Americans for Democratic Action
(ADA) was founded in January 1947 by the liberal leadership of a World War II–era interventionist group, the Union for Democratic Action.The ADA's creation marked the culmination of a ...
Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy.
The main actors in this bitter Progressive Era dispute over the future of conservation policy during the presidency of William Howard Taft (1909–1913) were Secretary of the Interior Richard A. ...
containment
First articulated by President Truman in 1947, containment involved maintaining the US military presence around the world, as well as supporting ‘friendly’ regimes economically and militarily. It was ...
Democratic Party
One of the two main political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican party, which follows a broadly liberal program, tending to support social reform and minority rights.[...]
Jane Addams
(1860–1935)US social worker and reformer. With her friend Ellen Grates Starr, she opened Hull House in Chicago in 1889, a pioneer settlement house for workers and immigrants. A pioneer of the new ...
political Parties
In democratic societies, parties are organizations that link actors in civil society to the formal structures of government. Political parties typically form around groups that share values, ...
Progressive Era
Many black women made formidable advancements in their education, professional lives, and leadership roles during the Progressive Era. At the same time, black women experienced what has been referred ...
Republican Party
One of the two main U.S. political parties (the other being the Democratic party), favoring a right-wing stance, limited central government, and tough, interventionist foreign policy. It was formed ...
Robert La Follette
(1855–1925), Progressive Era politician and reformer.Born and raised in Wisconsin, La Follette won election as district attorney of Dane County in 1880. As a Republican congressman between 1885 and ...
South Carolina
The Hispanic presence in South Carolina dates to 1526, when Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón established the first European settlement, San Miguel de Gualdape, for Spain. A second settlement, Santa Elena ...
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1919)US Republican statesman, 26th President of the USA (1901–09). He was elected Vice-President in 1900, succeeding William McKinley in 1901 following the latter's assassination. At home ...
W. E. B. Du Bois
(1868–1963)Founding figure of black Cultural studies, writer, sociologist, economist and activist, of whom it has been said he attempted virtually everything possible to overcome western racism short ...
Woodrow Wilson
(1856–1924)US Democratic statesman, 28th President of the USA (1913–21). He was a prominent academic in the field of law and political economy prior to his election victory. As President he carried ...
