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Billy Yank

History; American history

This appellation was used to refer to common soldiers serving in Union armies during the Civil War. See Johnny Reb.

Birds of Passage

History; American history

Immigrants who never intended to make the United States their home. Unable to make a living in their native countries, they came to America, worked and saved, and returned home. About 20 to 30 ...

Broadly influential Protestant theology emanating from the French theologian John Calvin, who fled to Switzerland, where he reordered life in the community of Geneva according to his conception of ...

Cabinet

History; American history

This term refers to the heads of the executive departments.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

History; American history

Supreme Court decision of 1954 that overtumed the "separate but equal doctrine" that justified Jim Crow laws. Chief Justice Earl Warren argued that "separate educational facilities are inherently ...

Brain Trust

History; American history

Close advisors. Toresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the early days of his first term whose policy suggestions influenced much New Deal legislation.