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National Defense Education Act
(Encyclopedia)National Defense Education Act (NDEA), federal legislation passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the United States at all levels, public and private. NDEA was instituted primarily to stimulate ...Americans with Disabilities Act
(Encyclopedia)Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. Its primary emphasis is on enablin...Sons of Liberty
(Encyclopedia)Sons of Liberty, secret organizations formed in the American colonies in protest against the Stamp Act (1765). They took their name from a phrase used by Isaac Barré in a speech against the Stamp Act...Embargo Act of 1807
(Encyclopedia)Embargo Act of 1807, passed Dec. 22, 1807, by the U.S. Congress in answer to the British orders in council restricting neutral shipping and to Napoleon's restrictive Continental System. The U.S. merch...Tenure of Office Act
(Encyclopedia)Tenure of Office Act, in U.S. history, measure passed on Mar. 2, 1867, by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson; it forbade the President to remove any federal officeholder appointed by a...Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
(Encyclopedia)Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act: see Wilson, William Lyne; Gorman, Arthur Pue. ...Kansas-Nebraska Act
(Encyclopedia)Kansas-Nebraska Act, bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. By 1854 the organization of the vast Platte and Kansas river c...Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
(Encyclopedia)Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), U.S. government program designed to assist economically disadvantaged, unemployed, or underemployed persons. Enacted in 1973, CETA provided block gran...Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(Encyclopedia)Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: see food adulteration. ...Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
(Encyclopedia)Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: see Landrum-Griffin Act. ...Browse by Subject
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