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The Oregon Donation Land Claim Act was passed in 1850 and allowed white settlers to claim 320 acres or 640 to married couples between 1850 and 1855 when the act was repealed. Before it was repealed in 1855, the land was sold for $1.25 per acre. [ 15 ]
The Southern Claims Commission (SCC) was an organization of the executive branch of the United States government from 1871 to 1880, created under President Ulysses S. Grant. Its purpose was to allow Union sympathizers who had lived in the Southern states during the American Civil War , 1861–1865, to apply for reimbursements for property ...
An Act to accept a cession of the claims of the state of North Carolina to a certain district of Western Territory. Sess. 2, ch. 6 1 Stat. 106 (chapter 6) 7: April 10, 1790: Patents for Useful Inventions. An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts. (Patent Act of 1790) Sess. 2, ch. 7 1 Stat. 109: 8: April 15, 1790
Railway Labor Act of 1926; Norris–La Guardia Act of 1932; Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader, 310 U.S. 469 (1940) United States v. Hutcheson, 312 US 219 (1941) National Industrial Recovery Act 1933, declared unconstitutional; National Labor Relations Act of 1935; National Labor Relations Board v.
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On June 13, 1850, [7] in response to the difficulties faced by African Americans in joining existing labor unions and as part of a wave of efforts towards black economic self-sufficiency and cooperation, [8] [9] several noted social reformers and black activists met at the Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church at the intersection of Leonard Street and Church Street to establish the ...
The Wages and Hours (later Fair Labor Standards) Act is passed, banning child labor and setting the 40-hour work week. [40] The Act went into effect in October 1940, and was upheld in the Supreme Court on 3 February 1941. 1939 (United States) Chrysler Auto Strike occurred. [40] Flint Sit-Down Strike window 1939 (United States)