U.S. History EOC ACTS Review

Question 1

Restricted immigration to the US by skilled and unskilled laborers from China

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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Question 2

Stops discrimination against people with disabilities in work, transportation, public places...

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Question 3

Act passed during the Great Depression to help retired people continue to have an income

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Social Security Act

Question 4

This Act was to assimilate Native Americans by taking their land and giving it back to them in plots to farm.

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Dawes Act

Question 5

These Acts were designed to keep us out of World War I and World War II

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Neutrality Acts

Question 6

Imposed restrictions on businesses that produce foods and patented medicines, and their labels

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Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

Question 7

Made it illegal for businesses to discriminate based on race, religion, sex, or national origin

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 8

Law against spying-made it illegal to talk bad about the government or military during WW1

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Espionage Act 1917

Question 9

Outlawed literacy tests for the purposes of voting, allowed African Americans to vote freely

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Voting rights Act of 1965

Question 10

Created US agency to regulate railroads and stop monopolies

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Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

Question 11

In response to the launch of Sputnik, this Act provided money to schools for math and science.

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National Defense Education Act

Question 12

This Act provided World War II veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing.

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Servicemen&#x27;s Readjustments Act, (GI Bill)

Question 13

Act passed after The Jungle was written by Upton Sinclaire-ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock.

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Meat Inspection Act

Question 14

Also known as the Marshall Plan, provided financial support for rebuilding Europe after the end of WWII

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Economic Cooperation Act of 1948

Question 15

This Act was to stop monopolies

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Sherman Anti-trust Acts

Question 16

This Act authorized the draft-young men required to serve in the military

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Selective Service Act

Question 17

Allowed citizens to claim 160 acres of public land in the West, helped close the frontier

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Homestead Act of 1862

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