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The University of Houston
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A leading orator in the abolitionist and women's rights movements, Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley and escaped in 1826.
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An 1828 protective tariff opposed by many Southerners.
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Legislation in 1947 that reflected the conservative post war mood. It outlawed the closed shop, gave presidential power to delay strikes with a "cooling off” period, and curtailed the political and economic power of organized labor.
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Founded in Port Huron, Michigan in 1962, the radical organization aimed to rid American society of poverty, racism, and violence through an individually oriented approach called participatory democracy. By 1968, the organization had over 100,000 followers and was responsible for demonstrations at nearly 1000 colleges.
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The view that the powers of the national government are limited to those described in the U. S. Constitution.
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A movement among Christian theologians, it applied Christian doctrines to social problems and advocated creating living conditions conducive to saving souls by tackling the problems of the poor.
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A wave of religious fervor and revivalism that swept the United States from the early nineteenth century through the Civil War.
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The second stage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's economic recovery and reform program, launched January 4, 1935.
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Legal codes that defined the slaveholders' power and the slaves' status as property.
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A form of nonviolent protest in which civil rights activists occupy seats in a segregated establishment.
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