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167 matches to Right Opposition
Charter to the Nobility. 1785. Rights and prerogatives of Russian nobility.
Chicago School. 19C. US architectural style. Skyscrapers. Wright.
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon. 1653-1724. Japanese playwright. “The Shakespeare of Japan”.
Civil Rights Acts. US. 1866 Black citizenship. 1964 Ends all legal discrimination. 1968 Bans housing discrimination. 1991 Equal employment.
Civil Rights Movement. 1950-91. US movement to obtain rights for blacks. 1955 Parks. 1963 March on Washington. King speech. 1991 Civil Rights Act.
Congreve, William. 1670-1729. English playwright of manners. Way of the World 1700.
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.
Copyright ©. 1518 Pynson, king’s printer. 1710 Britain. Copyright Act. 1789 Ramsey in US. 1831 US Act. 1838 International. 1886 Berne Convention. 1952 Universal Copyright Convention. 1988 US joins Berne. 1998 US Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Corneille, Pierre. 1606-84. French tragic playwright. La Veuve 1634. Nicomède 1636. Le Cid 1637.
Coward, Noel. 1899-1973. English playwright. Comedies of manners. Private Lives 1930.
Crofter. Scottish tenant farmer with right of common pasture.
Crofters Act. 1886. Gave rights, security to crofters.
Czechoslovakia Intervention. 1968. Russian troops end Dubcek reform policies. Warsaw Pact maintains right to intervene anywhere Socialism is threatened.
Dawes Act. 1887. US law granting citizenship and land rights to individual Indians.
Decatur, Stephen. 1779-1820. US naval officer. -“Our country, right or wrong”.
Declaration of Rights. 1689. Rights, Bill of.
Declaration of the Rights of Man. 1789. Rights of Man, Declaration.
Delany, Martin. 1812-85. US black physician. Founded Mystery newspaper for black rights.
Delhi Pact. 1931. Civil disobedience in India ceased in exchange for prisoner release. 1950. India, Pakistan restore rights, freedom of movement for refugees.
Depression, Great. 1929-34. Speculation, shortage of capital, tarrifs led to unemployment, European move to right, totalitarianism.
Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.
Doubleday, Abner. 1819-93. US formerly thought to be baseball inventor. Cartwright.
Dred Scott. 1857. US Supreme Court ruled slaves had no rights in court. Missouri Compromise invalid.
Druon Antigonus. Legendary giant. Cut off enemies’ right hands.
Dryden, John. 1631-1700. British poet laureate, playwright. Marriage a la Mode 1673.