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Civil Rights Act (1964)
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outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment.
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Clean Air Act (1970)
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set requirements for amount of air pollution (left it up to the states home to meet those requirements)
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Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
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prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964[3], which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal.
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National Voter Registration Act or Motor Voter Registration Act (1993)
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This act required state governments to make the voter registration process easier by providing uniform registration services through drivers' license registration centers, disability centers, schools, libraries, and mail-in registration.
wanted to increase voter turn out rates |
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Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (1995)
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law that directed the congressional budget office to identify any bill, amendment, or conference report that would impose a new mandate of more than $50 million on state and local governments
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Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 or Welfare Reform Act
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federal cash assistance to the poor.
In instituting a block grant program, PRWORA granted states the ability to design their own systems, as long as states met a set of basic federal requirements. The bill's primary requirements and effects included: Ending welfare as an entitlement program; Requiring recipients to begin working after two years of receiving benefits; Placing a lifetime limit of five years on benefits paid by federal funds; Aiming to encourage two-parent families and discouraging out-of-wedlock births. |
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No Child Left Behind (2002)
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The law reauthorized a number of federal programs aiming to improve the performance of U.S. primary and secondary schools by increasing the standards of accountability for states, school districts, and schools, as well as providing parents more flexibility in choosing which schools their children will attend. Additionally, it promoted an increased focus on reading
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"Highway act of 1974"
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gas prices went up (supply went down, demand went up)
if a state wanted tranportation $$$ then they had to lower the speed limit to 55 to use less gas |
