Geographical Location - Washington, D.C.

  1. Congress Prohibits Immigration of Illiterates Over Age Sixteen
  2. Congress Prohibits Marine Plastics Dumping
  3. Congress Protects Coasts and Marine Sanctuaries
  4. Congress Protects Scenic Areas
  5. Congress Ratifies the National Council on Indian Opportunity
  6. Congress Recognizes the Bureau of Land Management
  7. Congress Reduces Federal Farm Subsidies and Price Supports
  8. Congress Rejects President Clinton’s Health Plan
  9. Congress Requires Bilingual Elections to Protect Minority Rights
  10. Congress Requires Cigarette Warning Labels
  11. Congress Requires Premarket Clearance for Products
  12. Congress Responds to Demands of Persons with Disabilities
  13. Congress Restricts Immigration with 1924 Legislation
  14. Congress Revises the Water Pollution Control Act
  15. Congress Sets Standards for Chemical Additives in Food
  16. Congress Strengthens Water Laws
  17. Congress Updates Copyright Law in 1909
  18. Congress Votes to Admit Women to the Armed Services Academies
  19. A Congressional Act Redirects the Forest Service
  20. Consumer Product Safety Commission Bans Lead Paints
  21. Controversy Arises over Estrogen and Heart Attacks
  22. CORE Stages the “Journey of Reconciliation”
  23. The Corrupt Practices Act Limits Political Contributions
  24. Cuban Missile Crisis
  25. The Danbury Hatters Decision Constrains Secondary Boycotts
  26. Dawes Plan
  27. Defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment
  28. Defense Cutbacks Devastate the U.S. Aerospace Industry
  29. Defense Missile Fails Test and Clinton Shelves System Development
  30. Dingley Tariff
  31. Discrimination in Accommodations is Forbidden by the U.S. Supreme Court
  32. Dollar Diplomacy
  33. Earth Day 1970
  34. Egypt and Israel Sign Peace Treaty
  35. Eisenhower Begins the Food for Peace Program
  36. Eisenhower Doctrine
  37. Emancipation Proclamation
  38. Environmental Protection Agency Bans Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
  39. The Environmental Protection Agency Is Created
  40. Environmentalists Defeated in Sierra Club v. Morton
  41. The EPA Is Empowered to Regulate Toxic Chemicals
  42. Equal Credit Opportunity Act
  43. Equal Employment Opportunity Act
  44. Equal Pay Act
  45. The Equal Pay Act Becomes Law
  46. The Equal Rights Amendment Passes Congress but Fails to be Ratified
  47. Espionage and Sedition Acts
  48. Executive Order 8802
  49. Expansion of Affirmative Action
  50. Fair Housing Act