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Federal National Mortgage Association
(Encyclopedia) Federal National Mortgage Association (FMNA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, government-sponsored enterprise that is the largest purchaser and guarantor of home mortgages in the country…Work Projects Administration
(Encyclopedia) Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration;…McCulloch v. Maryland
(Encyclopedia) McCulloch v. Maryland, case decided in 1819 by the U.S. Supreme Court, dealing specifically with the constitutionality of a Congress-chartered corporation, and more generally with the…National Defense Education Act
(Encyclopedia) National Defense Education Act (NDEA), federal legislation passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the United States at all levels, public and private. NDEA was instituted…Popović, Milentije
(Encyclopedia) Popović, MilentijePopović, Milentijemēlĕnˈtēyə [key]Popović, Milentije pōˈpōvĭˈtyə [key], 1913–71, Yugoslav politician. Active in the Communist student movement, he became a member of…Gibbons v. Ogden
(Encyclopedia) Gibbons v. Ogden, case decided in 1824 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Aaron Ogden, the plaintiff, had purchased an interest in the monopoly to operate steamboats that New York state had…Federal Obesity Guidelines: Measuring Body Mass
The new body mass index (BMI) applies to both men and women. To determine BMI, weight in kilograms is divided by height in meters, squared. To calculate your body mass index from the table below,…United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Directors
Interested in learning who has led the Federal Bureau of Investigation throughout the years? Below is a list of all F.B.I. Directors from 1908 to present. As of May 9, 2017, deputy director Andrew G…Part VI. Letters from the Federal Farmer
AbstractA systematic criticism of the proposed Constitution and full elaboration of anti-federalist though was provided in a series of articles published in New York in the Poughkeepsie…Women's Suffrage: Woman Suffrage by Federal Amendment
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Story of IowaThe Crises of 1916Woman Suffrage by Federal AmendmentSo far the story of suffrage, victory and defeat, has been the story…Trending
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