Laws That Shaped America Fifteen Acts of Congress and Their Lasting Impact

Name: Laws That Shaped America Fifteen Acts of Congress and Their Lasting Impact
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ISBN: 9780415999731

ISBN-10: 0415999731

ISBN-13: 9780415999731

Edition: 2009

Authors: Dennis W. Johnson

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List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/14/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 530
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Westward Expansion: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Louisiana Purchase Ratification of 1803



Slavery and the Territories: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854



The Promise of Land: The Homestead Act of 1862 and the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862



Women's Right to Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1919)



Protecting the Working Family: The National Labor Relations Act of 1935



The Grand Contract: The Social Security Act of 1935



The Promise to America's Veterans: The GI Bill of 1944



The Recovery of Western Europe: The Marshall Plan of 1948



Ribbons of Highway: The Interstate Highway Act of 1956



Justice, Equality, and Democracy's Promise: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965



Medical Care for the Elderly and Poor: The Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965



Protecting the Environment: The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969



The Laws That Shaped America


Appendix: Other Major Legislation


Notes


Index