famous acts in us history
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| 1649 law enacted in maryland guaranteeing religious freedom for all christians | act of toleration
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| 1916 imposed the 8-hour day on interstate railways and established a federal commission to study railroads | adamson act
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| 1798 a series of four laws passed by a federalist-controlled congress in anticipation of war with france during the administration of john adams | alien and sedition acts
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| 1933 established the FDIC | Banking act (Glass-steagall act)
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| 1935 reorganized federal reserve board and FDIC | banking act
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| 1882 prohibited this race's immigrant laborers from entering the us for 10 years | chinese exclusion act
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| 1914 intended to plug loopholes in the sherman anti trust act of 1890; prohibited price discrimination and interlocking directorates | clayton anti-trust act
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| 1924 reparation following ww1 | dawes plan
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| 1887 indian tribes lost legal standing, and their land was divided among tribal members | dawes severalty act
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| 1766 stated that the king and parliament had the right and power to make laws that were binding on the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" | declaratory act
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| 1807 forbade exports from american ports | embargo act
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| 1900 established a government for puerto rico | foraker act
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| 1833 passed by congress in response to south carolina's passage of a nullification ordinance | force act (bill)
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| 1985 revised budgeting procedures and required an end to the federal defecit | Gramm-rudman act
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| 1939 law forbidding federal executive employees from participating in and contributing to any present or congressional election campaigns | Hatch act
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| 1906 strengthened the power of the ICC | hepburn act
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| 1862 gave 160 acres in the west to any adult citizen who headed a family and who had not fought against the union during the civil war | homestead act
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| 1887 set up the ICC (interstate commerce commission) all railroad charges should be fair and reasonable | Interstate commerce act
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| 1774 five laws passed by the british parliament in response to the colonial defiance of the tea tax and boston tea party | intolerable acts (coersive acts)
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| 1917 gave puerto ricans us citizenship | jones act
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| 1789 created the office of attorney general, organized the supreme court, and established a system of lower federal courts | judiciary act
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| 1941 gave fdr the authority to loan war material to any nation whose defense was considered necessary for us national security | lend-lease act
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| 1810 established to motivate great britain and france to end illegal seizures of american commercial vessels | macon's bill no. 2
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| 1862 established land grant colleges | morril land grant act
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| 1935 prohibited unfair labor practices; created the NLRB | national labor relations act (wagner act)
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| 1651 1660 1663 1673 parliament prevented the us from trading with other countries | navigation acts
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| 1883 established a civil service commision, helped dismantle the spoils system; came about because of garfield's assassination | pendleton act
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| 1901 gave the us the right to intervene in cuban affairs and to lease naval bases | platt amendment
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| 1906 resulted from the publication of The Jungle | pure food and drug act/ meat inspection act
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| 1817 limited naval armaments on the great lakes; treaty between britain and the us | rush-bagot agreement
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| 1890 to break up monopolies | sherman anti-trust act
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| 1940 makes it a crime to advocate or teach the overthrow of the us government | smith act
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| 1935 provided unemployment and old age insurance financed by both the employer and employee | social security act
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| 1765 required a tax on all legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, etc. | stamp act
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| 1947 outlawed the closed shop, the practice of hiring only union members | taft-hartley act
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| 1898 the us disclaimed any attempt to annex cuba | teller amendment
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| 1867 repealed in 1887 said that a president could not remove without the senate's approval an officeholder appointed with the consent of the senate; what andrew johnson violated | tenure of office act
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| 1919 law providing for the enforcement of prohibition | volstead act
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| 1965 expanded the powers of the federal government to eliminate discrimination in voting | voting rights act
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| 1864 assured congressional power to set up a procedure for readmission of the confederate states into the union; vetoed by lincoln | wade-davis bill
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| 1973 required the president to inform congress within 48 hours of military action in hostile areas | war powers act
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