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D Day

History; American history

June 6, 1944, the day Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, in France, leading to the defeat of Germany.

Cuban Missile Crisis

History; American history

The conflict in 1962 prompted by Soviet installation of missiles on Cuba and President Kennedy's announcement to the American Public. After days of genuine fear on both sides, the two sides ...

A movement founded by Jacob S. Coxey to help the unemployed during the depression of the 1890s, it brought out of work people to Washington, D. C. , to demand that the federal government provide jobs ...

Coverture Coverture

History; American history

Is closely connected with patriarchy because this concept contends that the legal identity of women is subordinated first in their fathers and, then, in their husbands, as the sanctioned heads of ...

Cautious Revolutionaries

History; American history

Sometimes called reluctant revolutionaries, these leaders lacked a strong trust in the people to rise above their own self interest and provide for enlightened legislative policies (see public ...

Camp David Accords

History; American history

An historic 1979 peace agreement negotiated between Egypt and Israel at the U. S. Presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. Under the pact, Israel agreed to return captured territory to Egypt and ...