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Volstead Act
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Reinforced the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
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Wagner Act
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A 1935 United States federal law that limits the means with which employers may react to workers in the private sector that create labor unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands.
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War of 1812
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A war fought between the United States of America and the British Empire. In 1807, Britain introduced a series of trade restrictions to impede ongoing American trade with France, the mortal enemy of Britain. The U.S. contested these restrictions as illegal under international law. Both the impressment of American citizens into the Royal Navy, and Britain's military support of American Indians who were resisting the expansion of the American frontier into the Northwest further aggravated the relationship between the two countries.
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Watergate
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A political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of the United States President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974. It also resulted in the indictment and conviction of several Nixon administration officials.The scandal began with the arrest of five men for breaking and entering into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972. The subsequent investigation by the FBI connected the men to the 1972 Committee to Re-elect the President by a slush fund. Nixon had also recorded many important conversations.
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James Weaver
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(June 12, 1833 – February 6, 1912) A United States politician and member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa as a member of the Greenback Party. He ran for President two times on third party tickets in the late 19th century. An opponent of the gold standard and national banks, he is most famous as the presidential nominee of the Populist Party in the 1892 election.
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Daniel Webster
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(January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) Daniel Webster was an attorney, and served as legal counsel in several cases that established important constitutional precedents that bolstered the authority of the Federal government. As Secretary of State, he negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that established the definitive eastern border between the United States and Canada. Primarily recognized for his Senate tenure, Webster was a key figure in the institution's "Golden days".
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Webster-Ashburn Treaty
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A treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies, particularly a dispute over the location of the Maine–New Brunswick border. It also established the details of the border between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods, originally defined in the Treaty of Paris (1783); reaffirmed the location of the border (at the 49th parallel) in the westward frontier up to the Rocky Mountains, originally defined in the Treaty of 1818; called for a final end to the slave trade on the high seas, to be enforced by both signatories; and agreed on terms for shared use of the Great Lakes.
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Whigs
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A political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the executive branch and favored a program of modernization and economic protectionism.
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Whiskey Rebellion
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The conflict was rooted in the dissatisfaction in western counties with various policies of the eastern-based national government. The name of the uprising comes from the Whiskey Act of 1791, an excise tax on whiskey that was a central grievance of the westerners. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to centralize and fund the national debt.
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William Allen White
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(February 10, 1868 – January 29, 1944) A a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, and author. Between World War I and World War II White became the iconic middle American spokesman for thousands throughout the United States.
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Eli Whitney
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(December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) An American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum South.
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Roger Williams
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(circa 1603 – between January and March 1683) An American Protestant theologian, and the first American proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state, In 1636 , he began the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, which provided a refuge for religious minorities. Williams started the First Baptist Church in America.
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Woodrow Wilson
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(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) The 28th President of the United States. In his first term, Wilson persuaded a Democratic Congress to pass the Federal Reserve Act, Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act and America's first-ever federal progressive income tax in the Revenue Act of 1913. Wilson brought many white Southerners into his administration, and tolerated their expansion of segregation in many federal agencies.
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John Winthrop
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(12 January 1587/8– 26 March 1649) Obtained a royal charter from King Charles for the Massachusetts Bay Company and led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630. He was elected the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony the year before.
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Worchester v. Georgia
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A case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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(June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) An American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects.
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Writs of Assistance
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Legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason.
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XYZ Affair
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A treaty between Britain and the U.S. failed to guarantee France the right to ship with the U.S. France sent to the United States three diplomats, thereafter named X, Y, and Z, with outrageous demands. The result was undeclared war between the two countries.
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Yalta Conference
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The February 4–11, 1945 wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization.
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Brigham Young
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(June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) Founded Salt Lake City and was an early leader of the Mormons.
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John Peter Zenger
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(October 26, 1697 – July 28, 1746) He was defendant in a landmark legal case in American jurisprudence that determined that truth was a defense against charges of libel.
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Zimmerman Telegram
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A coded telegram dispatched by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmermann, on January 16, 1917. The Telegram instructed Ambassador Eckardt that if the United States appeared likely to enter the war he was to approach the Mexican government with a proposal for military alliance.
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