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Black Tuesday

History; American history

October 29,1929, the day of the stock market crash that initiated the Great Depression.

Black Codes

History; American history

Laws passed by Southern state legislatures during Reconstruction, while Congress was out of session. These laws limited the rights of former slaves and led Congress to ratify the Fourteenth ...

Alexander Hamilton

History; American history

The first secretary of the treasury and a leader of the Federalist party. As secretary of the treasury, he devised a plan for repaying the nation's debts and promoting economic growth. This plan ...

Acts Four acts passed in 1798 designed to curb criticism of the federal government. Adopted during a period of conflict with France, the acts lengthened the period before an immigrant could obtain ...

Andrew Jackson

History; American history

As major general during the War of 1812, he defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and a British army at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1818, he led an American incursion into ...

Anaconda Plan

History; American history

General Winfield Scott designed this strategic plan in the early days of the Civil War. To give direction to the Union war effort against the South. The plan advocated a full naval blockade of the ...

Antinomian

History; American history

Literally meaning against the laws of human governance. Antinomians believed that once they had earned saving grace, God would offer them direct revelation by which to order the steps of their lives. ...