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Laws and Acts Flashcards

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Intolerable Acts

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Punished Massachusetts for Boston Tea Party

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Jim Crow laws

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Enforced racial segregation in the South

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Judiciary Act

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Established federal court system

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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Divided western lands into townships

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Missouri Compromise

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Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

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Morrill Act

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Funded land-grant colleges

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No Child Left Behind

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Increased federal role in education

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National Emergencies Act

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Regulated presidential emergency powers

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Northwest Ordinance

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Established process for admitting new states to the Union

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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Regulated food and drug safety

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Limited free speech and immigration

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Butler Act

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Prohibited teaching of evolution in Tennessee

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Banned Chinese immigration

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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Regulated monopolies and business competition

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Toleration Act

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Granted religious freedom to Protestants in England

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Selective Service Act

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Established military draft

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Social Security Act

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Provided retirement and disability benefits

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Indian Removal Act

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Forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River

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Civil Rights Act

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Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, ***, or national origin

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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

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Abolished national origin quotas

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Freedom of Information Act

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Provided public access to government records

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Embargo Act of 1807

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Prohibited trade with foreign countries

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Dawes Act

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Divided Native American land into individual plots

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Interstate Commerce Act

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Regulated railroads and other interstate commerce

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Federal Highway Act of 1956

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Funded construction of interstate highways

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