The laws that shaped America fifteen acts of Congress and their lasting impact
Westward expansion : the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Louisiana purchase ratification of 1803 -- Slavery and the territories : Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -- The promise of land : the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Morrill Act of 1862 -- Women gain the right to vote : the nineteenth amendment...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Ney York, NY u.a.
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2009
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Westward expansion : the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Louisiana purchase ratification of 1803 -- Slavery and the territories : Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -- The promise of land : the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Morrill Act of 1862 -- Women gain the right to vote : the nineteenth amendment of 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 G. I. bill of 1944 -- The recovery of western europe : the Marshall plan of 1948 -- Ribbons of highway : the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 -- Assuring equality, guaranteeing democracy : the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and -- The Voting Rights act of 1965 -- The lifeline to 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 530 S. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0415999723 0-415-99972-3 0415999731 0-415-99973-1 0203877586 0-203-87758-6 9780415999724 978-0-415-99972-4 9780415999731 978-0-415-99973-1 9780203877586 978-0-203-87758-6 |