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Ku Klux Klan

History; American history

A secret organisation founded in the southern states during Reconstruction to terrorise and intimidate former slaves and prevent them from voting or holding public office. Officially disbanded in ...

An anti foreign, anti Catholic political party that arose following massive Irish and Catholic immigration during the late 1840s. The Know Nothing party replaced the Whigs as the second largest party ...

Loyal Nine

History; American history

This informal group of pro colonial rights leaders in Boston helped organise resistance against unwanted British policies, such as the Stamp Act. Working with more visible popular leaders like Samuel ...

Lord Salisbury

History; American history

Imperious British prime minister who rejected American intervention in an 1895 border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana, prompting an American threat of military involvement. Salisbury ...

Jazz

History; American history

Musical style based on improvisation within a band format, combining African traditions of repetition, call and response, and strong beat with European structure.

Kansas Nebraska Act

History; American history

Controversial 1854 legislation that opened Kansas and Nebraska to white settlement, repealed the Compromise of 1820, and led opponents to form the Republican party.