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Muckrakers

History; American history

Investigative journalists during the Progressive Era, they wrote sensational exposes of social and political problems that helped spark the reform movements of their day.

In this 1823 statement of American foreign policy, President James Monroe declared that the United States would not allow European powers to create new colonies in the Western Hemisphere or to expand ...

Modern Republicanism

History; American history

Also called "dynamic conservatism," President Eisenhower's domestic agenda advocated conservative spending approaches without drastically cutting back New Deal social programs.

Military Reconstruction Act

History; American history

A law passed after the South's refusal to accept the Fourteenth Amendment in 1867, it nullified existing state governments and divided the South into five military districts headed by military ...

Mikhail Gorbachev

History; American history

The last leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev adopted policies of glastnost (political liberalization) and7 zstroika (economic reform).

Mercantilism

History; American history

An economic system built on the assumption that the world's supply of wealth is fixed and that nations must export more goods than they import to assure a steady supply of gold and silver into ...

McCullough v. Maryland

History; American history

A landmark 1819 Supreme Court decision establishing Congress's power to charter a national bank and declaring unconstitutional a tax imposed by Maryland on the bank's Baltimore branch.