Government Regulations

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Prohibited the merging and the ability for businesses to combine
  • War Revenue Act of 1917

    Increased income tax rates while lowering exemptions
  • 18th Amendement (Prohibition)

    Outlawed the sale of alcoholic beverages
  • Federal Home Loan Bank Act

    Decreased Cost of home ownership
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock.
  • Federal Credit Union Act

    The purpose of the law was to make credit available and promote thrift through a national system of nonprofit, cooperative credit unions
  • Marijuana Tax Act of 1937

    An Act to impose an occupational excise tax upon certain dealers in marijuana, to impose a transfer tax upon certain dealings in marijuana, and to safeguard the revenue there from by registry and recording
  • Marshall Plan

    The American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave $17 billion in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II.
  • Federal Unemployment Tax Act

    imposes a federal employer tax used to help fund state workforce agencies.
  • Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

    Authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System
  • Equal Pay Act of 1963

    Aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex
  • Equal Pay Act of 1963

    aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex