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Freedom Riders

History; American history

Civil rights activists who in 1961 demonstrated that despite a federal ban on segregated travel on interstate buses, segregation prevailed in parts of the South.

To help fund the military forces used against the Confederacy during the Civil War, the federal Congress issued a paper currency known as greenbacks. Even though greenbacks had no backing in specie ...

Great Society

History; American history

The liberal reform programme of President Lyndon Johnson. The programme included civil rights legislation, increased public spending to help the poor, Medicare and Medicaid programs, educational ...

Great Awakening

History; American history

Spilling over into the colonies from a wave of revivals in Europe, the Awakening placed renewed emphasis on vital religious faith, partially in reaction to more secular, rationalist thinking ...

Great Migration

History; American history

The mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North during World War I.

Good neighbour Policy

History; American history

During the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the U. S. Policy of not interfering in the internal affairs of hemispheric neighbors.

George Wallace

History; American history

Alabama governor who ran for president in 1968 as a third party candidate on the American Independent ticket. His message rejecting forced racial integration, the activities of radical college ...