,
373
,
476
,
494
,
497-8
,
507

Congress, U.S.,
6
,
76-7
,
84-9
,
97
,
110-12
,
146
,
175
,
199-201
,
237
,
240-1
,
250-1
,
259
,
269-70
,
301
,
458
,
459-60
,
564
; Alien and Sedition Acts,
125-33
,
141
; under Articles of Confederation,
16
,
17
,
43
,
76
,
96
; bank issues,
335
,
339-40
,
344-6
,
424-6
; brokerage in,
61
,
62
,
243
,
263
,
270
,
426
,
427
,
475
,
565
; caucus system in,
171-2
,
183
,
204
,
210
,
212
,
228
,
238
,
265
,
369
,
378
,
379
; in Civil War,
615
,
619-21
,
626-7
; Dickens on,
352
; enumerated powers of,
38-9
,
40
,
152
,
188
,
215
,
619
; and Mexican War,
461
,
465
; and national defense,
210
,
215
,
235
,
236
; negative veto in,
37
,
262
; and nullification and secession,
327-31
,
336-7
,
603
,
605
; political parties in,
104
,
136
,
145
,
171-2
,
369
,
377
; representation in,
36-7
,
61
,
62-3
,
465-6
; and slavery issue,
242-3
,
345-6
,
464
,
465-6
,
470-1
,
472-5
,
543-7
,
549-50
,
551-2
,
591
,
625
; in War of 1812,
206
,
208-9
,
211
,
328
;
see also
House of Representatives; legislative branch; Senate