Although the Ku Klux Klan is most often associated with white supremacythe revived Klan of the 1920s was also anti-Catholic. In U.S. states such as Mainewhich had a very small black population but a burgeoning number of AcadianFrench-Canadian and Irish immigrantsthe Klan manifested primarily as a Protestant nativist movement directed against the Catholic minority as well as African-Americans. For a period in the mid-1920sthe Klan captured elements of the Maine Republican Partyeven helping to elect a governor Ralph Owen Brewster. The Klan tapped into a long history of fraught relations between Maine's established Protestant "Yankee" population (those descended from the original English colonials) and Irish-Catholic newcomerswho had begun immigrating in large numbers in the 1830s. The rise of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s had led to the burning of a Catholic church in BathMaineand the tarring and feathering of a Catholic priestFather John Bapstin E ...

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK; )commonly shortened to the Klanis an American ProtestantismProtestant-led white supremacistRight-wing terrorismfar-right hate group. It was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction eraReconstruction in the devastated Southern United StatesSouth. Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's first Terrorismterrorist group. The group is typically structured as a secret society containing several different organizationsthat have historically resorted to terrorismviolence and acts of intimidation to impose their criteria and oppress their victimsmost notably African AmericansJewsand Catholics. A leader of one of these organizations is called a Grand Wizardgrand wizardand there have been three distinct iterations with various other targets relative to time and place. The first Klan was established in the Reconstruction era for men opposed to Reconstruction and founded by Confederate veterans that assaulted and murdered ...

The Maine Law (or "Maine Liquor Law")passed on June 21851 in Mainewas the first statutory implementation of the developing temperance movement in the United States. History Temperance activist Neal Dow helped craft the Maine liquor law while he was mayor of PortlandMaine. The law's wording included that the sale of all alcoholic beverages except for "medicinalmechanical or manufacturing purposes" was prohibited. Word of the law's passage quickly spread elsewhere in the nationand by 1855 twelve states had joined Maine in total prohibition. Known as "dry" statesthese states were the opposite of "wet" stateswhere no prohibition laws existed.Henry Stephen Clubb''The Maine Liquor Law: Its OriginHistoryand ResultsIncluding a Life of Hon. Neal Dow'' (Published by Pub. for the Maine Law Statistical Societyby Fowler and Wells1856(accessed on Google Book Search on January 212009) The act was unpopular with many working-class people and immigrants. Opposition t ...

The Blaine Amendment was a failed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have prohibited direct government aid to educational institutions that have a religious affiliation. Most state constitutions already had such provisionsand thirty-eight of the fifty states have clauses that prohibit taxpayer funding of religious entities in their state constitutions. The measures were designed to deny government aid to parochial schoolsespecially those operated by the Catholic Church in locations with large immigrant populations. They emerged from a growing consensus among 19th-century U.S. Protestants that public education must be free from "sectarian' or "denominational' controlwhile it also reflected nativist tendencies hostile to immigrants. The amendments are generally seen as explicitly anti-Catholic because when they were enacted public schools typically included Protestant prayerand taught from Protestant biblesalthough debates about public funding of sectarian ...

The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper houseand the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Togetherthe Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the Constitution to make and pass or defeat federal legislation. The Senate has exclusive power to confirm U.S. presidential appointmentsto approve or reject treatiesand to convict or exonerate impeachment cases brought by the House. The Senate and the House provide a check and balance on the powers of the executive and judicial branches of government. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the U.S. Constitutionwhich has been in effect since March 41789. Each of the 50 states is represented by two senators who serve staggered six-year termsfor a total of 100 members. From its inception in 1789 until 1913senators were appointed by the state legislatures of their respective states. Sinc ...

A parochial school is a private primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organizationand whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjectssuch as sciencemathematics and language arts. The word '' parochial'' comes from the same root as "parish"and parochial schools were originally the educational wing of the local parish church. Christian parochial schools are called "church schools" or " Christian schools." In addition to schools run by Christian organizationsthere are also religious schools affiliated with JewishMuslimand other groups; howeverthese are not usually called "parochial" because of the term's historical association with Christian parishes. United Kingdom In British educationparish schools from the established church of the relevant constituent country formed the basis of the state-funded education systemand many schools retain a church connection while essentially providing secular education in ...

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederationthe nation's first constitutionon March 41789. Originally including seven articlesthe Constitution defined the foundational structure of the federal government. The drafting of the Constitution by many of the nation's Founding Fathersoften referred to as its framingwas completed at the Constitutional Conventionwhich assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between May 25 and September 171787. Influenced by English common law and the Enlightenment liberalism of philosophers like John Locke and Montesquieuthe Constitution's first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powersin which the federal government is divided into the legislativebicameral Congress; the executiveled by the president; and the judiciarywithin which the Supreme Court has apex jurisdiction. Articles IV Vand ...

The speaker of the United States House of Representativescommonly known as the speaker of the House or House speakeris the Speaker (politics)presiding officer of the United States House of Representativesthe lower chamber of the United States Congress. The office was established in 1789 by Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 2: House of RepresentativesArticle ISection IIof the U.S. Constitution. By custom and House rulesthe speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer''de facto'' Party leaders of the United States House of Representativesleader of the body's majority partyand the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions. Given these many roles and responsibilitiesthe speaker usually does not personally preside over debatesthat duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority partynor regu ...

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 41884. Democratic Governor Grover Cleveland of New York narrowly defeated Republican James G. Blaine of Maineending a streak of six consecutive Republican victories. Cleveland won the presidential nomination on the second ballot of the 1884 Democratic National Convention. President Chester A. Arthur had acceded to the presidency in 1881 following the assassination of James A. Garfieldbut he was unsuccessful in his bid for nomination to a full term. Blainewho had served as Secretary of State under President Garfielddefeated Arthur and other candidates on the fourth ballot of the 1884 Republican National Convention. A group of reformist Republicans known as " Mugwumps" abandoned Blaine's candidacyviewing him as corrupt. The campaign was characterized by mudslinging and personal allegations that eclipsed substantive issuessuch as civil administration changeand it was marred by exceptional politi ...

The Republican Partyalso known as the Grand Old Party (GOP)is a Conservatism in the United Statesconservative and right-wing political party in the United States. It emerged as the main rival of the Democratic Party (United States)Democratic Party in the 1850sand the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United Statesslavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United StatesNorthdrawing in former Whig Party (United States)Whigs and Free Soil PartyFree Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential electionelection in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congressthe party led efforts to preserve the Union (American Civil War)Uniondefeat the Confederate States of ...

James may refer to: People * James (given name) James is an English language given name that is a derivative of the name Jacob (name)Jacobmost commonly used for males. Etymology It is a modern descendantthrough Old French ''James''of Vulgar Latin ''Iacomus'' (cf. Italian ''Giacomo (n ... * James (surname) * James (musician)aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James(born 1964)Bangladeshi and Bollywood musician * Jamesbrother of Jesus * King James (other)various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Baya large body of water * JamesOntarioUnited Kingdom * James Collegea college of the University of YorkUnited States * JamesGeorgiaan unincorporated community * JamesIowaan unincorporated community * James CityNorth Carolina * James City CountyVirginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James CityPennsylvania * St. James CityFlorida Film and televis ...

Benjamin ( )blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Racheland Jacob's twelfth and youngest son overall in JewishChristian and Islamic tradition. He was also considered the progenitor of the IsraelitesIsraelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first sonJoseph (Genesis)JosephBenjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan PentateuchBenjamin's name appears as "" ( ). In the QuranBenjamin is referred to as a righteous young childwho remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sinthe other three being ChileabJesse (biblical figure)Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771 BC)who called himself “King of Amnanum” and was a m ...

DeForest or De Forrest may refer to: * DeForest (name)including a list of people with the name * DeForest Training School or DeVry Universitya privatefor-profit university system in the US * Lake DeForesta reservoir in ClarkstownNew York * DeForestWisconsina village in Dane CountyWisconsinUS ** DeForest High SchoolWisconsin * De Forest (crater)an impact crater on the far side of the Moon See also * * {{disambiguationgeo ...