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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