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Authors: James MacGregor Burns
Lundy’s Lane, Battle of,
213
Lutherans,
497
Luther
v.
Borden
,
466
Lyman, Samuel,
229
Lynd, Staughton,
411
Macauley, Catharine,
59
Macdonough, Capt. Thomas,
213
,
233
Machiavelli, Niccolò,
85
machines: interchangeable parts in,
216
,
289
,
290-1
,
534
; inventors of,
307
,
429-30
,
484
; opposition to,
308
,
360
;
see also
agriculture: machinery and tools for; industry: machinery for; technology
Mackenzie, William Lyon,
446
Maclay, William,
69-70
Maclure, William,
441
Macon, Nathaniel,
208
Madariaga, Salvador de,
252
Madison, James,
16
,
95
,
101
,
102
,
121
,
168
,
172
,
231
,
238
,
244-5
,
247
,
249
,
256
,
303
,
325
,
360
,
414
,
440
,
452
,
493
,
619
; in Congress,
68-9
,
71
,
89
,
104
,
137
; and Constitution,
27-31
,
33-9
,
42
,
44-6
,
53-5
,
57
,
368
; and economic policy,
84-6
,
87-8
; in election of 1808,
203-4
,
227
,
378
; in election of 1812,
209-10
,
211-12
,
227
,
378
; and Jefferson,
28
,
91-2
,
203-4
,
206
,
208
,
212
,
255
; and Kentucky and Virginia resolutions,
131-2
,
134
,
145
; presidency of,
204-6
,
211-12
,
215
,
235-7
,
240-1
,
260-1
,
369-70
,
428
; and Republican party,
99
,
107
,
137
,
138
,
145
,
147
,
204
,
236
,
258
,
269
; as Secretary of State,
165-6
,
167
,
175
,
183-4
,
186-9
,
95
·
202-7
passim
,
259
,
203
,
264
; supports strong central government,
26
,
30
,
34-9
,
44-6
,
126
,
140
; theories of government of,
29-30
,
45-6
; on tyranny,
262-3
; War of 1812,
204-15
,
230
,
234
Madrid,
538
magazines,
517
Maine,
5
,
51
,
217
,
220-1
,
230
,
242
,
295
,
392
,
478
; boundary dispute,
447-8
majority rule,
36
,
63
,
160
,
193
,
349
,
383
,
422
,
605
; and suffrage restrictions,
20-1
,
364
; tyranny of,
30
,
34
,
54
,
60-1
,
119-20
,
192
,
262-3
,
329
,
357
,
364
;
see also
political parties: majority rule
Malonc, Dumas,
258
man: consciousness-raising of,
396-403
,
412
,
415
,
491
,
515
,
521-2
; natural rights of,
142
,
263
,
363
,
571
; and nature,
481-3
,
487
,
489
; nature of,
29-30
,
45-6
,
109
,
117-8
,
215
,
224-5
,
479
,
483
; needs of,
21
,
263
; in society,
482
,
489
,
491-2
; virtue in,
60
,
62-3
,
109
,
118-19
,
225
,
272
;
see also
society
Manassas Junction,
609-10
,
616
,
621
,
622
,
624
Manchester, N.H.,
295
“manifest destiny,”
457-8
,
536-40
Mann, Horace,
396
,
489
,
505-8
,
510
Manning, William,
139-40
,
144
,
502
Marbury
v.
Madison
(1803),
186-9
,
193
,
258
,
262
,
575
Marcy, William,
371-2
,
536
,
538-9
,
540
marriage,
360
,
361
,
394-5
,
400-3
,
411
,
568-9
Marshall, Christopher,
116
Marshall, John,
43
,
53-4
,
121-3
,
124
,
125
,
147
,
154
,
160-1
,
210
,
350
,
433
,
436
,
607
; as Chief Justice,
159
,
183-9
,
193
,
202
,
258-60
,
301
,
335
,
381
,
436
,
575
,
619
Marshall. Lynn L.,
428
Marx, Karl,
444
,
516
,
553
;
Communist Manifesto
,
416
,
444
,
467
Marx, Leo,
491
Maryland,
8
,
52
,
98
,
216
,
227
,
267
,
274
,
439
,
504
,
562
,
608
,
620
,
624
Mason, John,
539
Massachusetts,
40
,
49-52
,
58
,
73-6
,
94
,
201
,
360-1
,
392-3
,
399-400
,
433
,
448
,
465
,
479
,
502
,
505-6
,
540-2
; industry in,
292-5
,
373
,
429-30
,
476
; politics in,
231
,
239
,
373-4
,
465
,
553
;
see also
Boston; New England; Shays’s Rebellion
Matamoras, Mexico,
460
Matlack, Timothy,
116
Maysville, Ky.,
331
Mazzini, Giuseppe,
416
McClellan, Gen. George,
463-4
,
616-17
,
621-2
,
624
,
626
McCormick. Cyrus,
430
,
527
,
534
,
555
McCormick. Richard,
379
M’Culloch
v.
Maryland
(1819),
259
McDowell, Gen. Irvin,
609-10
McDuffie, George.
336
McGready, James,
495
McGuffey, William Holmes,
527
McLean, Archibald,
44-5
McLeod, Alexander,
447
Mead, Sidney,
500
Meade, George Gordon,
464
Medill, Joseph,
514
Melville, Herman,
490-1
,
517
,
541
,
588
;
Moby Dick
,
476
,
489
,
491
merchants,
14
,
75
,
112-16
,
218-22
,
224
,
228
,
230-1
,
275-6
,
291
,
295-6
,
339
,
373
,
432
,
455
,
534
,
569
,
589
;
see also
trade and commerce
Merrimac
(frigate),
622
Merryman, Lt. John,
619
Methodists,
7
,
150
,
257
,
373
,
393-4
,
442
,
474
,
494-6
,
497
,
500
Metternich, Prince Klemens von,
251
Mexican War,
449
,
460-4
,
465
,
468
,
514-15
,
536
,
564
Mexico,
196-7
,
454-5
,
458-64
; gains independence,
248-9
,
445
,
454
Mexico City, Mexico,
244
,
454
,
460-4
Michigan,
207
,
315
,
450
,
508-9
,
530
middle class,
79
,
82
,
110-11
,
114
,
115
,
318
,
355-7
,
363
,
383
,
400
,
402-3
,
407
,
411
,
414
,
497
,
510-11
,
512
,
518
Middlesex Mills, Lowell,
400
Milan,
416
,
467
military establishment,
169
,
195
,
210
,
236
,
464
,
623
; in a republic,
215-16
Mill, John Stuart,
414
Miller, John,
153
Mills, Caleb,
508
mining,
288-9
,
408
,
431
,
433
,
532
,
534
Minnetaree Indians,
181
minorities: consciousness-raising in,
412
,
415
; psychological deprivation in,
411-12
,
414
,
416
; in a republic,
20-1
,
30
,
54
,
63
,
98-9
,
160
,
165
,
192
,
262-3
Mississippi,
141
,
173
,
282-5
,
315
,
364
,
392
,
409-10
,
452
,
597
Mississippi River,
180
,
206
,
234
,
284
,
352
,
532-3
; trading on,
172
,
174
,
175
,
245
,
277
,
296
,
299-301
,
310
,
535
Missouri,
267
,
321
,
499
,
515
,
532
,
608
,
617
,
620
; slavery issue in,
242-3
,
543
,
550
Missouri Compromise (1820),
242-3
,
328
,
460
,
543-6
,
558
,
575-8
,
582
,
598
Missouri River,
178
,
179
,
180-2
,
296
Mitchell, Louise Pearson and Broadus,
307
Mobile, Ala.,
285
Monitor
, USS,
622
Monroe, James,
53
,
55
,
69
,
120
,
151
,
173
,
175-6
,
189-90
,
198
,
203
,
237-8
,
255
,
258
,
378
,
440
,
493
,consensual partyless government under,
239-42
,
247
,
254
,
261
,
370
,
377
,
378
; in election of 1808,
203-4
,
378
; in election of 1816,
227
,
238-9
,
378
; in election of 1820,
243
,
264
; Monroe Doctrine,
249-54
,
540
; presidency of,
239-5
,
254-5
,
261
,
264
,
265
,
268
,
269
,
311
; as Secretary of State and War,
206
,
208
,
214
,
217
,
235
,
238
,
245-7
,
264
; tour of
240
,
241