US-LEAP REVIEW- Famous Laws

(HINT: Assimilation) Authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots. Only those Indians who accepted the individual allotments were allowed to become US citizens.

• The Homestead Act (1862)

• The Dawes Act (1887)

• Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)

• Hatch Act (1887)

• Pacific Railroad Acts (1862/1864)

Law that gave 160 acres to anyone 21 or older (even women & blacks) who could farm the land for a certain # of years.

• The Homestead Act (1862)

• The Dawes Act (1887)

• Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)

• Hatch Act (1887)

• Pacific Railroad Acts (1862/1864)

The purpose of this funding is to conduct agricultural research programs at state agricultural experiment stations. Purpose: increase food supply

• The Homestead Act (1862)

• The Dawes Act (1887)

• Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)

• Hatch Act (1887)

• Pacific Railroad Acts (1862/1864)

Provided each state with thousands of acres of Federal land. The land was then sold by the states and the proceeds used to fund public colleges that focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts.

• The Homestead Act (1862)

• The Dawes Act (1887)

• Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)

• Hatch Act (1887)

• Pacific Railroad Acts (1862/1864)

Provided federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States.

• The Homestead Act (1862)

• The Dawes Act (1887)

• Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)

• Hatch Act (1887)

• Pacific Railroad Acts (1862/1864)

Federal law that regulated railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. *Required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but didn't empower the government to fix specific rates.

• Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

• McKinley Tariff (1980)

• Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

• Hepburn Act (1906)

• Keating-Owen Act (1916)

Child labor law. Prohibited sale of goods produced by factories that employed children under 14, mines, and any facility where children under 14 worked after 7:00 p.m. or more than eight hours daily

• Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

• McKinley Tariff (1980)

• Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

• Hepburn Act (1906)

• Keating-Owen Act (1916)

Which TWO laws dealt with railroads?

*the 1st major industry to be heavily regulated by the federal govt

*the industry in the crosshairs of the Populist Party

• Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

• McKinley Tariff (1980)

• Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

• Hepburn Act (1906)

• Keating-Owen Act (1916)

This increased average duties (tax on foreign imports) across all imports from 38% to 49.5% in an attempt to protect American manufacturing interests.

• Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

• McKinley Tariff (1980)

• Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

• Hepburn Act (1906)

• Keating-Owen Act (1916)

Law that sought to end all monopolies and increase competition among American businesses. (HINT: Will be replaced later by the stronger Clayton Act)

• Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

• McKinley Tariff (1980)

• Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

• Hepburn Act (1906)

• Keating-Owen Act (1916)