legislation

legislation


 * alien and sedition act
 * fugitive slave act: made it possible for slave owners to reclaim run away slaves even if they made it to a non-slave state. this caused controversy because it basically ruined the point of outlawing slavery in those states to begin with
 * ALL AMENDMENTS
 * the new frontier
 * great society:
 * Louisiana purchase: the lands out to the Mississippi river that were added to the early united states after they were bought from France.
 * league of nations: created by the Big Four at the end of WWI this was a failed early version of the UN
 * pure food and drug act: progressive legislation that sought to better the food and drug industries through health regulations
 * united nations: a group of countries that intervene in international conflicts and humanitarian aid missions
 * espionage and sedition acts
 * containment: the US policy on slowing the expansion of Soviet Communism and enforcing American Democracy and capitalism
 * 3/5 compromise: the compromise about how slaves would be counted towards representation in the congress, where for every five slaves in a state only three were counted towards the total population.
 * town shed acts
 * new deal: the name for all the anti-depression legislation passed during the FDR administration to stop the great depression from getting worse and attempting to restart the economy by putting government money into the economy
 * Sherman antitrust: attacked monopolies and big business by limiting combination that would limit opportunities of other companies and individuals
 * interstate commerce
 * gulf of tonkin resolution: after an explosion on a US ship in the Gulf of Tonkin of the coast of Vietnam, it was spun as an attack by Vietnam on the US by the president and this influenced congress to pass the resolution allowing president to take any means necessary
 * compromise of 1850
 * northwest ordinance: added the Ohio area to the country the largest expansion of the country until the Louisiana purchase
 * civil rights act:
 * emancipation proclamation
 * indian removal act
 * national bank charter
 * kansas nebraska act
 * non-intercourse act
 * xyz affair
 * judiciary act of 1801
 * social security
 * stamp act
 * tea act
 * navigation acts
 * open door policy
 * northwest ordinance
 * prohibition

=Us legislation on ﻿Native Americans=
 * 1) **The Northwest Ordinance (1787) --**  an ordinance which stated that "The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken away from them without their consent.” Though this was stated, it was ignored more often than it was followed
 * 2) **The Dawes Act (1887) --** Did not benefit the
 * 3) **Indian Removal Act (1830) --**  Gold was found by the Cherokee on their land; and upon hearing this, Americans took over Georgia and claimed jurisdiction over the Cherokees. The Cherokees sued claiming that they were independent from Georgia and the Supreme Court ruled in favor of them
 * 4) **Act of March 3 (1871)**
 * 5) **Curtis Act (1898)** -- ended tribal gov.s if the tribes refused allotment
 * 6) **Snyder [Indian Citizenship] Act (1924)** -- natives were granted full US citizenship
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Indian Reorganization Act (1934)** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> --
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Indian Claims Commission (1946)**
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Relocation Program (1952)**
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Area Redevelopment Act (1960)**
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965)**
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Senate Special Subcommittee on Indian Education (1965)**
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Voter Registration Act (1965)**
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Great Society Program (1967)**
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**“Indian Civil Rights Act” (1968)**
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Wheeler-Howard Indian Reorganization Act (1934)**
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971)**
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Indian Education Act (1972)**
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Meminee Restoration Act (1973)** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-- evoked termination of the Menominee and restored tribal status
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Indian Finance Act (1974)**
 * 21) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Termination Policy (1953)**
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act (1975)**
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Indian Health Care Improvement Act (1976)** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -- provided funds for hospital renovation and scholarships to enter Indian Health Service
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Educational Amendments Act - Title XI (1978)**
 * 25) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act (1978)**
 * 26) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**1Indian Child Welfare Act (1978)**
 * 27) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1983 Department of Health and Human Services set New eligibility rules for people receiving medical treatment from Indian Health Services
 * 28) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1990 Congress passed Legislation to "encourage and support the use of Native American languages in schools
 * 29) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**1991 Experiment in self-government**