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Alexander I. 1777-1825. Russian Czar, 1801-. Liberal reformer. Defeated Napoleon. Holy Alliance.
American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. 1920-. US legal action group supporting civil rights.
American Colonization Society. 1816-1912. Transported blacks to Liberia.
Arafat, Yasir. 1929-2004. Arab Fatah PLO leader. President of Palestinian Authority 1996-.
Asquith, Herbert. 1852-1928. Liberal Prime Minister of England, 1908-16: Pensions and unemployment insurance. Parliament Act.
Assad, Hafiz al-. 1928-2000. Syrian President 1971-. Supports Qadaffi, PLO. Anti-Israel.
Baltic Wars of Liberation. 1918-20. Established independent states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Bartholdi, Frédéric. 1834-1904. French sculptor of the Statue of Liberty 1886.
Bolivar, Simon. 1783-1830. “Liberator of South America”. 1812- Led rebels in Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru.
Bruant, Libéral. 1635-97. Architect: Les Invalides 1671.
Bull Moose. 1912-16. Liberal Republicans for Roosevelt in first US Progressive Party.
Capella, Martianus. 4-5C. Carthaginian liberal arts curriculum. Influential through Middle Ages.
Carlsbad Decrees. 1819. Censorship and repressive measures against liberal Burschenschaften.
Charter. 1814-1830. French Constitution: Constitutional Monarchy, civil liberties, religious toleration.
Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.
Dada. Anarchistic, deliberately shocking “non-art” begun in Zurich, 1916. Led to Surrealism. Arp. Duchamp. Ernst.
Delorme, Philibert. c1510-70. French Classical architect. Tuileries Palace 1564. Old Paris Hôtel de Ville.
Democratic Party. 1792-. Major US political party. Liberalism, populism vs big business.
Don Juan. Legendary Spanish libertine.
Eliot, John. 1592-1632. English Puritan leader. Parliamentary liberties.
Epoch of Civil War. 1863-80. Colombian liberals vs conservatives. Núñez forms coalition.
Excaliber. Sword of King Arthur.
Faneuil Hall. 1742-. Boston “cradle of American liberty”.
FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.
Fox, Charles. 1749-1806. English Whig Statesman who supported Liberal causes. Coined term ’radical’ 1797.