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Union, Act of
(Encyclopedia) Union, Act of. For the union of England and Scotland (1707), see Great Britain; for the union of Ireland (1800) with Great Britain, see Ireland.Union League Clubs
(Encyclopedia) Union League Clubs, in U.S. history, organizations formed throughout the North in the Civil War after the military defeats and Republican election losses of 1862. A convention at…Union of Burma
(Encyclopedia) Union of Burma: see Myanmar.Union Pacific Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act…Universal Postal Union
(Encyclopedia) Universal Postal Union (UPU), specialized agency of the United Nations since 1948, with headquarters at Bern, Switzerland. Established in 1875 following adoption of the Universal…Benelux Economic Union
(Encyclopedia) Benelux Economic UnionBenelux Economic Unionbĕnˈəlŭksˌ [key], economic treaty among Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. It arose out of a customs convention signed in 1944, but…World Conservation Union
(Encyclopedia) World Conservation Union: see International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.Western European Union
(Encyclopedia) Western European Union (WEU), European security and defense organization. It was set up in Brussels in 1955 as a defensive, economic, social, and cultural organization, consisting of…States by Order of Entry Into the Union
The first (and last) U.S. states The original 13 colonies were a group of British territories in North America. Among the Thirteen colonies, Virginia was the first to be settled by English people.…Union Participation by Occupation and Industry
The following table shows the percent of workers that are represented by unions or members of unions, according to occupations that include managerial, executive, industrial, professional, technical…Trending
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