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Henry Kaiser

History; American history

J. Industrialist who epitomised the close relationship between government and industry in the West. His shipyards, financed by government loans and bolstered by cost plus government contracts, ...

Henry David Thoreau

History; American history

A pencil maker, poet, and author of the influential essay "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau sought to realise transcendentalist ideals in his personal life.

Following two reported attacks on the U. S. S. Maddox in 1964, American president Lyndon B. Johnson asked for and received this authorization from Congress to "take all necessary measures" to repel ...

Henry Clay

History; American history

As Speaker of the House of Representatives, Senator, and unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, he was an advocate of the "American System," which called for a protective tariff, a national bank, ...

Hooverizing

History; American history

Herbert Hoover's programme as director of the Food Administration to conserve food during World War I.

Hinton Rowan Helper

History; American history

The North Carolina born author of The Impending Crisis of the South, a book that argued that slavery was incompatible with economic progress.

Hessians

History; American history

Six German principalities provided 30,000 soldiers to Great Britain to fight against the American rebels during the War for Independence. More than half of these troops for hire came from ...