| A | B |
|---|
| Civil Rights Act | laws created to ban discrimination |
| Equal Rights Amendment | sought to guarantee women equal rights but failed |
| Espionage and Sedition Acts | two laws that imposed harsh penalties against persons interfering with or speaking against the US |
| Interstate Commerce Act | set up to regulate railroads to ensure legal practices |
| Magna Carta | {1215} limited the power of the English kings not to take property or imprison without cause |
| Monroe Doctrine | no more European imperialism; European attemts to colonize South America is a threat to the US |
| New Deal | FDR's series of laws to get people and businesses back to work during the Depression |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | law that divided territory into small areas & set up admission to union procedures |
| Prohibition | law passed to ban the sale, consumption and purchase of alcohol after WWI |
| War Powers Act of 1973 | limited the power of the President to send troops overseas without Congress approving |
