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AICP Years
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Established in 1879 to survey and classify all public domain lands | U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) |
| 1903 Pelican Island, FL by Theodore Roosevelt | First National Wildlife Refuge |
| Established in 1916 to conserve and preserve natural resources, parks, and historic sites | National Park Service |
| Established in 1927 to bring water from the Colorado River to southern California | Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California |
| Created in 1933 to provide work for unemployed youth and to conserve the nation’s natural resources | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Created in 1933 to provide for unified and multipurpose rehabilitation and redevelopment of a particular area | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| America’s most famous experiment in river-basin planning | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| 1934- Regulated the use of the range in the West for conservation purposes | Taylor Grazing Act |
| Created in 1939 to assist in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for public works | Natural Resources Planning Board |
| Developed in 1941 on the Columbia River in central Washington state | Grand Coulee Dam |
| Largest concrete structure in the United States | Grand Coulee Dam |
| Regional plan comparable in its scope to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | Columbia Basin Project |
| Main project of the Columbia Basin Project in 1941 | Grand Coulee Dam |
| Purposes of this project are irrigation, electric power generation, and flood control in the Pacific Northwest | Grand Coulee Dam |
| First Earth Day | April 22, 1970 |
| Launched in 1972 to acquire high-resolution images of the earth’s surface to identify, evaluate, develop, and conserve the planet’s natural resources | Earth Resources Technology Satellite (Landsat) |
| Nickname for Earth Resources Technology Satellite | Landsat |
| Created a fund in 1902 from the sale of public land in the arid western states to supply water there through the construction of water storage and irrigation works | U.S. Reclamation Act |
| Nickname for U.S. Reclamation Act | Newlands Act |
| Established in 1905 to encourage the wise use of forest resources | U.S. Forest Service |
| Act that created the Soil Conservation Service (now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service) in 1935 | Soil Conservation Act |
| Act in 1935 administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture | Soil Conservation Act |
| Act that made the prevention of soil erosion a national responsibility | Soil Conservation Act 1935 |
| Act that established a Service to conduct soil erosion surveys and implement erosion measures | Soil Conservation Act 1935 |
| Act that prohibited development, settlement, road building, and all forms of mechanized transport within the boundaries of protected wilderness areas | Wilderness Act 1964 |
| Act that established a National Wilderness Preservation System in 1964 of federally owned land designated by Congress as wilderness areas | Wilderness Act |
| National Environmental Policy Act YEAR | 1969 |
| Established a broad national framework for environmental protection in 1969 | National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) |
| Act that requires an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) | National Environmental Policy Act 1969 |
| Act that acknowledged the importance of open and public decision-making process in environmental decisions | NEPA 1969 |
| May evaluate the social, cultural, educational, or economic environment in which a planning action will take place to examine potential consequences | NEPA 1969 |
| Term that refers to implementation of a NEPA process | Environmental Analysis |
| Required for every federal or federally funded state or local action that has potential to significantly harm the environment | Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) |
| NEPA step after Environmental Assessment (EA) | Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) |
| Describes a proposed action and the need it will address, the alternative measures considered, and the likely environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternatives | Environmental Assessment (EA) |
| Lengthy NEPA document | EIS |
| Brief NEPA document | EA |
| Clean Air Act YEAR | 1970 |
| EPA YEAR | 1970 |
| Coastal Zone Management Act YEAR | 1972 |
| Clean Water Act YEAR | 1972 |
| National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) YEAR | 1972 |
| Endangered Species Act YEAR | 1973 |
| Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) YEAR | 1974 |
| Energy Policy Conservation Act YEAR | 1975 |
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act YEAR | 1976 |
| Toxic Substances Control Act YEAR | 1976 |
| Land Ordinance of ____ | 1785 |
| Standard State Zoning Enabling Act (SZEA) YEARS | 1924, 1926 |
| Standard City Planning Enabling Act YEAR | 1928 |
| Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard Act) YEAR | 1934 |
| Housing Act that established the basis for urban renewal YEAR | 1949 |
| Hosing Act that established section 701 planning grants to local governments YEAR | 1954 |
| Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act YEAR | 1966 |
| National Flood Insurance Act YEAR | 1968 |
| Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act YEAR | 1988 |
| Empowerment Zones (Enterprise Zones) YEAR | 1994 |
| Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) YEAR | 2000 |
| Disaster Mitigation Act YEAR | 2000 |
| Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook YEAR | 2002 |
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) YEAR | 1980 |
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) YEAR | 1984 |
| Telecommunications Act YEAR | 1996 |
| Years Grand Central Station Constructed Between | 1903-1913 |
| First subway YEAR | 1897 |
| First Off-street parking requirements YEAR | 1923 |
| First limited access highway YEAR | 1926 |
| Los Angeles County Plan of Highways YEAR | 1940 |
| Los Angeles County Freeway Plan YEAR | 1943 |
| Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) YEAR | 1955 |
| National Interstate and Defense Highways Act YEAR | 1956 |
| Urban Mass Transportation Act YEAR | 1964 |
| Energy Policy Conservation Act YEAR | 1975 |
| Americans with Disabilities Act YEAR | 1990 |
| Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) YEAR | 1991 |
| Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) YEAR | 1998 |
| Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) YEAR | 1977 |
| Telecommunication Act YEAR | 1996 |
| Vieux Carre YEAR | 1921 |
| First historic preservation ordinance YEAR | 1931 |
| Washington DC plan YEAR | 1710 |
| World’s Columbian Exposition YEAR | 1893 |
| Regional Plan for New York City and Its Environs YEAR | 1929 |
| New York World’s Fair YEAR | 1939 |
| New York City Tenement House Law YEAR | 1879 |
| Hull House in Chicago founded YEAR | 1889 |
| Tenement House Law YEAR | 1901 |
| First national conference on city planning YEAR | 1909 |
| Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) created YEAR | 1934 |
| Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) created YEAR | 1938 |
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) YEAR | 1970 |
| Gautreaux started YEAR | 1976 |
| Federal Home Loan Bank system created YEAR | 1932 |
| Home Owners Loan Corporation expired YEAR | 1954 |
| National Housing Act YEAR | 1934 |
| Wagner-Steagall Housing Act YEAR | 1937 |
| Housing and Home Finance Agency created YEAR | 1947 |
| Agency predecessor to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) | Housing and Home Finance Agency |
| Nickname for 1949 Housing Act | Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill |
| Urban Renewal YEARS | 1949-1973 |
| Housing Act YEAR that made federal funds available for comprehensive planning at the metropolitan, regional, and state level | 1959 |
| Housing Act YEAR that included federal funding for home rehabilitation loans (Section 312) and housing assistance for moderate-income households | 1964 |
| Housing and Urban Development Act YEAR that created HUD | 1965 |
| Civil Rights Act YEAR | 1968 |
| Housing and Urban Development Act YEAR that enacted the New Communities Act | 1968 |
| HUD Act YEAR | 1970 |
| Section 8 Housing established YEAR | 1974 |
| Housing and Community Development Act YEAR that instituted CDBG program, | 1974 |
| Emergency Housing Act YEAR | 1975 |
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) created YEAR | 1986 |
| Tax Reform Act YEAR | 1986 |
| Stewart B. McKinney Act YEAR | 1987 |
| Fair Housing Amendments YEAR | 1988 |
| Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) YEAR | 1990 |
| Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight established YEAR | 1992 |
| CDBG program instituted YEAR | 1974 |
| HOPE VI program established YEAR | 1992 |
| Housing and Community Development Act YEAR that established a program to help expand the supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly (Section 202) | 1992 |
| HUD Multifamily Housing Disposition Rule YEAR | 1994 |
| Housing Opportunity Extension Act YEAR | 1996 |
| Manufactured Housing Improvement Act YEAR | 2000 |
| First department store YEAR | 1868 |
| Pullman, Illinois constructed YEARS | 1880-1884 |
| California State Land Settlement Act YEAR | 1917 |
| Norris, Tennessee planned YEAR | 1933 |
| U.S. Resettlement Administration established YEAR | 1935 |
| Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act YEAR | 1966 |
| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) YEAR | 1991 |
| Homestead Act YEAR | 1862 |
| Farmland Protection Policy Act YEAR | 1981 |
| Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) system developed YEAR | 1981 |
| Federal Forest Legacy Program YEAR | 1990 |
| Federal Farm and Ranchland Protection Program YEAR | 1996 |
| Plan of Chicago YEAR | 1909 |
| New York City Zoning Code YEAR | 1916 |
| First full-time planner employed by an American city YEAR | 1916 |
| First president of the ACPI YEAR | 1917 |
| First regional planning commission established in U.S. (Los Angeles) YEAR | 1922 |
| Cincinnati Plan adopted YEAR | 1925 |
| First regional planning agency created (Atlanta) YEAR | 1949 |
| Census established blocks covering the entire nation for the first time YEAR | 1990 |
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