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1887 Passed to ensure that railroads charged reasonable and just rates; strengthened by the Elkins and Hepburn Acts Interstate Commerce Act
1883 Established a commission to develop and administer examinations for entry into government service Civil Service Reform Act Pendleton Act
1890 Attempted to speed the "Americanization" of the native American by breaking up the reservation lands Dawes Act
1890 Attempted to prevent corporations from trying to monopolize trade or commerce; weak, but a first attempt to breakup monopolies Sherman Antitrust Act
1862 Gave anyone 160 acres of free land to any American citizen; produced an explosionof settlement Homestead Act
1906 First steps toward banning badly prepared foods and dangerous drugs Pure Food and Drug Act
1941 Spelled out, in clear terms, what corporations could and could not do; strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act Clayton Antitrust Act
1916 prevented goods produced by child labor from moving across state lines; declared unconstitutional Keating-Owen Child labor Act
1916 Created a federal agency to run the protected areas set aside by Congress; manages more than 23 million acres of parks today National Parks Service Act
1917 Required all men betrween 21 and 30 to register for military service (WWI) Selective Service Act
WWI prohibited any speech that was disloyal to the government, flag, Constitution, or armed forces Sedition Act
WWI Punished anyone found guilty of helping the enemy Espionage Act
1921 Set very tight immigration levels; quotas were highest for northern and western Europe Johnson-Reed Act
1934 Halted the allotment of Indian land to individuals and provided for a local tribal government, return to the rich heritage of communal work & life Indian Reorganization Act
1933 Created the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corportion)and guaranteed individual deposits Glass-Steagall Banking Act
1935 Protects Americans who are unable to support themselves (old age pensions, unemployment, disabled workers) Social Security Act
1935 Wagner Act- reaffirmed the right of labor to organize; strengthened labor unions and they grew in size National Labor Relations Act
1941 Allowed the president to sell, lend, or lease war materials to any nation whose defense he thought vital to American security Lend-Lease Act
1944 Bought books, paid tuition, and provided living expenses for veterans who attended high school or college, gave loans for homes or businesses GI Bill of Rights Servicemen's Readjustment Act
1947 Outlawed closed shops, allowed union shops, weakened the power of labor unions, passed twice over Truman's veto Taft-Hartley Act
1964 Outlawed discrimination in all public places, made it illegal for employers to deny someone a job on the basis of race, sex, or religion Civil Rights Act 1964
1965 Outlaws literacy tests and other discriminatory devices Voting Rights Act
1968 Prohibits discrimination in housing Civil Rights Act 1968
1970 Enforces laws on water and air pollution, toxic wastes, pesticides, and radiation Environmental Protection Agency
1972 First proposed in 1923, aimed to strengthen the position of women as wage earners and property owners (failed by 3 states for ratification) Equal Rights Amendment
1973 Requires the president to inform Congress within two days of any U.S. troops in a foreign country and Congress can withdraw the troops within 60 days if it does not support the deployment War Powers Act
1978 Partial relaxation of controls on the price of natural gas; gave tax benefits to people for installing energy saving devices in homes and businesses National Energy Act
1985 Provided for automatic reductions in the deficit over a several year period Gramm-Rudmann-Hollings Act
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