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Key Acts of Congress

Acts of congress

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Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, applied the principle of popular sovereignty to the territories
Homestead Act permitted any citizen to claim 160 acres of public land and to purchase it for a small fee after living on it for five years
Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited the immigration of Chinese to America
Dawes Act divided Native American tribal lands into individual holdings, its purpose was to assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture
Sherman Antitrust Act forbade unreasonable combinations or contracts in restraint of trade, primary use was to curb labor unions
Pure Food and Drug Act was prompted by the public outrage unleashed by the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle
Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created a Federal Reserve Board, established a national system of 12 distict banks
National Origins Act restricted the flow of newcomers from Southern and Estern Europe
Neutrality Acts were expressions of a commitment to isolationism
Social Security Act part of the New Deal program, created a federal pension system funded by taxes on a worker's wages and by an equivalent contribution by employers
Wagner Act ensured workers the right to organize and bargain collectivey
Lend-Lease Act provided military supplies to the Allies during World War II
Taft-Hartley Act purpose was to curb the power of labor unions
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