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Pearl harbour

History; American history

The main base of the U. S. Pacific fleet, which Japan attacked on December 7, 1941, forcing the United States to enter World War II.

Patriarchal

History; American history

Patriarchal social and political systems are denoted by power and authority residing in males, such as in the father of the family. Such authority then passes from father to son through the ...

Sociologists who rejected the determinism of the Social Darwinists, they accepted evolutionary theory but held that people could shape their environment rather than only be shaped by it and accepted ...

Redemptioners

History; American history

The redemptioner labour system was similar to that of indentured servitude in providing a way for persons without financial means to get to America. Normally, the family had to locate someone to pay ...

Reagan Doctrine

History; American history

President Ronald Reagan's 1985 pledge of American aid to insurgent movements attempting to overthrow Soviet back regimes in the Third World.

Rationalism

History; American history

A main tenet of the Enlightenment era, meaning a firm trust in the ability of the human mind to solve earthly problems, thereby lessening the role of--and reliance on God as an active force in the ...

Plantation Legend

History; American history

A stereotype created by popular pre Civil War writers, that depicted the South as a region of aristocratic planters, beautiful Southern belles, poor white trash, and faithful household slaves.