Laws and Acts Flashcards
Intolerable Acts
Punished Massachusetts for Boston Tea Party
Jim Crow laws
Enforced racial segregation in the South
Judiciary Act
Established federal court system
Land Ordinance of 1785
Divided western lands into townships
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Morrill Act
Funded land-grant colleges
No Child Left Behind
Increased federal role in education
National Emergencies Act
Regulated presidential emergency powers
Northwest Ordinance
Established process for admitting new states to the Union
Pure Food and Drug Act
Regulated food and drug safety
Alien and Sedition Acts
Limited free speech and immigration
Butler Act
Prohibited teaching of evolution in Tennessee
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned Chinese immigration
Sherman Antitrust Act
Regulated monopolies and business competition
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Toleration Act
Granted religious freedom to Protestants in England
Selective Service Act
Established military draft
Social Security Act
Provided retirement and disability benefits
Indian Removal Act
Forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River
Civil Rights Act
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, ***, or national origin
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Abolished national origin quotas
Freedom of Information Act
Provided public access to government records
Embargo Act of 1807
Prohibited trade with foreign countries
Dawes Act
Divided Native American land into individual plots
