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The laws that shaped America : fifteen acts of Congress and their lasting impact / Dennis W. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Dennis W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--History.
- Law.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 530 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- Westward expansion : the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Louisiana Purchase Ratification of 1803
- Slavery and the territories : the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
- The promise of land : the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862
- Women's right to vote : the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1919)
- Protecting the working family : the National Labor Relations Act of 1935
- The grand contract : the Social Security Act of 1935
- The promise to America's veterans : the GI bill of 1944
- The recovery of Western Europe : the Marshall Plan of 1948
- Ribbons of highway : the Interstate Highway Act of 1956
- Justice, equality, and democracy's promise : the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Medical care for the elderly and poor : the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965
- Protecting the environment : the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
- The laws that shaped America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-508) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415999724
- 0415999723
- 9780415999731
- 0415999731
- 9780203877586
- 0203877586
- OCLC:
- 303936708
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