NASA
Keeping Nine Eyes on the Weather
Take a look at climate change from another angle. Readers learn about the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite and how it studies Earth. Pupils experience how the multiple cameras give scientists multiple views so they can better study...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Enabling Act
Yad Vashem provides information on the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933, which gave Hitler's government dictatorial powers for four year.
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Read about the struggle Franklin D. Roosevelt had in trying to get the Fair Labor Standards Act passed. With public support, he continued to push the ideas presented in the law until it finally was enacted into law.
Other
Zorza Associates: The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
This lengthy article in the Fordham Urban Law Journal gives a history of Uniform Child Custody legislation and shows how the most recent, the Enforcement Act, affects women and children.
Other
Twenty First Century Associates: Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
This site gives advice to debt collectors on practices that are legal or illegal under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.
Other
Indigenous Corporate Training, Canada: Bill C 31; An Indian Act Amendment
From 1869 until 1985 (116 years), if an Indian woman married a non-Indian man, she and the children of the marriage were denied Indian status. In 1985, the Indian Act was amended by the passage of Bill C-31 to remove discrimination...
US Department of State
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
Provides a look at the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, otherwise known as The McCarran-Walter Act, and the political debate surrounding it.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Interstate Commerce Act
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes The Interstate Commerce Act that passed in 1887. Its purpose was to regulate railroad rates across states, and it mandated the formation of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Homestead Act and the Exodusters
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave free land to Americans willing to improve it, regardless of race, sex, or nation of origin.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Townshend Acts and Committees of Correspondence
An overview of the Townshend Acts and Committees of Correspondence during American colonial times.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Taxation Without Representation Uproar Over the Stamp Act
An overview of the American colonist reaction to the Stamp Act.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress
An overview of the American colonists response to the Intolerable Acts and how it began to unify the colonists.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
Provides a summary and interesting facts about the Alien and Sedition Acts that were laws relating to the rights of immigrants and free speech.
BBC
Bbc: Queen's Christmas Message: 'Small Acts of Goodness' Inspire
"Acts of goodness" can inspire even though the world's problems can seem too big to change, the Queen says in her Christmas message.
Other
Iww: The Basic Labor Laws: The Norris La Guardia Act (1932)
A short history of the Norris-LaGuardia Act with respect to labor history.
NOAA
Noaa: Fisheries: Coral Reefs and the Endangered Species Act [Pdf]
Explore a comprehensive petition regarding the legal preservation of coral reefs and learn how the U.S. Endangered Species Act works to protect the reefs. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Our Responsibilities Under the Safe Drinking Water Act
This 1975 article describes the legislation that was passed to regulate the safety of drinking water.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Wagner Act
Provides interesting facts and information about the 1935 Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act), a New Deal reform that guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and to bargain collectively.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Enforcement Acts
The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was to implement and extend the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution to all citizens and protect ex-slaves from violence carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Taft Hartley Act
Important information and fun facts about the 1947 Taft Hartley Act, a major revision of the 1935 Wagner Act.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Immigration Act of 1924
A comprehensive summary with interesting facts about the Immigration Act of 1924 that used national origin quotas as a permanent basis for U.S. immigration policy.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Volstead Act
Comprehensive summary provides facts and information that relates how the Volstead Act, or National Prohibition Act, was enacted to enforce the 18th amendment on Prohibition.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Homestead Act
The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to shape the future of the Western regions of the United States by taming the region by populating the area with farmers. This article provides an overview of this important political incident...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Usa Patriot Act
The USA Patriot Act is an anti-terrorism law allowing federal officials greater authority in tracking and intercepting communications. The acronym 'U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T.' stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing...
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