Definition and meaning of Comecon:

Comecon

The Comecon, or Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, was established in 1949 by the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites.

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Definition and meaning of cooperative:

cooperative

A cooperative was an organization that allowed a group of farmers to buy tools, seed, livestock, and other farm-related products at discounted prices in bulk.

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Definition and meaning of contrabands:

contrabands

Slaves who escaped from their masters to Union lines during the Civil War were called contrabands.

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Definition and meaning of Contras:

Contras

Contras were Nicaraguan counterrevolutionaries ("contra" means "against") who tried to overthrow the Sandinista government in that country. The Contras were backed by the Reagan administration.

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Definition and meaning of convention:

convention

New state constitutions were usually written by specially called state conventions that were empowered to draft the charters. They illustrate the idea that constitutions are contracts between the people and their leaders.

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Definition and meaning of conservation:

conservation

Conservation refers to the efficient management and use of natural resources, such as forests, grasslands, and rivers, as opposed to preservation or uncontrolled exploitation.

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Definition and meaning of Communism:

Communism

Communism is a social structure based on the common ownership of property.

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Definition and meaning of competency:

competency

In colonial New England, competency was defined as the possession of enough property to maintain a family's independent economic existence.

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Definition and meaning of concentration:

concentration

Concentration was the Indian policy adopted by the U.S. government in the late nineteenth century. Indians were persuaded to accept defined limits to their hunting ground. This enabled the government to negotiate with each tribe separately--a strategy of divide and conquer.

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Definition and meaning of conquistadores:

conquistadores

Brave, brutal, and imaginative Spanish conquerors of the New World, "conquistadors" (Spanish for "conqueror") were noted for their mistreatment of Native Americans.

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Definition and meaning of muckrakers:

muckrakers

Muckrakers were progressive investigative journalists who exposed the seamy side of American life at the turn of the twentieth century. They were named by President Roosevelt who disapproved of their "raking in the muck."

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Definition and meaning of Mugwumps:

Mugwumps

In the 1884 presidential election, a group of eastern Republicans, disgusted with corruption in the party, campaigned for the Democrats. These Mugwumps thought corruption brought inefficiency to government, but were conservative on the money question and government regulation.

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Definition and meaning of moratorium:

moratorium

A moratorium is a period of delay. October 15, 1969, was Vietnam Moratorium Day, declared by student antiwar leaders. It produced an unprecedented outpouring of antiwar protest.

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Definition and meaning of Perestroika:

Perestroika

Russian for "restructuring," this term applied to Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts to make the Soviet economic and political systems more modern, flexible, and innovative.

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Definition and meaning of patriarchal:

patriarchal

A patriarchal society is one in which family descent is traced through the father's line.

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Definition and meaning of patronage:

patronage

Patronage is the power to appoint individuals to government positions.

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Definition and meaning of patroonship:

patroonship

Patroonship refers to the grant of a vast estate of land in New Netherlands, offered by Dutch authorities as a way to attract settlers. Very few patroonships were actually created.

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Definition and meaning of lyceum:

lyceum

Lyceums were locally sponsored public lectures that were quite diverse in topics and in speakers. Many early nineteenth-century literary figures were popular lecturers on the lyceum circuit.

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Definition and meaning of lynching:

lynching

A lynching is an execution, usually by a mob, without a trial.

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Definition and meaning of localism:

localism

This belief, prevalent during much of the nineteenth century, held that local concerns took precedence over national concerns and that people and institutions should generally resolve issues without the involvement of the national government.

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Definition and meaning of mahanism:

mahanism

Mahanism refers to the ideas advanced by Alfred Thayer Mahan, stressing U.S. naval, economic, and territorial expansion.

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Definition and meaning of Minutemen:

Minutemen

The Minutemen were special companies of militia formed in Massachusetts and elsewhere beginning in late 1744. These units were composed of men who were to be ready to assemble with their arms at a minute's notice.

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