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Silver Purchase Act

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

free enterprise system

(Encyclopedia)free enterprise system: see capitalism. ...

Free-Soil party

(Encyclopedia)Free-Soil party, in U.S. history, political party that came into existence in 1847–48 chiefly because of rising opposition to the extension of slavery into any of the territories newly acquired from...

Gibbs free energy

(Encyclopedia)Gibbs free energy: see free energy. ...

Irish Free State

(Encyclopedia)Irish Free State: see Ireland; Ireland, Republic of. ...

Radio Free Europe

(Encyclopedia)Radio Free Europe (RFE), broadcasting organization established in 1950 with the stated mission of promoting democratic values and institutions. Its original purpose was to broadcast news to countries ...

Orange Free State

(Encyclopedia)Orange Free State, former province, South Africa: see Free State. ...

Bland-Allison Act

(Encyclopedia)Bland-Allison Act, 1878, passed by the U.S. Congress to provide for freer coinage of silver. The original bill offered by Representative Richard P. Bland incorporated the demands of the Western radica...

Free Church of Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Free Church of Scotland: see Scotland, Free Church of. ...

European Free Trade Association

(Encyclopedia)European Free Trade Association (EFTA), customs union and trading bloc; its current members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. EFTA was established in 1960 by Austria, Denmark, Great...