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Constitutional Convention
he convention was about addressing issues in U.S that the states wasn't attending to. The federal government had to step up their involvement and establish relations with foreign governments. -
Revenue Act
Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax by signing the Revenue Act. Low on cash to pursue the Civil War, Lincoln and Congress agreed to impose a 3 percent tax on annual incomes over $800. -
Wisconsin first unemployment compensation
for the first time out-of-work lenders free payments from an employer-contributed fund. The law had been proposed as early as the 1920s, but was always defeated. -
Air Pollution Act
This was the first clean air act enacted by Congress to address national environmental problem of air pollution. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
On this incredible day the civil rights and US labor law in the United States outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Immigration & Naturalization Act
The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States. It greatly changed the U.S. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
President Lyndon Johnson wanted to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment. -
Compassionate Use Act of 1996
California Proposition 215 was the first medical marijuana ballot initiative passed at the state level; causing a conflict in the United States between states' rights advocates and those who support a stronger federal presence. -
The REAL ID Act of 2005
is an Act of Congress that modifies U.S. federal law pertaining to security, authentication, and issuance procedures standards for the state driver's licenses and identity documents, as well as various immigration issues pertaining to terrorism. -
Affordable care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is by far the most crucial health care reform enacted in the United States since the adoption of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. One of the most striking things about the ACA is the intense political battle that has surrounded this reform, both before and since President Barack Obama signed it into law in March 2010.
