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Stamp Act Congress

(Encyclopedia)Stamp Act Congress: see under Stamp Act. ...

Silver Purchase Act

(Encyclopedia)Silver Purchase Act: see Sherman Silver Purchase Act. ...

Presidential Records Act

(Encyclopedia)Presidential Records Act: see under Freedom of Information Act. ...

Civil Aeronautics Board

(Encyclopedia)Civil Aeronautics Board: see Federal Aviation Administration. ...

Keppel, Francis

(Encyclopedia)Keppel, Francis, 1916–90, American educator, b. New York City. A Harvard graduate, Keppel was named dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Education in 1948. There he introduced television into educat...

Hebrews, Gospel according to the

(Encyclopedia)Hebrews, Gospel according to the: see Pseudepigrapha. ...

Labor Relations Act

(Encyclopedia)Labor Relations Act: see National Labor Relations Board; Taft-Hartley Labor Act. ...

Freedom of Information Act

(Encyclopedia)Freedom of Information Act (1966), law requiring that U.S. government agencies release their records to the public on request, unless the information sought falls into a category specifically exempted...

Fair Labor Standards Act

(Encyclopedia)Fair Labor Standards Act or Wages and Hours Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1938 to establish minimum living standards for workers engaged directly or indirectly in interstate commerce, including ...

Civil War, in U.S. history

(Encyclopedia)Civil War, in U.S. history, conflict (1861–65) between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy. It is generally known in the So...