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Table of Contents U.S. Laws, Acts, and Treaties Table of Contents Publisher's Note, ix Contributors, xiii Introduction, by Timothy L. Hall, xxiii Contents by Popular Name, xxix 1700's Declaration of Independence (1776), 1 Articles of Confederation (1781), 4 Treaty of Paris (1783), 9 Fort Stanwix Treaty (1784), 13 Ordinance of 1785, 17 Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty (1786), 21 Northwest Ordinance (1787), 24 U.S. Constitution: History (1787), 28 U.S. Constitution: Provisions (1787), 33 Three-fifths compromise (1787), 39 Judiciary Act of 1789, 41 Bill of Rights (1789), 46 First Amendment (1789), 56 Second Amendment (1789), 61 Third Amendment (1789), 64 Fourth Amendment (1789), 66 Fifth Amendment (1789), 71 Takings clause (1789), 77 Sixth Amendment (1789), 85 Seventh Amendment (1789), 90 Eighth Amendment (1789), 91 Ninth Amendment (1789), 92 Tenth Amendment (1789), 98 Trade and Intercourse Acts (1790-1834), 102 Naturalization Act of 1790, 104 Federal Crimes Act (1790), 105 Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, 106 Jay's Treaty (1794), 110 Eleventh Amendment (1798), 115 Fort Greenville Treaty (1795), 118 Pinckney's Treaty (1795), 123 Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), 127 Sedition Act of 1798, 131 1800-1859 Judiciary Acts of 1801-1925, 136 Treaty of Monfontaine (1801), 141 Black Codes of 1804-1807, 143 Twelfth Amendment (1804), 147 Embargo Acts (1806-1807), 151 Anti-Slave Trade Bill (1807), 153 Fort Wayne Treaty (1809), 157 Horseshoe Bend Treaty (1814), 159 Treaty of Ghent (1814), 160 Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817), 165 Convention of 1818, 167 Adams-Onís Treaty (1819), 169 Missouri Compromise (1820), 173 Land Act of 1820, 178 Monroe Doctrine (1823), 181 Indian Removal Act (1830), 186 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830), 192 Force Act of 1833, 194 Preemption Act (1841), 199 Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842), 202 Treaty of Wang Hiya (1844), 207 Independent Treasury Act (1846), 209 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), 213 Oregon Act (1848), 217 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850), 219 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 221 Compromise of 1850, 225 Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, 228 Pacific Railroad Survey Act (1853), 230 Fort Atkinson Treaty (1853), 235 Treaty of Kanagawa (1854), 236 Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), 240 1860-1899 Confiscation Acts (1861-1862), 244 Homestead Act of 1862, 245 Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, 249 Militia Act (1862), 254 Emancipation Proclamation (1863), 259 National Bank Acts (1863-1864), 261 Freedmen's Bureau Act (1865), 265 Black Codes of 1865, 269 Thirteenth Amendment (1865), 273 Civil Rights Act of 1866, 278 Reconstruction Acts (1867), 280 Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty (1867), 287 Fourteenth Amendment (1868), 291 Burlingame Treaty (1868), 296 Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, 300 Fifteenth Amendment (1870), 302 Ku Klux Klan Acts (1870-1871), 305 Indian Appropriation Act (1871), 306 Treaty of Washington (1871), 310 General Mining Act (1872), 314 Coinage Act (1873), 316 Comstock Act (1873), 320 Page Law (1875), 322 Removal Act (1875), 326 Bland-Allison Act (1878), 327 Jim Crow laws (1880's-1954), 329 Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 331 Indian Offenses Act (1883), 335 Pendleton Act (1883), 336 Major Crimes Act (1885), 340 Electoral Count Act (1887), 341 Interstate Commerce Act (1887), 343 General Allotment Act (1887), 347 Dependent Pension Act (1890), 351 Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), 353 Disfranchisement laws (1890), 358 Morrill Land Grant Act of 1890, 362 Dingley Tariff (1897), 363 Treaty of Paris (1898), 367 1900-1919 Currency Act (1900), 369 Direct democracy laws (1913), 371 Reclamation Act (1902), 375 Platt Amendment (1903), 381 Burke Act (1906), 385 Pure Food and Drugs Act (1906), 387 Gentlemen's Agreement (1907), 391 Opium Exclusion Act (1909), 396 Copyright Act of 1909, 397 Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act (1909), 403 Mann Act (1910), 409 Panama Canal Act (1912), 412 Sixteenth Amendment (1913), 414 Migratory Bird Act (1913), 415 Seventeenth Amendment (1913), 419 Alien land laws (1913), 421 Federal Reserve Act (1913), 425 Federal Trade Commission Act (1914), 430 Clayton Antitrust Act (1914), 432 Harrison Narcotic Drug Act (1914), 434 National Defense Act (1916), 435 National Park Service Organic Act (1916), 440 Immigration Act of 1917, 446 Jones Act (1917), 448 Espionage Acts (1917-1918), 451 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918), 454 Eighteenth Amendment (1919), 460 Treaty of Versailles (1919), 464 Motor Vehicle Theft Act (1919), 469 1920-1929 Mineral Leasing Act (1920), 470 Federal Power Act of 1920, 476 Nineteenth Amendment (1920), 478 Immigration Act of 1921, 483 Sheppard-Towner Act (1921), 489 Cable Act (1922), 494 Equal Rights Amendment (1923-1983), 495 World War Adjusted Compensation Act (1924), 499 Immigration Act of 1924, 501 Indian Citizenship Act (1924), 505 Oil Pollution Act of 1924, 509 Halibut Treaty (1924), 514 Federal Corrupt Practices Act (1925), 518 Geneva Protocol (1925), 524 Air Commerce Act (1926), 530 Railway Labor Act (1926), 534 McFadden Act (1927), 541 Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), 547 Agricultural Marketing Act (1929), 551 1930-1939 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930), 556 Hoover-Stimson Doctrine (1932), 562 Norris-La Guardia Act (1932), 565 Twentieth Amendment (1933), 571 Hundred Days legislation (1933), 573 Good Neighbor Policy (1933-1945), 578 Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933), 582 Banking Act of 1933, 590 National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), 596 Twenty-first Amendment (1933), 601 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (1934), 603 Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934), 606 Anti-Racketeering Act of 1934, 610 Securities Exchange Act (1934), 612 National Firearms Act (1934) and Federal Firearms Act (1938), 619 Indian Reorganization Act (1934), 620 Communications Act (1934), 625 Federal Credit Union Act (1934), 630 Taylor Grazing Act (1934), 636 National Labor Relations Act (1935), 638 Social Security Act (1935), 642 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (1935), 647 Banking Act of 1935, 651 Neutrality Acts (1935-1939), 657 Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act (1936), 662 Oklahoma Welfare Act (1936), 668 Reciprocal Trade Act of 1936, 670 Marihuana Tax Act (1937), 674 Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (1937), 675 Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (1937), 681 Wheeler-Lea Act (1938), 685 Foreign Agents Registration Act (1938), 691 Natural Gas Act (1938), 693 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938), 699 Fair Labor Standards Act (1938), 704 Hatch Act (1939), 709 1940-1949 Smith Act (1940), 711 Ogdensburg Agreement (1940), 714 Lend-Lease Act (1941), 719 Executive Order 8802 (1941), 723 Emergency Price Control Act (1942), 728 Immigration Act of 1943, 736 G.I. Bill (1944), 740 Bretton Woods Agreement (1944), 744 Yalta Conference agreements (1945), 750 War Brides Act (1945), 753 Employment Act (1946), 757 Hobbs Act (1946), 761 Federal Tort Claims Act (1946), 763 Truman Doctrine (1947), 764 Labor-Management Relations Act (1947), 769 Presidential Succession Act of 1947, 772 National Security Act (1947), 774 Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (1948), 778 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1947, 780 Water Pollution Control Act of 1948, 785 Genocide Treaty (1948), 790 North Atlantic Treaty (1949), 792 1950-1959 Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act (1950), 797 Internal Security Act (1950), 799 Celler-Kefauver Act (1950), 800 Twenty-second Amendment (1951), 806 Tripartite Security Treaty (1952), 808 U.S.-Japanese Treaty (1952), 810 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 812 Termination Resolution (1953), 815 Refugee Relief Act (1953), 820 Public Law 280 (1953), 824 Communist Control Act (1954), 826 Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 828 Formosa Resolution (1955), 834 Air Pollution Control Act (1955), 839 Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1956, 844 Eisenhower Doctrine (1957), 849 Price-Anderson Act (1957), 853 Niagara Power Act (1957), 859 Jencks Act (1957), 861 Civil Rights Act of 1957, 863 National Defense Education Act (1958), 865 Food Additives Amendment (1958), 867 Landrum-Griffin Act (1959), 874 1960-1969 Civil Rights Act of 1960, 875 Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act (1960), 879 Hazardous Substances Labeling Act (1960), 886 Communications Act Amendments (1960), 891 Twenty-third Amendment (1961), 896 Antarctic Treaty (1961), 898 Housing Act of 1961, 901 Kefauver-Harris Amendment (1962), 903 Equal Pay Act (1963), 909 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963), 913 Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act (1963), 921 Clean Air Act (1963), 926 Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964), 928 Executive Order 11141 (1964), 929 U.S.-Soviet Consular Treaty (1967), 931 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 933 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 937 Water Resources Research Act (1964), 939 Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964), 942 Economic Opportunity Act (1964), 944 Interest Equalization Tax Act (1964), 946 National Arts and Cultural Development Act (1964), 952 Wilderness Act (1964), 954 Older Americans Act (1965), 956 Medicare and Medicaid Amendments (1965), 959 Highway Beautification Act (1965), 966 Voting Rights Act of 1965, 970 Housing and Urban Development Act (1965), 976 Executive Orders 11246 and 11375 (1965, 1967), 980 Clean Water Act and Amendments (1965ff.), 981 Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965, 985 Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act (1965), 989 Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, 992 Higher Education Act (1965), 995 Cigarette Warning Label Act (1966), 997 Freedom of Information Act (1966), 1002 Animal Welfare Act (1966), 1009 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966), 1014 Endangered Species Preservation Act (1966), 1016 Twenty-fifth Amendment (1967), 1020 Outer Space Treaty (1967), 1022
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