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Civic Discourse |
Civil discourse is engagement in discourse (conversation) intended to enhance understanding. |
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Manifest Destiny
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the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
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Pearl Harbor
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The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
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Cold War
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The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc.
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World Superpower
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Due to their large markets, growing military strength, economic potential, and influence in international affairs, China, the European Union, Russia andIndia are among the countries (or political entities) most cited as having the potential of achieving superpower status in the 21st century.
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Religious Dissenters
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The Seekers were not a distinct religion or sect, but instead formed a religious society. Like other Protestant dissenting groups at the time, they believed the Roman Catholic Church to be corrupt, which subsequently applied to the Church of England as well through its common heritage.
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French & Indian War
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The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and Franceknown as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian Warbegan in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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Native American Groups
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Includes Abenaki, Aberesh, Acadians, Accohannock, Acjachemem, Acoma, Ainu,Akha, Akwesasne, Algonquin, Alutiiq, Ani-Stohini - Unami, Anishinaabe, Anishinabek, Apache, Arapaho, Arawak, Ashaninka, Assiniboine, Athabascan, Aymara, Aztec (Nahua), Barona, Basque, Berber, Blackfeet, Blackfoot, Caddo, Cajun, Carib, Cayuga,
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Cash Crops
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a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
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Civil War
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The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America.
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