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Laws WWII - present

Laws passed from WWII through 80s

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Gave aid to public and parochial schools for books and special education programs Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Provided $300 million to college students and funds for training teachers; planned to use government aid to ensure a higher level of national security National Defense Education Act
Required automatic slashing of many budget debts with the goal to have a balanced budget by 1991 Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
Agency in charge of stabilizing prices and rents; froze wages and prices and initiated a rationing program Office of Price Administration
Established to mediate disputes between management and workers to prevent strikes War Labor Board
Outlawed segregation in public areas; created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Civil Rights Act of 1964
Committed the US to Vietnam and gave LBJ a "blank check" against the North Vietnamese forces Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Establish a permanent commission on civil rights with investigative powers; first bill passed since Reconstruction to protect blacks Civil Rights Act of 1957
Prohibited the use of literacy tests as a part of the voter registration process; federal examiners could register anyone qualified in the South Voting Rights Act of 1965
Largest and most expensive public-works system in American history; contributed to suburban growth Interstate Highway Act
Required all organizations believed to be communists to report a list of their members and to hand over financial statements; excluded communists from working in defense plants McCarran Internal Security Act
Raised the top income-tax rate from 60% to 90% and added middle and lower income groups to the tax bracket in order to fund our efforts in WWII Revenue Act of 1942
Imposed certain restrictions on the money and power of labor unions including a prohibition against mandatory closed shops Taft-Hartley Act
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