List of Important Laws, etc. that You SHOULD Know by Now

(They are from your Study Guides)

 

Northwest Ordinance

National Environmental Policy Act (1969)

Virginia Plan

Civil Rights Act of 1957

New Jersey Plan

Equal Pay Act of 1963

The Great Compromise

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Necessary and Proper Clause

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Supremacy Clause

Open Housing Act of 1968 (Title VIII)

Commerce Clause

Higher Education Act of 1972 (Title IX)

Fugitive Slave Clause

Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975)

Clean Air Act (1970)

Voting Rights Act of 1982

Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act (1974)

Civil Rights Act of 1988

Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

Civil Rights and Women’s Equity in Employment Act of 1991

Motor Voter Registration Act (1993)

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (1995)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Welfare Reform Act (1996)

Tax Reform Act of 1986

Voting Rights Act (1965)

Clinton tax plan (1993)

Pendleton Act (1883)

Social Security Act (1935)

Hatch Act (1939)

Medicare (1965)

Federal Election Campaign Act (1974)

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings (1985)

Ethics in Government Act (1978)

Social Security Act (1935)

Lobbyist Disclosure Act (1995)

Medicare and Medicaid

Rule 22

Welfare Reform law (1996)

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act (1974)

National Security Act (1947)

War Powers Act (1973)

Goldwater-Nichols Act (1986)

Independent Counsel law

Clean Air Act (1963)

Presidential Succession Act of 1947

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (1970)

Civil Service Reform Act of 1978

Water Quality Improvement Act (1970)

Whistle Blower Protection Act (1989)

Endangered Species Act (1973)

Freedom of Information Act (1966)