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Fourteen Points

History; American history

President Woodrow Wilson's formula for peace after World War I.

Frederick Douglass

History; American history

The nation's most famous fugitive slave and African American abolitionist, Douglass supported political action against slavery.

Free Soil Party

History; American history

An antislavery political party founded in 1848.

Freedmen's Bureau

History; American history

An organization established by Congress on March 3, 1865 to deal with the dislocations of the Civil War. It provided relief, helped settle disputes, and founded schools and hospitals.

Fireside Chats

History; American history

Weekly radio addresses by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in which he explained his actions directly to the American people.

First 100 Days

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first 100 days in office, when he proposed and Congress passed fifteen major bills that reshaped the U. S. Economy.

This body was the most important expression of intercolonial protest activity up to 1774. Called in response to Parliament's Coercive Acts, the delegates met in Philadelphia for nearly two months. ...