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Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
(Encyclopedia) Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, 1909, passed by the U.S. Congress. It was the first change in tariff laws since the Dingley Act of 1897; the issue had been ignored by President Theodore…Women's Suffrage: The Story of Iowa
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Story of OhioWoman Suffrage by Federal AmendmentThe Story of IowaThe woman suffrage campaign in Iowa is remarkable for what it failed…Immigration Milestones
A Nation of Immigrants The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. The first wave of immigrants to colonial America, from England, France, Germany, and other northern European countries, were fleeing…Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
(Encyclopedia) Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, 1930, passed by the U.S. Congress; it brought the U.S. tariff to the highest protective level yet in the history of the United States. President Hoover desired…Stamp Act Congress
(Encyclopedia) Stamp Act Congress: see under Stamp Act.Clarendon Code
(Encyclopedia) Clarendon Code, 1661–65, group of English statutes passed after the Restoration of Charles II to strengthen the position of the Church of England. The Corporation Act (1661) required…Silver Purchase Act
(Encyclopedia) Silver Purchase Act: see Sherman Silver Purchase Act.Wages and Hours Act
(Encyclopedia) Wages and Hours Act: see Fair Labor Standards Act.Presidential Records Act
(Encyclopedia) Presidential Records Act: see under Freedom of Information Act.Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
(Encyclopedia) Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: see Landrum-Griffin Act.Trending
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