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Laws CW to 20s
Laws passed from Civil War to 1920s
Question | Answer |
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Used funding from public land sales to make sure thta industrial growth did not destroy limited natural resources of the land; built irrigation projects; part of TR's conservation efforts | Newlands Reclamation Act |
Political candidates forbidden from soliciting contributions from government workers; established the civil service commission; passed after Garfield's assassination | Pendleton Act |
Attempt to solve increasing immigration problem and labor violence against the Chinese | Chinese Exclusion Law |
Clarified the Sherman Antitrust Act and recognized the right of unions to strike, boycott, and picket. Was regarded as labor's Magna Carta | Clayton Antitrust Act |
Passed in response to Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle | Meat Inspection Act |
Made illegal any criticism of the government and used to imprison Eugene Debs | Sedition Act |
Used money from the sale of lands to give aid to the states to establish state colleges | Morrill Land Act |
Enacted fines and imprisonment or obstructing recruitment for the draft | Espionage Act |
Outlawed trusts and other restraints of trade | Sherman Antitrust Act |
High tariff in 1897 that served to promote business confidence and helped the economy recover from a severe depression and make Republicans become identified with ecnomic prosperity | McKinley Tariff |
Forced the treasury to buy silver each month in an attempt to raise the price of silver and stop the drain of gold; later repealed after the panic of | Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
Provided for a commission to oversee fair RR rates and prohibited rebates and discriminatory practices; allowed the government to investigate and oversee RR activities | Interstate Commerce Commission |
Well-meaning, but failed attempt to turn Indians into farmers; desired to treat Indians as individuals as opposed to members in a trib | Dawes Severalty Act |