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Laws/Amendments
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Homestead Act | Allowed Americans to free land in the West |
| Interstate Commerce Act | Regulates the railroads |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | Gave the government the ability to abolish monopolies |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | separate but equal |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | Required accurate labeling of ingredients, strict sanitary conditions, and a rating system to meat |
| 19th Amendment | allowed all women the right to vote |
| 18th Amendment | Outlawed manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor |
| Social Security Act | Prevent bank failures by insuring money in banks so people won’t lose it even if bank fails |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | regulates the stock market |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | provides unemployment insurance and old age pension |
| Interstate Highway Act | created interstate highway system |
| Medicare and Medicaid Act | provides low cost health insurance to the elderly and children from low income families |
| Tinker v. Des Moines | Students keep their freedom of speech AS LONG AS it does not cause a material and substantial disruption |
| Brown v. Board of Education | outlawed school segregation |
| Voting Rights Act | eliminated the literacy test |
| Civil Rights Act | outlawed discrimination in all public places and businesses |
| 24th Amendment | abolished the poll tax |