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Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Missouri Compromise drew an imaginary line across portions of Loisiana Territory that prohibited slavery north of that line.Some people wanted to end slavery in Missouri, but others disagreed. Then Congress settled on a compromise: the northern part of Massachusetts would become Maine and was admitted as a free state at the same time that Missouri was admitted as a slave state. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 admitted Claifornia, New Mexico, and Utah into the union, removed Texas claim on certain land and abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia. -
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1864
On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln wrote this proclamaition freeing all slaves in the United States, giving them their right to freedom, and to work faithfully for reasonable wages. -
Act to Establish Yellowstone National Park
This act preserved Yellowstone National Park to keep it as is without developing the land. The act made it the first national park of many to come. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
This act was the first major legislation that restricted immigration in the United States. Many Chinese citizens were leaving China in the 1800s due to a failing economy, so they came to the land of the free, home of the brave. Many people in America did not like this, so they became racist against the Chinese. This act suspended Chinese immigration for ten years, and was extended to another ten years before becoming permanent in 1902. The act was later repealed in 1943. -
Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887
This act was an attempt to assimilate American Indians into white culture. The act converted tribal lands into seperate tracks. These tracks were given to tribal members to be used for farming. However, these lands were not suitable for farming. Later in 1934, this policy was reversed. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906
This act was the beginning of federal regulation of the country's meat, poultry, and egg production supply. The act established standards for inspecting all meat processing plants that conducted buisness across state lines. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916
In the early 1900s, over 2 million children were working in mills, mines, factories, and other hazardous work environments. As a responce to this problem, the Keating-Owen Labor Act banned the sale of products from any factory, shop, or cannery that employed children under the age fo 14, from any mine that employed children under 16, and from any facilitiy that had children under the age of 16 work at night or for more than 8 hours during the day. -
National Prohibition Act of 1919 (Volstead Act)
This act banned the production, consuption, sale of all alcoholic beverages in the U.S. -
Fair Labor Standards Act and Equal Pay Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on June 25, 1938. This act established a national minimum wage, required overtime pay under certain circumstances, and prohibited most child labor. The first minimum wage was set at 25 cents per hour. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act prohibited segregation in public places, terminating Jim Crow laws in the South. It also outlawed segregation in buisnesses, required integration of schools, eliminated unequal voter registration requirements, and prohibited employment discrimination.
