Contents -- Introduction -- A -- ABBOTT, WILLIAM ALEX-ANDER "BUD" -- ABORTION -- ACHESON, DEAN GOODERHAM -- AFRICAN AMERICANS -- AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MILITARY -- AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONALISM -- AGRICULTURE -- AIKEN, GEORGE DAVID -- ALCATRAZ -- ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA) -- ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE (AAGPBI) -- AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA (ACWA) -- AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA -- AMERICA AND EAST ASIA -- AMERICA AND GERMANY -- AMERICA AND GREECE -- AMERICA AND ISRAEL -- AMERICA AND ITALY -- AMERICA AND JAPAN -- AMERICA AND THE ARAB WORLD -- AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST -- AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM -- AMERICA AND THE USSR -- AMERICA FIRST MOVEMENT -- AMERICA IN 1940 -- AMERICAN DREAM -- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL) -- AMERICAN JEWS -- AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION (ADA) -- AMOS 'N' ANDY -- ANDERSON, CLINTON PRESBA -- ANDERSON, MARIAN -- ANDREWS SISTERS -- ANTIMISCEGENATION LAWS -- ANTI-SEMITISM -- ARDEN, EVE -- ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS -- ARVEY, JACOB M. -- ASTRONOMY -- ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION -- AUSTIN, WARREN ROBINSON -- AUTOMOBILES -- AUTRY, ORVON GENE -- AVIATION (COMMERCIAL) -- AVIATION (MILITARY) -- "AXIS SALLY" -- B -- B-29 SUPERFORTRESS -- BABY BOOM -- BALL, LUCILLE DESIREE -- BALLPOINT PENS -- BARKLEY, ALBEN WILLIAM -- BARUCH, BERNARD MANNES -- BASEBALL -- BASEBALL'S NEGRO LEAGUES -- BASKETBALL (COLLEGE) -- BASKETBALL (PROFESSIONAL) -- BEARD, CHARLES A. -- BELL, JAMES THOMAS "COOL PAPA" -- BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT -- BENSON, EZRA TAFT -- BENTLEY, ELIZABETH -- BERLIN BLOCKADE -- BETHUNE, MARY McLEOD -- BIDDLE, FRANCIS BEVERLY -- BIG BANG THEORY -- BIKINI -- BILBO, THEODORE GILMORE -- BIRTH CONTROL -- BLACK ELK, NICHOLAS -- BLACK, HUGO LAFAYETTE -- BLIMPS AND AIRSHIPS -- "BOGEY AND BACALL"-HUMPHREY DeFOREST BOGART -- BOWLES, CHESTER -- BOXING -- BOYD, WILLIAM -- BRETTON WOODS CONFERENCE.

BRICKER, JOHN WILLIAM -- BRIDGES, HENRY STYLES -- BROADWAY -- BROWDER, EARL RUSSELL -- BUCK, PEARL -- BULGE, BATTLE OF THE -- BUNCHE, RALPH JOHNSON -- BURDICK, USHER LLOYD -- BUSH, PRESCOTT SHELDON -- C -- CAIRO CONFERENCE -- CALOMIRIS, ANGELA J. -- CAPEHART, HOMER EARL -- CARAWAY, HATTIE WYATT -- CASABLANCA CONFERENCE -- CASE, FRANCIS HIGBEE -- CATHER, WILLA -- CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN -- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -- CHAIN STORES -- CHAMBERS, WHITTAKER -- CHANDLER, ALBERT BENJAMIN -- CHAVEZ, DENNIS -- CHEMISTRY -- CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI) -- CHIANG KAI-SHEK, MADAME -- CHILD LABOR -- CHURCHILL, WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER -- CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) -- CIVIL RIGHTS -- CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPS -- CLARK, DAVID WORTH -- CLIFT, MONTGOMERY -- COCOANUT GROVE FIRE -- COLLIER, JOHN -- COLLINS, DOROTHY -- COMMAGER, HENRY STEELE -- COMMENTARY -- COMMUNIST PARTY (CPUSA) -- CONANT, JAMES BRYANT -- CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS -- CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE) -- CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 1942 -- CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 1946 -- CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION -- CONSERVATION -- CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION -- CONTAINMENT -- COPLAND, AARON -- COPLON, JUDITH -- CORAL SEA, BATTLE OF -- CORN STUNT DISEASE -- CORTISONE -- COXEY, JACOB SECHER -- CRIME -- CROSBY, BING -- CURRIE, LAUCHLIN -- CURTI, MERLE EUGENE -- D -- DARLAN, JEAN FRANÇOIS -- DAVIS, BENJAMIN OLIVER, JR. -- DAVIS, BENJAMIN OLIVER, SR. -- DAVIS, BETTE -- D-DAY -- DDT, -- DE GAULLE, CHARLES -- DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- DESTROYERS FOR BASES -- DETROIT RACE RIOT OF 1943 -- DEWEY, JOHN -- DEWEY, THOMAS EDMUND -- DIES, MARTIN -- DiMAGGIO, JOSEPH -- DISNEY, WALTER ELIAS "WALT" -- DIXIECRATS -- DOBY, LAWRENCE EUGENE -- DOBRZHANSKY, FEODOSY GRIGREVICH (THEODOSIUS) -- DODGE, HENRY CHEE -- DOGS IN WAR -- DOUGLAS, HELEN GAHAGAN -- DOUGLAS, PAUL HOWARD -- DOUGLAS, WILLIAM ORVILLE -- DRUG ABUSE.

DUBOIS, WILLIAM EDWARD BURG-HARDT -- DUGGAN, LAURENCE -- DULLES, JOHN FOSTER -- DUMBARTON OAKS CONFERENCE -- E -- EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY -- EBONY MAGAZINE -- ECONOMY -- EDUCATION (HIGHER) -- EDUCATION (PRIMARY) -- EDUCATION (SECONDARY) -- EDWARDS V. CALIFORNIA -- EINSTEIN, ALBERT -- EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID -- EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946 -- ENOLA GAY -- ENTERTAINERS AT THE FRONT -- EVANGELICALISM -- EVANS, LUTHER HARRIS -- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY -- F -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES-COMMITEE (FEPC) -- FALA -- FARLEY, JAMES A. -- FARRAND, MAX -- FASCIST ITALY -- "FATHER DIVINE" (GEORGE BAKER) -- FAULKNER, WILLIAM CUTHBERT -- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) -- FERMI, ENRICO -- FEYNMAN, RICHARD PHILLIPS -- FIELDS, W.C. -- FIRESIDE CHATS -- FLANAGAN, HALLIE MAE FERGUSON -- FLYNN, JOHN T. -- FOOD AND DIET -- FOOTBALL (COLLEGE) -- FOOTBALL (PROFESSIONAL) -- FORD, GERALD RUDOLPH -- FORRESTAL, JAMES VINCENT -- FOUR FREEDOMS, -- FRANCO, FRANCISCO -- FRANKFURTER, FELIX -- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM -- FROST, ROBERT -- FRY, VARIAN -- FUCHS, KLAUS -- FULBRIGHT, J. WILLIAM -- FULDHEIM, DOROTHY -- FULTON, BAIN ECARIUS "SHORTY" -- G -- GABLE, CLARK -- GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH -- GANDHI, MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND -- GASTON, ARTHUR GEORGE -- GAYS AND LESBIANS -- GERMAN ALIENS -- GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND -- GERMAN AMERICANS -- GI BILL OF RIGHTS (SERVICEMEN'S READJUSTMENT ACT OF 1944) -- GIBSON, JOSH -- GLEASON, JACKIE -- GODDARD, ROBERT HUTCHINGS -- GOLDWATER, BARRY MORRIS, SR. -- GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY -- GOODMAN, BENNY -- GORE, ALBERT ARNOLD, SR. -- GOUZENKO'S DEFECTION -- GRACE, CHARLES MANUEL -- GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN "BILLY" -- GRAY, PETER J. -- GREAT RIVER ROAD -- GREEN, THEODORE FRANCIS -- GREENWAY, ISABELLA SELMES FERGUSON -- GRUENING, ERNEST -- GUADALCANAL, BATTLE OF -- H -- HAND, LEARNED -- HANNEGAN, ROBERT EMMET -- HARLEM RACE RIOT OF 1943.

HARRIMAN, WILLIAM AVERELL -- HAWAII -- HAYDEN, CARL TRUMBULL -- HAYES, GEORGE FRANCIS "GABBY" -- HEALTH AND DISEASE -- HEARST, WILLIAM RANDOLPH -- HEMINGWAY, ERNEST MILLER -- HEPBURN, KATHARINE HOUGHTON -- HICKENLOOPER, BOURKE BLAKEMORE -- HILLMAN, SIDNEY -- HIROHITO -- HIROSHIMA -- HISPANIC AMERICANS -- HISS, ALGER -- HISTORIANS -- HITCHCOCK, ALFRED JOSEPH -- HITLER, ADOLF -- HOBBY, OVETA CULP -- HOLDEN, WILLIAM -- HOLLAND, SPESSARD LINDSEY -- HOLLYWOOD ACTORS -- HOLLYWOOD FILMS -- HOLLYWOOD TEN, -- HOMOSEXUALITY IN NAZI GERMANY -- HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK -- HOOVER, J. EDGAR -- HOOVER DAM -- HOPKINS, HARRY -- HORNE, LENA MARY CALHOUN -- HOUSE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES (HUAC) -- HOWDY DOODY -- HUGHES, CHARLES EVANS -- HULL, CORDELL -- HUMPHREY, HUBERT HORATIO JR. -- HYDROGEN BOMB RESEARCH -- I -- ICKES, HAROLD LECLAIRE -- IMMIGRATION -- INFLATION -- INTELLECTUAL LIFE -- INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION (ILGWU) -- INTERNATIONALISM -- INVASION OF ITALY -- "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH -- ISOLATIONISM -- ITALIAN AMERICANS -- IVES, ELIZABETH DAVIS STEVENSON -- IWO JIMA, BATTLE OF -- IWO JIMA MONUMENT (MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL) -- J -- JACKSON, ROBERT HOUGH-WOUT -- JAPAN UNDER MILITARISM -- JAPANESE AMERICANS -- JEEP -- JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES -- JITTERBUG -- JOHNSON, HIRAM W. -- JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES -- JOURNALISM -- JUDAISM -- JUDD, WALTER HENRY -- JUVENILE DELINQUENCY -- K -- KAISER, HENRY JOHN -- KALTENBORN, HANS VON "H.V." -- KAMIKAZE -- KEFAUVER, ESTES -- KELLER, HELEN -- KENNAN, GEORGE FROST -- KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD -- KERR, ROBERT SAMUEL -- KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. -- KINSEY, ALFRED CHARLES -- KNOWLAND, WILLIAM FIFE -- KNOX, FRANK -- KRIVITSKY, WALTER G. -- KUHN, FRITZ -- L -- La FOLLETTE, ROBERT MARION, JR. -- LA MOTTA, GIACOBE [JAKE] -- LABOR (ORGANIZED) -- LABOR (UNORGANIZED) -- LANDON, ALFRED MOSSMAN -- LANGER, WILLIAM.

LASH, JOSEPH P. -- LASKI, HAROLD -- LAUSCHE, FRANK JOHN -- LEWIS, JOHN LLEWELLYN -- LEYTE GULF, BATTLE OF -- LIBERACE -- LIBRARIES -- LILIENTHAL, DAVID E. -- LINDBERGH, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, JR. -- LINDBERGH, ANNE MORROW -- LOUIS, JOE -- LOY, MYRNA -- LOYALTY REVIEW BOARD -- LUCAS, SCOTT WIKE -- LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE -- LYNCHING -- M -- MacARTHUR, DOUGLAS -- MacLEISH, ARCHIBALD -- MAGAZINES -- MAILER, NORMAN KINGSLEY -- MANHATTAN PROJECT -- MAO ZEDONG (MAO TSE-TUNG) -- MARCH, FREDRIC -- MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE -- MARSHALL, GEORGE CATLETT, JR. -- MARSHALL PLAN -- MARTIN, AGNES BERNICE -- MASSING, HEDE TUNE -- MAULDIN, WILLIAM HENRY -- MAYR, ERNST -- McCARRAN, PATRICK ANTHONY -- McCARTHY, JOSEPH RAYMOND -- McFARLAND, ERNEST WILLIAM -- McNARY, CHARLES LINZA -- MEDICINE -- MENDEZ V. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT -- MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS -- MERTON, THOMAS -- MEXICAN AMERICANS -- MIDWAY, BATTLE OF -- MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT -- MILLER, ARTHUR ASTER -- MILLER, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, JR. -- MILLER, PERRY GILBERT EDDY -- MONRONEY, ALMER STILLWELL MIKE -- MONTGOMERY, BERNARD LAW -- MORGAN, THOMAS HUNT -- MORGENTHAU, HENRY, JR. -- MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT -- MORSE, WAYNE LYMAN -- MOSCOW CONFERENCE -- MOSES, ANNA MARY ROBERTSON "GRANDMA" -- MOUNT RUSHMORE -- MULLER, HERMANN JOSEPH -- MUNDT, KARL E. -- MURPHY, AUDIE LEON -- MURPHY, FRANK -- MURRAY, JOHN COURTNEY -- MURROW, EDWARD ROSCOE -- MUSIC (CLASSICAL) -- MUSSOLINI, BENITO -- MUSTE, ABRAHAM JOHANNES -- "MY DAY" COLUMN -- N -- NAGASAKI -- NATION OF ISLAM -- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD-VANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) -- NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS (NCAI) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDIATION BOARD -- NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART -- NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE -- NATIONAL PARKS -- NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 -- NATIVE AMERICANS -- NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE ARMED FORCES -- NAVAJO CODE TALKERS.

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