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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 



his record that he had "kept us out of war;" 

 before his inauguration war became an alarming 

 possibility, and early in April, 1917, in an ad- 

 dress to Congress which recited the wrongs the 

 country had suffered, the President asked for a 

 declaration of war against the German Empire. 

 Four days later, on April 6, the United States 

 was officially one of the allies and the enemy 

 of Germany. The story of the participation of 

 the United States in the war will be found in 

 the article WAR OF THE NATIONS. 



In January, 1919, delegates of the victorious 

 allies and associated powers met in Paris and 

 formed the peace conference, whose duty it 

 became to rearrange the interests of a world 

 torn by nearly five years of unparalleled de- 

 struction. The five representatives of the 

 United States were President Woodrow Wilson, 

 Secretary of State Robert Lansing, General 

 Tasker H. Bliss of the United States Army, 

 Henry White, former ambassador to France, 

 and Edward M. House. The treaty of peace, 

 inseparably joined to a league of nations, was 

 ready in June, and on June 28, in the historic 

 Hall of Mirrors, at Versailles, the German dele- 

 - signed it on behalf of the former empire, 

 and it was also signed by the representatives of 

 the allied and associated powers. The powers 

 lately associated with Germany were to know 

 their fate later in the year. 



During the six months of treaty negotiations 

 President Wilson remained in Europe except 

 for a sojourn of a week in Washington to sign 

 bills passed by the Congress which adjourned in 

 March. The treaty was presented to the United 

 States Senate for ratification early in July. 



W.F.Z. 



Consult, for brief references, such school his- 

 s as are found In every community. For ex- 

 "d reading the following are recommen 

 Becker's Beginnings of the American People; 

 Lodge's Short History of the English Colonies in 

 America; Thwalte's The Colonies; McElroy's 

 ning of the Far West: Fisher's True History 

 of the American Revolution; Fifth's Development 

 Of American Nationality ; Bradford's Confeder- 

 ate Portraits and his Union Portraits; Beard's 

 Contemporaneous American History. 



Hrlatnl Suiiji-rt . The following Index will 

 Hlmpliry reference to the numerous topics In these 

 -non which have to do. directly or Indirectly, 

 with the United States. The articles on the vari- 

 ous states have also lists of related subjects. 



CANALS 



Cape Cod Illinois nn<l Michigan 



Chesapeake and Ohio New York State Barge 

 igo Drainage Canal 



ma 

 pin Sault Salnte Marie 



CITIES AND TOWNS 



See lists under state articles. 



EDUCATION 



See article EDUCATION, with Related Subjects 

 index ; also subhead Education in state articles. 



GOVERN MINT 



Attorney-General 



Australian Ballot 



Ballot 



Cabinet 



Citizen 



Civil Service 



Commerce, Depart- 

 ment of 



Committee of the Whole 



Congress of the United 

 States 



Constitution of the 

 United States 



Consul 



Courts 



Customs Duties 



Dead-Letter Office 



Diplomacy 



Education, subtitle 

 Bureau of Education 



Electoral College 



Governor 



Income Tax 



Initiative and 

 Referendum 



Interior, Department 



* of the 



Justice, Department of 



Justice of the Peace 



Labor, Department of 



Law 



Mint 



Naturalization 

 Navy, Department of 



the 



Postofflce Department 

 President 

 Primary Election 

 Probate 

 Prohibition 

 Recall 

 Representatives, 



House of 

 Republic 

 Sanitary Science 

 Secret Service 

 Senate 

 Single Tax 

 Speaker 

 State 



State, Department of 

 Suffrage 

 Supreme Court 

 Tariff 



Tax and Taxes 

 Treasury 

 Veto 



VIce-President 

 War, Department of 

 Weather Bureau 

 Woman Suffrage 



GULPS AND BATS 



California, Gulf of 

 Chesapeake Bay 

 Delaware Bay 

 Florida, Gulf of 



Long Island Sound 

 Mexico, Gulf of 

 Narragansett Bay 



HIST 'KY 



Alabama, The 



Alamo 



Albany Convention 



Alien and Sedition 

 Lawi 



Annapolis Convention 



And. tarn. Battle of 



Artit les of Confedera- 

 tion 



Bacon's Rebellion 



Bering Sea Controversy 



Blue Laws 



Boston Massacre 



Boston Tort HIM 



Boston Tea Party 



Brandy wine, Battle of 

 the 



Hull Run. Hat I IPS of 



Bunker Hill. Hattleof 



Ourpi tbftjp ' 



OsrroOordo i- .;: of 



Chancellorsvllle, Battle 

 of 



Chapul tepee. Battle of 



CtarttrOaft 



Chattanooga, Battle of 

 Chlckamauga, Battle of 

 Churubusco. Battle of 

 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty 

 Committees of Cor- 



respondence 

 Compromise of 1850 

 Confederate State* of 



America 



Continental System 

 rrlttrndcn Compromise 

 Declaration of Inde- 



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Dorr's fUbellton 

 Dred Scot Dec! M 



Emancipation Procla- 



mai 



Fair Oaks, Battle of 

 Federal Int. The 



Battles 



Five Forks, Battle of 

 toW Hills 



