1) saxophone. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...saxophone, musical instrument invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax. Although it uses the single reed of the clarinet family, it has a conical tube and is made of...
2) manifest destiny. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...manifest destiny, belief held by many Americans in the 1840s that the United States was destined to expand across the continent, by force, as used against Native...
3) manifest destiny. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.
2002
...manifest destiny A popular slogan of the 1840s. It was used by people who believed that the United States was destined—by God, some said—to expand across North America...
4) Kokomo. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A city of central Indiana north of Indianapolis. Founded in the 1840s, it is a manufacturing center. Population: 44,962....
5) Baden. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A historical region of southwest Germany. In the 1840s it was a center of the German liberal movement....
6) Hunkers. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hunkers, conservative faction of the Democratic party in New York state in the 1840s, so named because they were supposed to "hanker" or "hunker" after office. In...
7) Know-Nothing movement. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Know-Nothing movement, in U.S. history. The increasing rate of immigration in the 1840s encouraged nativism. In Eastern cities where Roman Catholic immigrants especially...
8) byliny. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(bile´ne) (KEY) [Rus.,=what has happened], Russian scholarly term first applied in the 1840s to a great body of narrative and heroic poems. They are called by the...
9) Drew, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...John, 1827-62, American actor, b. Dublin. After establishing a reputation as a comedian in the 1840s, he devoted his energies to the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia,...
10) Oregon Trail. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Oregon Trail The route over which settlers traveled to Oregon in the 1840s and 1850s; trails branched off from it toward Utah and California. The Oregon Trail passed...
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