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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
(Encyclopedia) Sherman Silver Purchase Act, 1890, passed by the U.S. Congress to supplant the Bland-Allison Act of 1878. It not only required the U.S. government to purchase nearly twice as much…land-grant colleges and universities
(Encyclopedia) land-grant colleges and universities, U.S. institutions benefiting from the provisions of the Morrill Act (1862), which gave to the states federal lands for the establishment of…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…State of the Union Address: Theodore Roosevelt (December 2, 1902)
Theodore Roosevelt (December 2, 1902) To the Senate and House of Representatives: We still continue in a period of unbounded prosperity. This prosperity is not the creature of law, but undoubtedly…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.Trending
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