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Socialist Labor party Socialist Labor party
Socialist Labor party in the United States, begun in 1877 by New York City socialists. Its membership came largely from German-American workingmen. During the 1880s a national organization was established and the party concentrated, unsuccessfully, on electoral politics. The depression conditions... Read more
Adkins v. Childrens Hospital Adkins v. Childrens Hospital
Adkins v. Children's Hospital, 261 U.S. 525 (1923), argued 14 Mar. 1923, decided 9 Apr. 1923 by vote of 5 to 3; Sutherland for the Court, Taft and Holmes in dissent, Brandeis not participating. Reflecting widespread popular acceptance of laissez‐faire economics, the Supreme Court in the... Read more
American Protective Association American Protective Association
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (APA), founded at Clinton, Iowa, in 1887 by attorney Henry F. Bowers, represented anti-Catholic and anticapitalist sentiments during the 1890s. The APA movement grew slowly until the economic unrest of the panic of 1893 fueled its... Read more
Pentecostal churches Pentecostal churches
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES emerged from the teachings fostered by the National Holiness Association in the late nineteenth century. Holiness churches with in the Methodist tradition emphasized John Wesley's teaching of a "second blessing" or sanctification experience following... Read more
Anaconda Anaconda
Anaconda , city (1990 pop. 10,278), seat of Deer Lodge co., SW Mont.; inc. 1887. Marcus Daly chose this place (1883) for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company's processing operations, and in the 1890s tried unsuccessfully to make it Montana's capital. The city's famed high-stacked smelter was closed... Read more
Gaiety Gaiety
290. Gaiety (See also Cheerfulness, Joviality, Joy.) butterfly orchis symbol of gaiety. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172] Gay 90s the 1890s, a decade of carefree and exciting days in America. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 162] “L’Allegro” pastoral idyll celebrating... Read more
Great Migration Great Migration
GREAT MIGRATION, 1910–1920 In 1914, 90 percent of African Americans lived in the states of the former Confederacy, where so-called Jim Crow statutes had legalized the separation of Americans by race. These statutes were validated by a series of Supreme Court rulings during the 1890s,... Read more
New Thought New Thought
New Thought popular philosophical movement with religious implications; it affirms "the creative power of constructive thinking." A successor of New England transcendentalism , New Thought grew out of the healing practices of P. P. Quimby and the "mental science" of W. F. Evans, a... Read more
Tomsk Tomsk
Tomsk , city (1989 pop. 502,000), capital of Tomsk region, W central Siberian Russia, on the Tom River. It is a major river port and freight transit point, and is a regional headquarters for oil exploration and production companies. Machine tools, electric motors, ball bearings, instruments, and... Read more
Speakeasy Speakeasy
SPEAKEASY SPEAKEASY, also known as a "blind pig" or a "blind tiger," is an illicit or unlicensed establishment dispensing alcoholic beverages. The speakeasy had been part of the American scene since at least the 1890s, but it reached its heyday after the Eighteenth Amendment took effect in... Read more

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