Jefferson, Thomas, delegate to Second Continental Congress, 20; his character, 20-21; his political creed, 21; drafts "Declaration of Independence," 22; nearly captured by the British, 34; effects reforms in Virginia, 36; his belief in religious equality, 36; a Deist, 39; his project for extinguishing Slavery, 41; Minister to France, 42; on Slavery, 50, 130; returns to America, 54; Secretary of State, 54; accepts the Constitution, 54; helps to settle taking over of State Debts, 55; repents of his action, 55; his view of American neutrality, 59; his sympathy with France, 60; on insurrections, 61; drafts Kentucky Resolutions, 63-64; elected President, 64; his inauguration, 67; his Inaugural Address, 67; refuses to recognize Adams' appointments, 68; negotiates purchase of Louisiana, 68; his diplomacy, 69; his alleged inconsistency, 69-70; orders arrest of Burr, 74; re-elected, 75; attitude regarding Napoleonic Wars, 76; places embargo on American trade, 76; withdraws embargo, 77; favours prohibition of Slavery in Territories, 85; character of his government, 90; Democratic Banquet on his birthday, 100; his doctrine misrepresented by Sumner, 205; his fears justified, 226; his creed contrasted with Frederick the Great's, 239 Jewish problem in America, 232; influence in American Socialism, 233 Johnson, Andrew, elected Vice-President, 200; becomes President, 209; accuses Davis of complicity in murder of Lincoln, 209; Davis's retort on, 209; bitterness of, against Confederate leaders, 209; his difficulties and defects, 210; his electioneering campaign, 218; vetoes Reconstruction Bill, 218; impeachment of, 218; acquittal of, 218 Johnstone, General Joseph E., in Shenandoah Valley, 180; joins Beauregard at Bull Run, 180; eludes McClellan, 186; contests Sherman's advance, 199; relieved of his command, 200; Lee attempts to effect a junction with, 201; surrenders to Sherman, 213 Kansas, sectional quarrels in, 143; constitution for, adopted at Lecompton, 150 Kansas-Nebraska Bill introduced by Douglas, 141; doctrine of "Popular Sovereignty" introduced into, 142; effect of, in Kansas, 143; Republican Party formed to oppose, 145 Kentucky, protest of, against Alien and Sedition Laws, 63-64; opened to colonization by Boon, 71; Lincoln a native of, 147; proclaims "neutrality" in Civil War, 177; Lincoln's diplomatic treatment of, 177-178; her soil violated by Confederates, 178; declares war on Confederacy, 179 Kentucky Resolutions, 63-64 "Know-Nothing" party, 138-139 Ku-Klux-Klan, organization and methods of, 223; Act passed to put down, 224; its work done, 224 Labour Unions, 223; movement not Collectivist, 223; hostility of, to the Trusts, 223-224 Lafayette, the Marquis de, comes to America, 34 Lawrence, Free Soil settlement of, burnt, 143