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Carpetbaggers

History; American history

People who moved to the South during or following the Civil War and became active in politics, they helped to bring Republican control of southern state governments during Reconstruction and were ...

Court Packing

History; American history

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's controversial plan to appoint Supreme Court justices who were sympathetic to his views, by offering retirement benefits to the sitting justices.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

History; American history

Landmark legislation that prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin in employment and public facilities such as hotels, restaurants, and playgrounds. It ...

Colonisation

History; American history

The effort to encourage masters to voluntarily emancipate their slaves and to resettle free blacks in Africa.

The process of transferring plants, animals, foods, diseases, wealth, and culture between Europe and the Americas, beginning at the time of Christopher Columbus and continuing throughout the era of ...

Bill of Rights

History; American history

The first ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution, which protect the rights of individuals from the powers of the national government. Congress and the states adopted the ten amendments in 1791.