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Jazz

History; American history

Musical style based on improvisation within a band format, combining African traditions of repetition, call and response, and strong beat with European structure.

Kansas Nebraska Act

History; American history

Controversial 1854 legislation that opened Kansas and Nebraska to white settlement, repealed the Compromise of 1820, and led opponents to form the Republican party.

Loose Interpretation

History; American history

The view that the national government has the power to create agencies or enact statutes to fulfill the powers granted by the U. S. Constitution.

Little Rock Crisis

History; American history

Conflict in 1957 when governor Orval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the racial integration of Little Rock's Central High School. After a crucial delay, President Eisenhower ...

Liberty Party

History; American history

An antislavery political party founded in 1839.

Lend Lease Act

History; American history

The program by which the United States provided arms and supplies to the Allies in World War II before joining the fighting.

League of Nations

History; American history

Point Fourteen of Wilson's Fourteen Points, the proposal to establish an international organization to guarantee the territorial integrity of independent nations.