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Political terminology of the United States

  • Watergate scandalOn the 15th of May 1969, The New York Times exposed a secret expansion of bombing into Cambodia that President Richard Nixon had ordered.
  • New DealIn the autumn of 1929, the United States stock market crashed and triggered a chain reaction that would last for four years.
  • Manifest destinyJohn L. O'Sullivan wrote an article in 1845 that first used the phrase manifest destiny to describe American expansion. The Democratic Review published this…
  • Reagan DoctrinePresident James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to establish a new boundary for American foreign policy. Theodore Roosevelt followed with his own…
  • Tea Party movementOn the 16th of December 2007, supporters of Congressman Ron Paul held a 24-hour fundraising event on the Boston Tea Party's 234th anniversary.
  • American nationalismIn 1754, the Albany Plan proposed a union between the Thirteen Colonies. Residents of these colonies identified with Britain until the mid-18th century when…