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Nonaligned Movement

(Encyclopedia) Nonaligned Movement, organized movement of nations that attempted to form a third world force through a policy of nonalignment with the United States and Soviet Union. Yugoslavia,…

ecumenical movement

(Encyclopedia) ecumenical movementecumenical movementĕkˌy&oomacr;mĕnˈĭkəl, ĕkˌyə– [key], name given to the movement aimed at the unification of the Protestant churches of the world and ultimately…

Wars: Civil War

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Wars U.S. Civil War Civil War Photographs and Timeline American Civil War Homepage Causes of the Civil War: Documents…

Granger movement

(Encyclopedia) Granger movement, American agrarian movement taking its name from the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an organization founded in 1867 by Oliver H. Kelley and six…

Civil War Battles

The Question: What state was the site of the most battles during the U.S. Civil War? The Answer: A report by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission…

Code Civil

(Encyclopedia) Code Civil: see Code Napoléon.

DK History: English Civil War

WHO WAS “OLD IRONSIDES”? WHO WERE ROUNDHEADS AND CAVALIERS? WHO WERE THE DIGGERS AND LEVELERS? WHAT WAS THE COMMONWEALTH? FIND OUT MOREFrom 1642 to 1648 people in the British Isles were split by a…

nastic movement

(Encyclopedia) nastic movement, in botany, the movement of plant parts in response either to certain external stimuli or to internal growth stimuli. Nastic movements, which are generally slow, can be…