The laws that shaped america
Subtitle: fifteen acts of congress and their lasting impact
By: by Dennis W. Johnson.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9780415999724; 9780415999731; 9780203877586
Subjects: Law -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Westward expansion : the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Louisiana purchase ratification of 1803; title: Slavery and the territories : Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854; title: The promise of land : the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Morrill Act of 1862; title: Women gain the right to vote : the nineteenth amendment of 1919; title: Protecting the working family : the National Labor Relations Act of 1935; title: The grand contract : the Social Security Act of 1935; title: The promise to America's veterans : the G. I. bill of 1944; title: The recovery of western europe : the Marshall plan of 1948; title: Ribbons of highway : the Interstate Highway Act of 1956; title: Assuring equality, guaranteeing democracy : the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and; title: The Voting Rights act of 1965; title: The lifeline to the elderly and poor : the Medicare and Medicaid act of 1965; title: Protecting the environment : the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; title: The laws that shaped America.