D.C. Stephenson

(noun)

David Curtiss "Steve" Stephenson (1891–1966) was an American Grand Dragon (state leader) of the Ku Klux Klan in the U.S. state of Indiana and 22 other Northern states. In 1925 he was tried and convicted in a notorious rape and murder trial.

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  • The Ku Klux Klan

    • In that same period, the scandal surrounding the 1925 murder trial of D.C.
    • Stephenson destroyed the image of the Ku Klux Klan as upholders of law and order.
    • After Stephenson's conviction in a sensational trial, the Klan declined dramatically in Indiana.
    • Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader D.C.
    • Stephenson was convicted in 1925 of the rape and murder of a 29-year-old state employee, which led to the discrediting of the Klan as upholders of law and order.
  • The War in the Chesapeake

    • In response to Prevost's request, the British decided to employ this force, together with the naval and military units already on the station, to strike at Washington, D.C.
    • The British left Washington, D.C. as soon as the storm subsided.
    • The successful British raid on Washington, D.C., dented American morale and prestige.
    • This drawing shows the capture and burning of Washington, D.C. by the British in 1814. 1876 publication.
    • Describe the burning of Washington, D.C. and the subsequent battles of Baltimore and Fort McHenry
  • Dolley Madison and Washington City

    • Dolley Madison played a major role in establishing the nation's newly created capital city, Washington D.C.
    • The national capital, Washington, D.C., was founded on land given by Maryland on the Potomac River, along the Virginia border.
    • The United States Capitol after the burning of Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812.
  • Stalemate in the Eastern Theater

    • Many of the Civil War's most important and bloodiest battles occurred in the eastern theater between Washington, D.C., and Richmond.
    • The battle began with Confederate Major General Stonewall Jackson’s troops capturing a supply depot at Manassas Junction, which threatened Pope’s line of communication with Washington, D.C.
    • The capitals of Washington, D.C., and Richmond were both attacked or besieged.
  • Complement of an event

    • (a) Compute P(Dc) = P(rolling a 1, 4, 5, or 6). ( b) What is P(D) + P(Dc)?
    • Since D and Dc are disjoint, P(D) + P(Dc) = 1.
    • (c) As before, finding the complement is the clever way to determine P(D).
    • Then calculate P(D) = 1 - P(Dc) = 11/12.
    • Event D = {2, 3} and its complement, Dc = {1, 4, 5, 6}.
  • The Bonus Army

    • The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—including 17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in the spring and summer of 1932 to demand immediate cash-payment redemption of their service certificates.
    • In January 1932, a march of 25,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians, dubbed "Cox's Army," had marched on Washington, D.C, the largest demonstration to date in the nation's capital, setting a precedent for future marches by the unemployed.
    • Most of the Bonus Army camped in a Hooverville on the Anacostia Flats, a swampy, muddy area across the Anacostia River from the federal core of Washington D.C.
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    • In 1936, Congress overrode President Franklin D.
  • Privacy Rights and Sexuality

    • Twenty-one states plus Washington, D.C. outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation, and sixteen states plus Washington, D.C. outlaw discrimination based on gender identity or expression.
  • Savage Inequalities

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    • Louis, Chicago, New York City, Camden, Cincinnati, and Washington, D.C.
  • Coxey's Army

    • The workers marched on Washington, D.C., in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in U.S. history up to that time.
    • The climax of this movement was perhaps on April 21, 1894, when William Hogan and approximately 500 followers commandeered a Northern Pacific Railway train for their trek to Washington, D.C.
  • The Senate

    • The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
    • The District of Columbia elects two shadow senators, but they are officials of the D.C. city government and not members of the U.S.
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