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
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| 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
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| Required automatic slashing of many budget debts with the goal to have a balanced budget by 1991 | Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
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| Agency in charge of stabilizing prices and rents; froze wages and prices and initiated a rationing program | Office of Price Administration
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| Established to mediate disputes between management and workers to prevent strikes | War Labor Board
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| Outlawed segregation in public areas; created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Civil Rights Act of 1964
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| Committed the US to Vietnam and gave LBJ a "blank check" against the North Vietnamese forces | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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| Establish a permanent commission on civil rights with investigative powers; first bill passed since Reconstruction to protect blacks | Civil Rights Act of 1957
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| 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
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| Largest and most expensive public-works system in American history; contributed to suburban growth | Interstate Highway Act
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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