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Specie

History; American history

A term for hard coin, such as gold or silver, that can also back and give a fixed point of valuation to paper currencies.

Spirituals

History; American history

Religious songs composed by enslaved African Americans.

Sojoumer Truth

History; American history

A leading orator in the abolitionist and women's rights movements, Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley and escaped in 1826.

Once France formally entered the War for Independence in 1778 on the American side, the British had to concern themselves with protecting such vital holdings as their sugar islands in the Caribbean ...

Thomas Jefferson

History; American history

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence, the first secretary of state, and the third president of the United States. As president, he was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and the ...

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

History; American history

Founder of the nation's first school to teach deaf mutes to read and write and communicate through hand signals.

The New Look

History; American history

President Eisenhower's adjustment to the doctrine of containment. He advocated saving money by emphasising nuclear over conventional weapons, on the premise that the next major world conflict would ...