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It states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen and all states must grant citizens the same rights guaranteed by the federal government in the Bill of Rights. -
The act allowed the federal government to initiate proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them. -
The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation laws were not against the U.S. Constitution as long as the establishments for each race were equal in quality, "separate but equal". -
The act prohibited the sale of misbranded or contaminated food and drugs in interstate commerce. -
Gives Congress the power to collect income taxes from individuals and corporations. -
It was a US economic program by the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1939. -
The plan provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development and restoration postwar Europe. -
The Supreme Court decision that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. -
It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
It was ruled that a state law that banned abortion was unconstitutional. The decision stated that a woman's right to privacy was outstretched to the fetus that she was carrying. -
The act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, and communications. -
The act authorizes the U.S. Attorney General to make grants for the training of State and local law enforcement personnel and for demonstration and other projects designed to improve State and local agencies charged with law enforcement and related responsibilities. The act's overall goal is to improve and strengthen crime control programs. -
It held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved. It did not allow for other students to be left behind in their education. -
Terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes in the United States. Two planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing both towers to collapse. -
It is a stand-alone, Cabinet-level department to further coordinate and unify national homeland security efforts, opening its doors on March 1, 2003.