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| created the federal court system |
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| The Acts were intended to strengthen the federal government. First, the Naturalization Act required that non-citizens be residents for 14 years (instead of the prior period of five years) before they became eligible for U.S. citizenship. Second, the Alien Act authorized the president to deport non-citizens deemed dangerous to the peace and safety of the U.S. Third, the Alien Enemies Act allowed wartime arrest, imprisonment, and deportation of any non-citizen resident whose home country was at war with the United States. Finally, the Sedition Act made it a crime to criticize the government by publishing false, scandalous, and malicious writing. The Sedition Act limited free speech and caused several newspaper editors to lose their jobs, including Benjamin Franklin Bache (Benjamin Franklins grandson). |
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| Land Grant College Act, was a major boost to higher education in the United States |
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1872 |
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| The Act paved the way for our current national park system, which has grown to include 25 national parks and 80 national monuments |
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1882 |
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| first major legislation that restricted immigration in the United States. Anti-Chinese sentiment increased as Chinese immigrants occupied jobs and created competition in the job market. The Chinese immigrants faced discrimination from many different groups, including native workers and other immigrant groups who felt that the low-paid Chinese were reducing their wages |
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| created the modern-day merit-based system under which federal employees are selected |
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1887 |
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| making the railroads the first industry to be regulated by the federal government |
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| broke up reservations and allowed non-Indians to own portions of tribal lands |
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1890 |
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| first federal antitrust law and is the source of all American antimonopoly laws. It was designed to protect consumers from large corporations that were using unscrupulous means to raise prices artificially -- such as intentionally producing too few goods to meet consumer demand in order to drive up the price of a product |
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| beginning of federal regulation of the countrys meat, poultry, and egg products supply |
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| clarify and strengthen the Sherman Act |
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1916 |
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| banned the sale of products from any factory, shop, or cannery that employed children under the age of 14, from any mine that employed children under the age of 16, and from any facility that had children under the age of 16 work at night or for more than 8 hours during the day |
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1933 |
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| to redevelop the Tennessee Valley area -- encompassing seven states and 40,000 square miles. The TVA managed the Tennessee Rivers navigation and flood control problems, encouraged reforestation and proper land use, fostered agricultural and industrial development, and provided electric power to the area |
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| protect the rights of employees, support collective bargaining, and put an end to the abusive practices of antiunion employers |
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1938 |
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| established a national minimum wage, required overtime pay under certain circumstances, and prohibited most child labor. The first hourly minimum wage was set at 25 cents per hour |
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1944 |
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| provided returning World War II veterans with funds for medical care, unemployment insurance, higher education, and housing |
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1948 |
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| to help restore the devastated economies of postwar Europe and, in so doing, reduce the threat of Communist takeover in those vulnerable countries |
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1948 |
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| gave private parties the right to sue the United States for injuries caused by federal employees |
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1956 |
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| law authorized the building of the interstate highway system in the United States. It was the largest public works project in the nations history, providing $25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of roads over a period of 20 years |
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| prohibited segregation in public places, terminating Jim Crow laws in the South. It also outlawed segregation in businesses, required the integration of schools, eliminated unequal voter registration requirements, and prohibited employment discrimination. The law was a significant step toward equal treatment of both blacks and women in the United States |
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| outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that had been used to disenfranchise black Americans since the Civil War. It was an act to enforce the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which had been ratified nearly a century earlier |
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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), passed in 1967, is a wide-ranging law that protects workers age 40 or older from employment discrimination
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), passed in 1978, amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by prohibiting workplace discrimination based on pregnancy. The law was passed in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in General Electric v. Gilbert (1976), in which the court held that a pregnancy-related denial of employment benefits was not discrimination based on sex
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), passed in 1990, was broad legislation designed to put an end to discrimination based on disability. It gives people with disabilities most of the same protections granted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including the right to modifications that would allow disabled individuals equal access to public places and equal employment opportunities |
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1970 |
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| federal law designed to combat organized crime in the United States. It allows prosecution and civil penalties for racketeering activity performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise. Such activity may include illegal gambling, bribery, kidnapping, murder, money laundering, counterfeiting, embezzlement, drug trafficking, slavery, and a host of other unsavory business practices |
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1970 |
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| federal law establishing health and safety standards in the workplace. Generally, the OSH Act requires employers to provide a safe workplace by informing employees about potential hazards, following health and safety standards established for their industry, training employees, and recording workplace injuries |
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1973 |
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| passed by Congress in response to a call by President Richard Nixon for comprehensive legislation to protect endangered species. Drafted by a team of lawyers and scientists, the ESA revolutionized environmental conservation in the United States. The landmark legislation, called the Magna Carta of the environmental movement |
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1976 |
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| governs how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages the public lands of the United States |
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Family and Medical Leave Act
1993 |
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| requires larger employers to give their workers up to 12 weeks off per year to care for a seriously ill family member, recuperate from a serious illness, care for a new child, or handle issues arising from a family member's call to active military duty. It also gives employees the right to take up to 26 weeks of leave to care for a family member who is seriously injured or becomes ill while on active military duty. When they return from leave, these workers have the right to be reinstated to the same or an equivalent position |
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1996 |
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| the federal government respects only those marriages between a man and a woman. |
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2009 |
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| gave the U.S. Department of Justice the power to investigate and prosecute defendants who selected their crime victim based on the victims race, color, religion, or national origin. Under that law, the victims must have been engaged in a federally-protected activity, like voting or going to school |
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