Federal Acts

Question 1

Ordinance of 1785

Answer 1

Provided for the rectangular land survey of the Old Northwest.

Question 2

Homestead

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Opened the lands of the Public Domain to settlers for a nominal fee and five years residence.

Question 3

Morrill

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Congress authorizes land grants from the Public Domain to the states. Proceeds from the sale were to be used to found colleges offering instruction in agriculture, engineering, and other practical arts.

Question 4

Civil Rights

Answer 4

Equal rightst for all to be citizens, enter contracts, own property; discrimination not allowed

Question 5

General Land Law Revision

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Gave President power to create forest preserves by proclamation.

Question 6

Forest Management

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Authorized some control by the Secretary of the Interior over the use and occupancy of the forest preserves.

Question 7

U.S. Reclaimation

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Created fund from sale of public land in the arid states to supply water there through the construction of water storage and irrigation works.

Question 8

Antiquities

Answer 8

Presidential authority to create national monuments by proclamation; “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and objects of historic or scientific interest.”

Question 9

National Park Service Organic

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Created NPS

Question 10

Agricultural Adjustment

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Regulate agricultural trade practices, production, prices, supply areas (and therefore land use) as a recovery measure.

Question 11

Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard)

Answer 11

decrease Federal control and increase self-governance; encouraged constitutions and chargers; many items as a result of Meriam Survey in 1924 assessing conditions

Question 12

Taylor Grazing

Answer 12

Purpose to regulate the use of the range in the West for conservation purposes.

Question 13

Soil Conservation

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Congress moves to make prevention of soil erosion a national responsibility.

Question 14

Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities

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Organized Historic under NPS; recognized national policy role in preserving historic sites, buildings, objects

Question 15

Social Security

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Create a safety net for elderly. Promoted by Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor and first woman cabinet member.

Question 16

Federal Insecticide, Fugicide, and Rodenticide

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(FIFRA) Pesticide Regulation

Question 17

Federal Water Pollution Control

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also Clean Water Act; restore and maintain integrity of nation’s waters; does not address ground water

Question 18

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Answer 18

Created and Chartered by Congress

Question 19

Federal Disaster Relief Act

Answer 19

Authorized President to provide assistance when Governor’s request

Question 20

Clean Air Act

Answer 20

Control air pollution from a national level

Question 21

Wilderness

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Created National Wilderness Preservation System

Question 22

Civil Rights Act

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No discrimination

Question 23

Land Water Conservation Fund

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Land Water Conservation Fund created; required Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans (SCORP)

Question 24

Water Resources Management

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Required states to issue water quality standards and created Federal Water Pollution Control Administration

Question 25

Public Work and Economic Development

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The act establishes the Economic Development Administration to extend coordinated, multifaceted aid to lagging regions and foster their redevelopment

Question 26

Appalachian Regional Planning

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Establishes a region comprising all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states, plus a planning commission with the power to frame plans and allocate resources.

Question 27

National Historic Preservation Act

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Created National Register of Historic Places, list of National Historic Landmarks and State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO)

Question 28

Civil Rights Act

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Title II to VII Indian Civil Rigths; Title VIII & IX Fair Housing (Federal Enforcement of CRA 1866)

Question 29

National Wild & Scenic River

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Preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural and recreational value

Question 30

National Environmental Policy Act

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(NEPA) Established President’s Council on Environmental Quality; requires CatEx, EA then FONSI or EIS

Question 31

Federal Environmental Protecton Agency created

Answer 31

to enforce Clean Air Act

Question 32

Federal Environmental Pesticide Control

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(FEPCA) Strengthed registration to burden manufacturers; enforce banned/unregistered product; promulgated regulations

Question 33

State and Local Fiscal Assistance

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General revenue sharing inaugurated

Question 34

Endangered Species

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Authorized Federal assistance to state and local jurisdictions to establish conservation programs for endangers plant and animal species.

Question 35

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

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(CERCLA) Superfund Bill. Creates liability for persons discharging hazardous waste into the environment. Taxes polluting industries to establish a trust fund for the cleanup of polluted sites in cases where individual responsibility is not ascertainable.

Question 36

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

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FEMA; Coordinate relief efforts; Presidential disaster declarations

Question 37

Enterprise Zone/Empowerment Community (EZ/EC)

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Aims tax incentives, wage tax credits, special deductions, and low-interest financing to a limited number of impoverished urban and rural communities to jumpstart their economic and social recovery.

Question 38

Disaster Mitigation Act

Answer 38

Encourage Mitigation

Question 39

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons

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(RLUIPA)

Question 40

Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards

Answer 40

Accommodate pets

Question 41

Disaster Recovery Reform

Answer 41

(DRRA) Resiliency - pre-disaster funding