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Large Policy

History; American history

Bold foreign policy put forth by Henry Cabot Lodge and others, advocating a canal through the Central American isthmus and a strong American naval presence in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Laissez faire

History; American history

An economic theory based upon the ideas of Adam Smith, it contended that in a free economy self interest would lead individuals to act in ways that benefited society as a whole and therefore ...

Ku Klux Klan

History; American history

A secret organization founded in the southern states during Reconstruction to terrorize and intimidate former slaves and prevent them from voting or holding public office. Officially disbanded in ...

An anti foreign, anti Catholic political party that arose following massive Irish and Catholic immigration during the late 1840s. The Know Nothing party replaced the Whigs as the second largest party ...

Knights of Labor

History; American history

A labor organization founded in 1869, it called for the unity of all workers, rejected industrial capitalism, and favored cooperatively owned businesses but was discredited by such labor violence as ...

Enumerated Goods

History; American history

Products grown or extracted from England's North American colonies that could be shipped only to England or other colonies within the empire. Goods on the first enumeration list included tobacco, ...