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Modoc War
(Encyclopedia) Modoc War, 1872–73, series of battles between the Modoc and the U.S. army fought as a result of the attempt to force a group of the Modoc to return to the Klamath Reservation in S…Marsic War
(Encyclopedia) Marsic War: see Social War.Aroostook War
(Encyclopedia) Aroostook War, Feb.–May, 1839, border conflict between the United States and Canada. In 1838, Maine and New Brunswick both claimed territory left undetermined on the U.S.-Canadian…Iraq War
(Encyclopedia) Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars.Indochina War
(Encyclopedia) Indochina War: see Vietnam War.Korean War
(Encyclopedia) Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into…Algerine War
(Encyclopedia) Algerine WarAlgerine Warălˈjərēnˌ [key], early 19th-century conflict between Algiers and the United States. The Tripolitan War (1801–5) had brought a temporary halt to the pirate…Dunmore's War
(Encyclopedia) Dunmore's War: see Dunmore, John Murray, 4th earl of.Antirent War
(Encyclopedia) Antirent War, in U.S. history, tenant uprising in New York state. When Stephen Van Rensselaer, owner of Rensselaerswyck, died in 1839, his heirs attempted to collect unpaid rents.…Seminole War
(Encyclopedia) Seminole War, in U.S. history, armed conflict between the U.S. government and the Seminoles. In 1832 the U.S. government signed a treaty with the Seminoles, who lived in Florida,…Trending
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