Domestic Policies
This bill regulated the railroad industry, by making costs equal for all businesses big and small, and also stopped monopolies.
What is The Interstate Commerce Bill?
This program provided jobs constructing power grids, dams, and over all bringing the Tennessee valley up to modern standards.
What is the TVA?
This bill supported by President Woodrow Wilson drafted citizens for the first World War.
What is the Selective Service Act?
When was the elementary/ secondary Ed act?
This bill set standards for the meatpacking industry and helped prevent foodborne illness. Which in turn gave people more confidence to purchase meat.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
It placed restrictions on the employment of children and started the idea of overtime.
What did the Fair Labor Standard Act do?
This bill had one of the best economic outcomes out of all the New Deal programs. Gave hundreds of men jobs constructing bridges, trails, and roads in our National Parks.
What is the CCC?
This bill helped veterans by giving them financial support. Made veterans feel that they weren't losing out on profits they could've made if they wouldn't have joined the military.
What is the GI Bill?
This important piece of legislation, which went into effect in 1965, tried to end all public segregation, gave all people equal rights and opportunities.
What was the Civil Rights act of 1964?
This bill prevented monopolization and encouraged competition between businesses.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
This act prevented the manufacturing, selling, and distribution of alcohol in order to prevent nation wide crime, poverty, and violence. Although this bill was implemented in order to help stop crime, the country saw crime that it had never seen before.
What was the Volstead Act?
Passed August 14, 1935, this act tried to help citizens get financial support without having to work. Some restrictions were elderly had to be at least 65 years of age, disabled, unemployed, or your spouse was deceased.
What is the Social Security Act?
Ratified on June 12, 1901, this bill was written in order to help stabilize Cuba after the Spanish-American War. Gave America exclusive trading rights with Cuba.
Why was the Platt Amendment written.
This bill tried to fund poor schools so all children had the same opportunities
What is the elementary/ secondary Ed act?
This bill shut down a whole industry to prevent poverty and crime. This, in turn, created crimes that America hadn't seen before. This bill was later repealed in order to encourage economic growth.
What is the Volstead Act?
Implemented in 1924 under President Coolidge, this act gave full citizenship rights to Native Americans.
What is the Indian Citizenship Act?
This bills purpose was to try to stop banking institutions from failing. However this act does not cover life insurance or annuity. This act is still in effect today, and gives people confidence in placing their money in banks.
What is the FDIC?
This bill had major bipartisan support in both the house and the senate. Gave the President permission to use military forces as he saw necessary in order to keep the peace. This bill was slightly controversial because it broke our system of checks and balances, gave the president unchecked power from congress.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This is the bill that gave LBJ power to use military force as he saw fit in order to keep the peace. 2 Senators argued that the bill broke the system of checks and balances
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This bill was made to help workers during the industrial revolution. This bill made the current concept of over-time, which made employers want to hire more employees which grew the declining job market.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
This federal act was implemented in order to help the military move around the country quicker. This act also made daily traveling safer, faster, and more efficient. This act also created tollways.
What is the Federal Highway Act?
F.D.R. repealed this act in order to bring sales to an entire industry that was being restricted. This greatly encouraged economic growth by giving people jobs, and providing another good to the public.
What was the Volstead Act?
This act was mostly supported by Democrats, it was meant to help other countries whose defense was crucial to the United States, by giving them money for materials, weapons, oil, and food. This bill greatly helped the Allies in World War 2. Many say we won the war because of this act.
This bill tried to overcome the problem of racial discrimination at the state and local government level.
What is the voting rights act?
This act helped keep the railroad industry in check, Congress finally decided to step in and help make costs "fair and equal". This, in turn, helped smaller businesses thrive, which helped boost the economy.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?