(Encyclopedia) Smith, Samuel Francis, 1808–95, American Baptist clergyman and poet, b. Boston. He is remembered as the author of the national hymn “America,” written while he was a student at Andover…
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(Encyclopedia) isolationism, a national policy of abstaining from political, military, or economic alliances or agreements with other countries. Isolationism may be adopted in order to devote a…
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The global spread of the First and Second World Wars made them the two most notable events of the 20th century. But they were far from the only major conflicts.
Large-scale military…
(Encyclopedia) Methodism, the doctrines, polity, and worship of those Protestant Christian denominations that have developed from the movement started in England by the teaching of John Wesley.…
(Encyclopedia) Monroe Doctrine, principle of American foreign policy enunciated in President James Monroe's message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1823. It initially called for an end to European intervention…
HOW ARE MOUNTAINS FORMED? ARE MOUNTAINS STILL GROWING? WHY ARE MANY MOUNTAINS SNOW-CAPPED? MOUNTAINS AT SEA RANGESFIND OUT MOREA mountain is a steep-sided mass of rock, rising at least 2,000 ft (…
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America's Role in WWI: A Video
Watch this video about America's delayed entry in WWI. See the role of submarine warfare, President Wilson, and…
