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| 1811 | Madison, James |  |
| 2nd Feb The USApasses the Non-Intercourse Act against British commerce |
| 1830 | Jackson, Andrew | |
| 29th April Washington The Preemption Act offers settlers $1.25 an acre |
| 29th April Washington The Preemption Act offers settlers cultivating land $1.25 an acre |
| 1832 | Jackson, Andrew | |
| 17th June Washington A Tariff Act is passed favouring Northern manafacturers over Southern cotton growers |
| 24th Nov The Sth Carolina Convention passes an ordinance repealing the Tariff Acts of '28 & '32 |
| 1837 | Buren, Martin van | |
| 25th Aug Washington Passes the Independent Treasury Act to help deal with a financial crisis |
| 1882 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Enacts the 1st Federal immigration law |
| 1883 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Congress passes the Penleton Act, opens up the civil service to open competition |
| 16th Jan Signs the Tariff Act, raises rates |
| 1894 | Cleveland, Grover | |
| 27th Aug Washington Wilson Gormon Tariff Act, 1st graduated income tax |
| 27th Aug Wilson Gormon Tariff Act, passed without Cleveland's signature |
| 1898 | McKinley, William | |
| The Supreme Court rules that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants is a USAcitizen, and therefore could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act |
| 1913 | Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| 3rd Oct Washington The Underwood Tariff Act reduces duties on commodities |
| 3rd Oct Washington The Underwood Tariff Act reduces duties where USAgoods control the market |
| 1915 | Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| 12th Jan Washington The USAHouse of Representatives rejected a proposal to give woment the vote |
| 1921 | Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| Washington Wants return to "normalcy", favors protective tariffs & high taxes on war profits |
| 19th May Washington Emergency Quota Act, restricts immigration to 3% of the nationality within the US |
| 27th May Washington Emergency Tariff Act, increases duties on farm products & other goods |
| 10th June Washington Budget & Accounting Act, creates the Bureau of the Budget & Manual Accounting Office |
| 1922 | Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| 6th Feb Washington Provides for a 10 year moratorium on building large vessels |
| 18th Feb Harding signs the Capper-Volstead Act, exempting the farmers from federal antitrust laws permitting them to share prices and orchestrate supply |
| 27th Feb The Supreme Court unanimously upholds the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that guaranteed the right of women to vote |
| 7th Oct Washington A supreme court decision to ban alcohol at sea is approved by President Harding |
| 1928 | Hoover, Herbert Clerk | |
| 27th Aug Paris War is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully |
| 1928 | Kellog, Frank | |
| 26th Sep An act formulated by the League of Nations embodying the Pact is signed by 23 nations |
| 1933 | Long, Huey | |
| July Tries to stop the National Indus trial Recovery Bill by talking for 15hrs but fails |
| 1933 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 16th June The National Recovery Act is passed by Congress |
| 1934 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 26th June Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions |
| 1937 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 24th May Congress Approves Roosevelt's Social Security Act |
| 1939 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 4th Nov Washington Signs an amendment to the Neutrality Act |
| 1940 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 2nd Sep Washington Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases |
| 16th Sep Washington Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription |
| 1941 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 19th Dec The Selective Service Act requires all men aged 18-64 register, men aged 20-44 are liable to conscription |
| 1964 | King, Martin Luther | |
| Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing segregation in public accommodations and discrimination in education and employment |
| 1965 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Aug President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations |
| 1965 | King, Martin Luther | |
| Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting |
| 1993 | Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| Signs the Brady Bill, which imposes a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases so that background checks can be done to help keep handguns away from criminals |
| Signs the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which requires large employers to allow their employees to take unpaid leave because of pregnancy or serious medical condition |
| Signs the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act which passes Congress without a single Republican vote, it raises taxes on the wealthiest 1.2% , while cutting taxes on 15 million low-earners |
| 1994 | Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| 13th Sep Signs the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, includes banning the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic "assault weapons" |
| 1996 | Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| 1st Feb Signs the Communications Decency Act, attempts to regulate both indecency (when available to children) and obscenity in cyberspace |
| 8th Feb Signs the Telecom Reform Act, Congress forces local telephone companies to share their lines with competitors at regulated rates |
| 20th Aug Signs the Minimum wage Increase Act |
| 22nd Aug Clinton signs the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, which includes time limits for welfare, work requirements, and assistance for people transitioning to work |
| 1998 | Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| 31st Oct Congress made findings of past Iraqi military actions in violation of International Law and that Iraq had denied entry of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors into its country |
| 31st Oct Signs Iraq Liberation Act, it becomes USAPolicy to support "regime change" in Iraq |
| 31st Oct The Act anticipates the future need for War Crimes Tribunals in Iraq |
| 31st Oct The stated purpose is: "to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq" |
