Glossary

  • Massive resistance

    the widespread opposition of many white southerners to the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    The Supreme Court decision under Chief Justice John Marshall that determined the supremacy of federal laws over state laws in certain circumstances.

  • McGuffey Reader

    Reading textbooks for 1-6 grade that were widely used in American schools in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • Merchants

    A person or company who trades goods.

  • Metropolis

    A very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city.

  • Migrant

    a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions

  • Missouri Compromise

    Federal law that balanced the desires of the northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery with the southern states’ desire to expand slavery.

  • Missouri Compromise

    federal law that balanced the desires of the northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery with the southern states desire to expand slavery.

  • Moot Courts

    A mock court at which law students argue cases for practice.

  • Munitions

    Military weapons, ammunition, and other supplies.