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Manumission

History; American history

The freeing or emancipation of chattel slaves by their owners, which became more common in the upper South in the wake of so much talk during the American Revolution about human liberty. George ...

Nationalists

History; American history

These revolutionary leaders favoured a stronger national government than the one provided for in the Articles of Confederation. They believed that only a powerful national government, rather than ...

National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

History; American history

An organisation formed in 1890 from two factions of the suffrage movement, it sought a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote throughout the nation, eventually leading to the ...

National System of Interstate and defence Highways

History; American history

1956 legislation creating national highway system of 41,000 miles, costing $26 billion and taking 13 years to construct. It solidified the central role of the automobile in American culture.

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

History; American history

The federal government's plan to revive industry during the Great Depression through rational planning.

National Origins Act of 1924

History; American history

Law that restricted immigration to 2 percent for any given nationality, based on the total amounts from the 1890 census. Use of the 1890 census effectively restricted immigrants from eastern and ...

Mugwumps

History; American history

A reform faction of the Republican party in the 1870s and 1880s, they crusaded for honest and effective government and some supported Democratic reform candidates.