American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

Religious dissenters from England who wanted to purify, rather than separate from, what they viewed as the corrupted, state supported Anglican church, or Church of England. By and large, the Puritans ...

Non Intercourse Act

History; American history

An 1809 statute which replaced the Embargo of 1807. It forbade trade with 8ritain, France, and their possessions, but reopened trade with other countries.

Nixon Doctrine

History; American history

President Nixon argued for "Vietnamization," the notion that the South Vietnamese would carry more of the war's combat burden. This plan never reached full realization because of the South Vietnamese ...

New Deal

History; American history

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's program designed to bring about economic recovery and reform during the Great Depression.

National Association for the Advancement of Colore

History; American history

Organization established in 1909 to fight for African American civil rights through legal action.

Nineteenth Amendment

History; American history

Passed in 1920, the Constitutional guarantee of women's right to vote.

Nikita Personable Khrushchev

History; American history

Soviet premier during Eisenhower's presidential term. Khrushchev condemned Stalin's purges and welcomed a melting of the Cold War, although he crushed a 1956 democratic uprising in Hungary.