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• 1st Cavalry Division [r]: A heavy division of the United States Army, partially deployed to Baghdad; part of III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas [e]
• 37th United States Congress [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 38th United States Congress [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Born in Illinois, President of the United States during the American Civil War. [e]
• African American literature [r]: The body of literature produced in the USA by writers of African descent. [e]
• Alabama, history [r]: History of Alabama, a State of the United States since 1819. Previously a territory. [e]
• Alabama [r]: State of the southern USA. [e]
• Allan Nevins [r]: (1890 - 1971), American historian known for his history of the Civil War era, political biographies, and business histories. [e]
• American election campaigns, 19th century [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Andrew Jackson [r]: An American general who defeated the British at New Orleans in 1815 and was U.S. President from 1829-1837. [e]
• Andrew Johnson [r]: The 17th president of the United States of America (1865-69) after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. [e]
• Anti-surface warfare [r]: (ASuW) In the context of naval warfare, the mission of attacking surface vessels, from small boats to supertankers and aircraft carriers, from platforms under naval command and control [e]
• Barack Obama [r]: (1961–) 44th President of the United States of America (2009-) and a former Senator from Illinois. [e]
• Baseball [r]: A ball game, using a small spherical ball and a striker called a bat, played between two teams of 9 players each on a field with a diamond shaped circuit consisting of 4 bases. [e]
• Battle of Gettysburg [r]: A turning point in the American Civil War, July 1-3, 1863, on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [e]
• Battle of Hampton Roads [r]: Fought in March 1862 during the American Civil War, the first combat between steam-powered armored warships, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor [e]
• Beard [r]: Human facial hair covering part of the lower face, particularly the chin, throat and lower cheeks. [e]
• Benjamin Harrison [r]: (1833 - 1901) The 23rd President of the United States, elected in 1888 but defeated by Grover Cleveland in 1892. [e]
• Bill Clinton [r]: US Democratic politician (1946– ); Governor of Arkansas 1983–1992; President of the United States 1993–2001, husband of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [e]
• Blitzkrieg [r]: A military doctrine involving the breakthrough, at key points of the enemy lines, of highly mobile forces, usually of high technology for the time, which would then disrupt the enemy rear [e]
• Blues [r]: A music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions (I-IV-V) and blue notes. [e]
• Bounty (reward) [r]: A sum of money given, often by a government, to a person or persons in return for a service or act. [e]
• Buddhism in the United States [r]: [e]
• California, history since 1846 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Calvin Coolidge [r]: President of the United States 1923-1929, who took office after President Warren G. Harding's death. [e]
• Carpetbagger [r]: American northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction after the American Civil War. [e]
• Charles A. Beard [r]: (1874-1948) one of the most influential American historians of the early 20th century. Beard was a leader of the "Progressive School" of historiography. [e]
• Charles Sumner [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chattanooga, Tennessee [r]: City in the state of Tennessee, U.S.A., the site of some of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, and the subject of Glenn Miller's big band jazz standard, "Chattanooga Choo Choo." [e]
• Chemical weapon [r]: A weapon that cause death or disease by means of chemical interaction with the metabolism of the victim, as opposed to causing injury through blast, thermal, or other effects not on a molecular level [e]
• Chester A. Arthur [r]: The 21st President of the United States. [e]
• Christmas [r]: Winter holiday beginning on 25th December; originated as a pagan festival but was adopted by early Christians to observe the birth of Jesus, and today is a major international event regardless of religious background. [e]
• Civil war (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Colonel [r]: A fairly senior military rank, typically commanding the largest tactical unit such as a brigade or regiment, and ranking just below general officers [e]
• Confederate States of America [r]: Government formed by eleven southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War. [e]
• Confederation [r]: A sovereign nation formed by the joining together of other sovereign nations. [e]
• Dallas [r]: City in northeastern Texas; population 1,250,180 (2006 estimate). [e]
• Division (military) [r]: A regularly constituted military formation that combines infantry, artillery and cavalry. [e]
• Economic warfare [r]: The use of principally non-military methods to impose national policy, when those methods deal in the broad sense of economics, such as embargoes, freezing assets, and buying up raw materials. It may be complemented by military means such as intercepting supply shipments or attacking factories. [e]
• Education, U.S., History [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Extrajudicial detention, U.S. [r]: Situations where the Executive Branch of the United States government has detained individuals without the authority of the judicial branch of government; there have been many cases going back to through the early history of the nation, sometimes during overt war, and, perhaps better known at present, directed against non-national threats. [e]
• Fenian brotherhood [r]: 19th century Irish nationalist organization based in the USA. [e]
• Florence Nightingale [r]: British nursing pioneer (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910). [e]
• Florida [r]: A State in the south-eastern USA. [e]
• Fourth Party System [r]: Period in American political history from about 1896 to 1932, the Progressive Era. [e]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. [e]
• Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. [e]
• Freedmen's Bureau [r]: Federal agency created in March 1865 to help distressed refugees, primarily freed slaves, of the American Civil War. [e]
• George H. W. Bush [r]: (1924–) 41st U.S. President (Republican), elected in 1988 and serving one term; Director of Central Intelligence; U.S. Ambassador to China; youngest naval aviator in WWII [e]
• George Patton [r]: (1885 - 1945) Controversial American general in World War II, famed for his successes in armored warfare against the Germans in 1944-45. [e]
• George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
• George Washington [r]: First President of the United States (1789-1797) and commander in chief of the Continental Army. [e]
• Georgia (U.S. state) [r]: One of the original 13 states of the USA [e]
• Gerald Ford [r]: (1913-2006) The 38th President of the United States (1974-77), the first not elected as either president or vice-president. [e]
• German Americans [r]: The largest ethnic group in the United States, with over 45 million people, comprising over a fourth of the white population. [e]
• Gilded Age [r]: the post-Civil War era in American history, from 1865 to 1901, which saw unprecedented economic, industrial, and population expansion. [e]
• Government of the United States of America [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Grover Cleveland [r]: The 22^nd and 24^th President of the United States, and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. [e]
• Harry S. Truman [r]: (1884-1972) President of the U.S. from 1945 to 1953. [e]
• Henry Clay [r]: Whig Party leader, 3-time failed presidential candidate, and broker of North/South compromises that held the Union together. [e]
• Henry David Thoreau [r]: (1817-62) New England transcendentalist philosopher, naturalist, and writer; one of key inspirations for the modern conservation movement. [e]
• Herbert Hoover [r]: US President from 1929 to 1933. [e]
• Homefront [r]: The non-military actions of a nation at war, including its government, politics, society, economy and culture. [e]
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day [r]: Christmas carol based on the poem 'Christmas Bells', composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) in 1863. [e]
• Illinois [r]: A state in the midwest of the United States, which became the 21st state in 1818 and now is a major economic and political center, holding the third largest city, Chicago [e]
• In God We Trust [r]: National motto of the United States of America since 1956, appears on United States Federal Reserve bank notes and U.S. Treasury-issued coins. [e]
• Insurgency [r]: A wide range of political and military actions intended to change a government, through means considered illegal by that government. [e]
• Jacksonian Democracy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James Buchanan [r]: Only U.S. President (15th), 1857-1861, that never married. Democratic Senator and Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. [e]
• James G. Blaine [r]: GOP presidential candidate in 1884; politician of the American Civil War, Reconstruction and Gilded Age eras. [e]
• James Garfield [r]: The 20th President of the United States, serving in 1881, and a Republican U.S. Congressman from Ohio. [e]
• James K. Polk [r]: (1795–1849) Eleventh President of the U.S.A. [e]
• James Lusk Alcorn [r]: (1816–1894) Prominent Scalawag politician in Mississippi during 19th century Reconstruction. [e]
• James Madison [r]: (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), An American politician, political theorist, Secretary of State, fourth President of the United States of America (1809–1817) and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. [e]
• James Monroe [r]: (1758-1831) The fifth president of the United States (1817-1825), best known for sponsoring the Monroe Doctrine, and for presiding over a lessening of partisan tensions known as the "Era of Good Feelings." [e]
• Jeffersonville, Indiana [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jimmy Carter [r]: President of the USA from 1977 to 1981, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. [e]
• John Adams [r]: (1735-1826) An American Founding Father, diplomat, and the second President of the United States from 1797-1801. [e]
• John F. Kennedy [r]: American politician (1917-1963); president 1961-1963; assassinated in Dallas. [e]
• John Quincy Adams [r]: (1767-1848) was the sixth president of the United States (1825-1829), and the son of President John Adams (1797-1801). [e]
• John Steinbeck [r]: (1902–1968) One of the best known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century; wrote Grapes of Wrath. [e]
• John Tyler [r]: (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) A United States politician and the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845). [e]
• Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: A U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. [e]
• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions [r]: Add brief definition or description
• King Cotton [r]: A slogan used by southerners in 1860-61 to support secession from the United States. [e]
• Kinston, North Carolina [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Lieutenant general [r]: A senior military rank in ground or air forces, leading a corps-size organization, occupying a major staff leadership role, or, in some countries, commanding the entire military [e]
• Logistics (military) [r]: "The science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces." (Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms) [e]
• Lyndon B. Johnson [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". [e]
• Mark Hanna [r]: (1837 – 1904) A leader of the U.S. Republican Party; campaign manager of President William McKinley. [e]
• Mark Kellogg [r]: (March 31, 1831 - June 25, 1876) A newspaper reporter killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. [e]
• Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) An American politician and President of the United States (1837-1841). [e]
• McGuffey Readers [r]: A set of highly influential school textbooks used in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the elementary grades in the United States. [e]
• Methodist Church, South [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Military formation (ground) [r]: The military term for a grouping of units. [e]
• Millard Fillmore [r]: The thirteenth President of the United States following the death of President Zachary Taylor. [e]
• Mumbai [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Newspaper [r]: Periodical publications presenting current news and commentary on politics, government, business, sport and other matters of public interest. [e]
• Nicholas Van Dyke [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Oklahoma [r]: The 46th state admitted to the United States of America. [e]
• Operation DESERT SHIELD [r]: That part of the Gulf War following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, beginning with the acceptance of Coalition support by Saudi Arabia, and ending with the start of the air campaign, Operation DESERT STORM. [e]
• Pittsburgh, History since 1800 [r]: The history of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since the turn of the nineteenth century. [e]
• Polymer chemistry [r]: A multidisciplinary science that deals with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers or macromolecules. [e]
• President of the United States of America [r]: Head of state and government of the United States of America; elected through an electoral college and responsible for appointing Federal judges and senior officials of the executive branch, subject to Senate confirmation [e]
• Radical Republican [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Railway history [r]: The story of the railways of the world from the early 19th century in Britain to the present day. [e]
• Reconstruction [r]: The attempt from 1865 to 1877 in American history to resolve the issues of the American Civil War. [e]
• Republicanism [r]: The political ideology of a nation as a republic, with an emphasis on liberty, rule by the people, and the civic virtue practiced by citizens. [e]
• Richard Nixon [r]: American politician (1913–1994); President of the United States 1969–1974. Known for ending the Vietnam War and for the Watergate scandal. [e]
• Ronald Reagan [r]: Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. [e]
• Rutherford B. Hayes [r]: (1822-1893) The Republican President of the United States, 1877-1881. [e]
• Samuel Bowles [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Scalawag [r]: A Southern white American who joined the Republican party during Reconstruction. [e]
• Siege of Petersburg [r]: A series of military operations, from mid-June, 1864 to April 1, 1865, in the area around Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg, Virginia; more a positional or trench campaign than a classic siege of an urban area; [e]
• Slave Power [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Slavery, U.S. [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Slavery [r]: A social system in which people have legal rights of property ownership over others. [e]
• South Carolina, History [r]: One of the original states of the United States. [e]
• South Carolina [r]: A State in the South-eastern USA. [e]
• Stephen A. Douglas [r]: (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) American politician from the western state of Illinois, who was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860, losing to Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln. [e]
• Tariff, U.S. history [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Terrorism [r]: Any act, nearly always violent, unpredictable, and chaotic in nature, often targetting civilians, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]
• Thaddeus Stevens [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Theodore Roosevelt [r]: (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States, naturalist, historian, political reformer, and Progressive Era politician. [e]
• Third Battle of Winchester [r]: Fought in the Valley Campaign of 1864 of the American Civil War, and also known as the Battle of Opequon; a Union victory on September 19, 1864, fought in the vicinity of Winchester, Virginia [e]
• Third Great Awakening [r]: The Third Great Awakening was a period of increased pietism and social activism in the last half of the 19th century; associated with the Social Gospel, Settlement House, and Charity Organization movements. [e]
• Third Party System [r]: The political universe in American politics from about 1854 to the mid 1890s; the main concerns were nationalism. [e]
• Thomas Jefferson [r]: (1743-1826) Third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. [e]
• Three Week Hero [r]: A 1969 album recorded by P. J. Proby, which featured all four future members of Led Zeppelin. [e]
• Torpedo [r]: A naval weapon that travels underwater, using its own propulsion, to attack its target, minimally with onboard mechanisms to keep it on a straight course. Modern torpedoes are underwater guided missiles that can track their target and adjust their course to hit it [e]
• U.S. Democratic Party, history [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Department of the Treasury [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Economic history [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. History [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Republican Party [r]: One of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; center-right; the elephant is its symbol [e]
• U.S. foreign policy [r]: The foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. [e]
• USS Merrick (AKA-97) [r]: WWII U.S. Andromeda-class attack cargo ship [e]
• Ulrich B. Phillips [r]: (1877 - 1934) An early 20th century American historian who revolutionized the study of slavery and the plantation South. [e]
• Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). [e]
• Union Blockade [r]: The closing of Confederate ports by the Union Navy 1861-1865, during the American Civil War. [e]
• United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
• United States Navy Regulations [r]: principal regulatory document of the U.S. Department of the Navy, endowed with the sanction of administrative law, as to duty, responsibility, authority, distinctions and relationships of various commands, officials and individuals [e]
• United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
• Virginia, history [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Virginia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Warren G. Harding [r]: President of the USA, 1921-23, his administration is best known for the scandals that erupted. [e]
• War [r]: A state of violent conflict which exists between two or more independent groups, each seeking to impose its will on the other. [e]
• William Henry Harrison [r]: (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the first governor of Indiana Territory, a senator representing Ohio and the 9th President of the United States. [e]
• William Howard Taft [r]: (1857 – 1930) The 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States. [e]
• William McKinley [r]: (1843–1901) Twenty-fifth President of the United States, Governor of Ohio. [e]
• William Tecumseh Sherman [r]: United States Army general in the American Civil War, where he was the field command partner of the strategist, Ulysses S. Grant; Chief of Staff of the Army after the war's end [e]
• Wilmot Proviso [r]: A proposal, advanced several times 1848-54 but never adopted, for the U.S. Congress to forbid the expansion of slavery into the Southwest. [e]
• Winchester, Virginia [r]: A city in the northern part of the state of Virginia in the United States, near the larger area of Manassas, Virginia, located strategically in the Shenandoah Valley and the site of multiple battles in the American Civil War [e]
• Woodrow Wilson [r]: 28th U.S. President (1913-1921); founded the Federal Reserve and brought his country to fight both the Mexicans in the Mexican Revolution and the Central Powers in World War One. [e]
• Yankee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Zachary Taylor [r]: (1784–1850) President of the United States from 1849 to 1850, led the U.S. army in the Mexican-American War. [e]
• Zeppelin [r]: A type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. [e]