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79th term
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1st session of the 79th Congress
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McCarran–Ferguson Act
Exempts the Business of Insurance from most federal regulations, like Federal anti-trust laws to a limited extent. This makes it easyer for businesses to conduckt business without having to comply to as much regulation anymore. -
Death of a Titan
President Franklin Roosevelt died. Harry S. Truman became President of the United States. -
Bretton Woods Agreements Act
Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states in the mid 20th century. Was first document of a fully negotiated monetary order intended to govern monetary relations among independent nation-states. -
End of WWII
the defet of japan and gemany with unconditional surrender. -
United Nations Participation Act
This document dealt with the process of United States joining the newly created United Nations and related bodies in the United Nations. this also delt with immagrations to the United States. -
War Brides Act
made to allow spouses and adopted children of United States military personnel to enter the U.S. after World War II. -
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2nd session of the 79th Congress
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Rescission Act of 1946
Over 200,000 Filipinos fought in defense of the United States against the Japanese in the Pacific during military operations, but more than half died. As a commonwealth of the United States before and during the war, Filipinos were legally American nationals. With American nationality, Under Rescission Act of 1946 Filipinos were promised all the benefits afforded to those serving in the armed forces of the United States. -
Employment Act
Employment Acts main purpose was to lay the responsibility of economic stability of inflation and unemployment onto the federal government. -
Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act
Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act Prohibits actual or attempted robbery or extortion affecting interstate or foreign commerce. -
United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946
United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946 determined how the United States federal government would control and manage the nuclear technology it had jointly developed with its wartime allies, Britain and Canada. -
Senate elections
republicans take controle of senate. -
United States House of Representatives elections
republicans take the majority, makes it wo were republicans have majority in congress. -
Congress ON TV?
Proceedings of the U.S. Congress were televised for the first time.
