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- Wisconsin v. Yoder [r]: 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision in which it was held that the constitutional rights of the Amish, under the "free exercise of religion" clause, were violated by the state's compulsory school attendance law. [e]
- Beachy Amish [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nebraska Amish [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Schwartzentruber Amish [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sadiron [r]: A household appliance consisting of a forged block of iron with a flat bottom, used beginning in the 18th century for pressing and ironing, now largely obsolete; the precursor to the modern electric steam iron. [e]
- Swiss Brethren [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Schleitheim Articles [r]: A 1527 document setting forth several general principles of agreement among early Anabaptists, still considered normative for Amish and Mennonite societies today. [e]
- Menno Simons [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mennonite [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jacob Ammann [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quaker [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Penn [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pacifism [r]: Negatively, a belief that all war is wrong, positively, a belief in right relationships between people. [e]
- Luddite [r]: One of a number of craftspeople in early 19th century England who engaged in acts of sabatoge against the introduction of industrial technology and machinery. [e]
- Henry David Thoreau [r]: (1817-62) New England transcendentalist philosopher, naturalist, and writer; one of key inspirations for the modern conservation movement. [e]
- Walden [r]: Semi-autobiographical, philosophical work (published 1854) by Henry David Thoreau in which he develops his views concerning man's relation to nature in the context of living in a cabin on Walden Pond. [e]
- Martin Heidegger [r]: 20th century German philosopher who is widely considered to be one of the key figures in the founding of Existentialism. [e]
- Question Concerning Technology [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ted Kaczynski [r]: A.K.A. the Unabomber, carried out a series of bombings in protest of what he believed were the disastrous consequences of the Industrial Revolution. [e]