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- Frederick Jackson Turner [r]: (1861–1932) Influential early 20th century American historian. Formulated the Turner Thesis (Also known as the Frontier Theory) [e]
- Social History, U.S. [r]: Add brief definition or description
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- Social Class [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Merle Curti [r]: (1897–1997) American "Progressive" historian and a leader in social and intellectual history. [e]
- Charles A. Beard [r]: (1874–1948) one of the most influential American historians of the early 20th century; leader of the "Progressive School" of historiography. [e]
- Richard Hofstadter [r]: (1916–1970) Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian at Columbia University. [e]
- Ulrich B. Phillips [r]: (1877 - 1934) An early 20th century American historian who revolutionized the study of slavery and the plantation South. [e]
- Transcendentalism [r]: Philosophical, religious, literary, cultural, and social movement associated in particular with early 19th century New England intellectuals such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and others. [e]
- Harvard University [r]: Institution of higher education in located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [e]
- William Allen White [r]: (1868-1944) America's most famous small-town editor and a leader of the Progressive movement. [e]
- Chicago World’s Fair [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ferris wheel [r]: An amusement ride first introduced in 1890 at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago featuring a large vertical wheel to which passenger cars are attached. [e]
- Pequot War [r]: Fought in 1637 between English settlers and the Pequot tribe, it gave the colonists control of southern New England [e]