https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf Large number of congressional acts. Pay attention to how the act affected the relationship between state governments and the federal government en-us 2017-04-12 17:18:06 UTC 2025-12-23 18:42:01 UTC hello@padlet.com jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166137162 - Enforced the 14th amendment. 
- Ended Jim Crow Segregation. 
- Prohibited discrimination in employment. 
- Upheld by supreme court on the grounds that segregation affected interstate commerce. 
- Created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to monitor and enforce protections against job discrimination ]]> 2017-04-12 17:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166137162 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166139765 - Outlawed literacy tests and other discriminatory practices that had been responsible for disenfranchising African American voters.
- Provided for federal oversight of voters registration in areas with a history of discriminatory voting practices.
- Improves the voter registration disparity between whites and African Americans.

]]> 2017-04-12 17:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166139765 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166232342 -Increased the power of federal government relative to the power of state governments.
-Established national air quality standards.
- Required states to administer the new standards.
-Included a provision allowing private citizens to bring lawsuits against corporations that violated the act.

]]> 2017-04-13 12:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166232342 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166236465 -Give congress a greater voice in presidential decisions committing military forces to hostile situations overseas.
- Requires president to notify congress within 48 hours of deploying troops. 
- Requires president to bring troops withing 60-90 days unless congress extends time ]]> 2017-04-13 12:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166236465 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166236987 - Help congress regain powers previously lost by executive branch 
- Created the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to evaluate president's budget 
- Established a budget process that includes setting overall levels of revenues and expenditures. 

]]> 2017-04-13 12:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166236987 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166237893 - Created Federal Election Commission
- Tightened reporting requirements for campaign contributions
- Provided full public financing for major party candidates in the general election   ]]> 2017-04-13 13:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166237893 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166238448 -Increased power of federal govt. relative to the power of the states.
- Requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations"  for the people with disabilities. 
-Prohibits discrimination against with disabilities in employment 
- Extends the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 people with physical or mental disabilities ]]> 2017-04-13 13:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166238448 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166239520 -Increased power of the states relative to the federal government.
- Replaced the Aid to families with Dependent Children program with block grants to the state.
- Illustrated the process of devolution by giving states greater discretion to determine how to implement the federal goal of transferring people from welfare to work's. ]]> 2017-04-13 13:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166239520 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166240497 - Requires states to set standards and measurable goals that can improve individuals outcomes in education.
- Requires states to develop assessments in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades.
- Represents a dramatic expansion of the federal role in education ]]> 2017-04-13 13:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166240497 jenlab9715 https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166241302 - Expands the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism.
- Authorized searches of a home or business without the owners or the occupant permission or knowledge.
- Increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications. medical, financial, and other records.  ]]> 2017-04-13 13:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jenlab9715/adu98fjydegf/wish/166241302