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Licensed to:
740–741; NAFTA
opposition by, 865–866;
New Deal policies
impacting, 677, 683–685;
political involvement
of, 731; post-World
War II regulation of,
740–741; strengthening
of, 479–480; wartime,
604–605, 718
Ladd, William, 284
Laden, Osama bin, 871
Lafayette, Marquis de, 117,
129
La Follette, Robert M., 569,
580, 653
La Follette Seaman’s Act
(1915), 589, 647
Lahiri, Jhumpa, 897
Laird rams, 386
Laissez-faire economic policies,
450–451, 471–472,
604, 645–647
Lake Bonneville, 4
Lakotas (Sioux), 24–25, 255,
513, 515, 517
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, 494
Lancaster Turnpike, 268
Land Act (1820), 217
Land-grant colleges, 496
Landon, Alfred M., 685–686
Land Ordinance (1785),
150–151
Land policies, 149–151, 217,
366, 392, 459–460, 496,
519–520, 574–575
Landrum-Griffi n Act
(1959), 783
Laos, 793–794
La Salle, Robert de, 16, 91
Th e Last of the Mohicans
(Cooper), 292
Latin America. See Central
America
Latinos, 890–892, 897. See
also Immigration: Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican
Latter-Day Saints, Church
of Jesus Christ of,
279–280, 521
Laud, William, 37
Laws. See Legislation
Lawson, Th omas W., 564
Lawyers, 74, 823
Lazarus, Emma, 492
League of Nations, 614–619,
648, 653, 663–664,
697–698, 753
League of Women Voters, 668
Lease, Mary Elizabeth, 530
Leatherstocking Tales (Cooper),
292
Leaves of Grass (Whitman),
293–294, 500
Lebanon, 783, 845–846, 848
LeCompton Constitution, 361
Lee, Ann, 288
Lee, Richard Henry, 128,
160, 161
Lee, Robert E., 334, 369,
382, 397, 399–400, 403,
410–411
Lee, Spike, 897
Legislation: Act of Toleration
(1649), 27; Adamson Act
(1916), 589; Adjusted
Compensation Act (1924),
647; Agricultural Adjustment
Act (1933), 674;
Agricultural Adjustment
Act (1938), 679;
Agricultural Marketing
Act (1929), 657; Aldrich-
Vreeland Act (1908), 576;
Alien Laws (1798), 183–
184, 192; Americans with
Disabilities Act (1990),
857; Brady Bill (1993),
863; Capper-Volstead Act
(1921), 652; Carey Act
(1894), 574; China trade
bill (2000), 867; Chinese
Exclusion Act (1882),
413, 447; Civil Rights
Act (1875), 445; Civil
Rights Act (1957), 777;
Civil Rights Act (1964),
800–801; Civil Rights Bill
(1866), 424–425; Clayton
Anti-Trust Act (1914),
588; Clean Air Act (1970),
825; Compromise Tariff
(1833), 238–239; criminal
syndicalism laws, 623;
Dawes Severalty Act
(1887), 517; defi cit-reduction
(1993), 863; Desert
Land Act (1877), 574;
Dingley Tariff Bill (1897),
536; Divorce Bill, 246–
247; Education Amendments,
Title IX (1972),
831; Electoral Count Act
(1877), 445; Elkins Act
(1903), 572; Embargo Act
(1807), 201–202; Emergency
Banking Relief Act
(1933), 673; Emergency
Quota Act (1921), 625;
Employment Act (1946),
741; Endangered Species
Act (1973), 825; environmental
protection, 825;
Esch-Cummins Transportation
Act (1920), 646;
Espionage Act (1917),
603; Fair Labor Standards
Act (1938), 685; Family
Leave Bill (1993), 887;
Federal Emergency Relief
Act (1933), 674; Federal
Farm Loan Act (1916),
589; Federal Highway Act
(1956), 778–779; Federal
Reserve Act (1913), 576,
588; Federal Securities Act
(1933), 680; Federal Trade
Commission Act (1914),
588; Foraker Act (1900),
548; Force Acts (1870
and 1871), 431; Force Bill
(1833), 238–239; Fordney-
McCumber Tariff Law
(1922), 649–650; Forest
Reserve Act (1891), 574;
Frazier-Lemke Farm
Bankruptcy Act (1934),
680; Fugitive Slave Law
(1850), 346–347, 348–349,
355; Glass-Steagall Banking
Reform Act (1933),
673; Gold Standard Act
(1900), 536–537; Great
Society, 801, 803–807;
gun-control, 863; Hatch
Act (1887), 496; Hatch
Act (1939), 688–689;
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
(1930), 658; Helms-
Burton Act (1996), 784;
Hepburn Act (1906), 572;
Homestead Act (1862),
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