Landmark Legislation
Instructions: Test your knowledge of the most important laws and acts that changed history
- 1.
The Social Security Act, establishing retirement benefits and unemployment insurance in the U.S., was signed in which year?
A1940B1933C1935D1929 - 2.
The National Health Service (NHS) was established in the United Kingdom in which year?
A1945B1948C1960D1952 - 3.
The Homestead Act of 1862 in the U.S. encouraged westward expansion by offering what to settlers?
AFree goldBTax exemptionsCFree landDRailroad tickets - 4.
The Clean Air Act of 1970 in the United States was designed to do what?
AProtect endangered speciesBRegulate water pollutionCControl air pollution on a national levelDEstablish national parks - 5.
Which U.S. law, passed in 1890, was the first federal legislation to limit monopolies and trusts?
AFederal Trade Commission ActBClayton ActCSherman Antitrust ActDRobinson-Patman Act - 6.
The GI Bill, officially the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, provided benefits to veterans of which war?
AKorean WarBVietnam WarCWorld War IIDWorld War I - 7.
India's Right to Information Act, giving citizens the right to access government records, was passed in which year?
A1995B2000C2005D2010 - 8.
The Endangered Species Act in the U.S. was enacted in which year?
A1973B1980C1968D1963 - 9.
The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed by the British Parliament in which year?
A1833B1772C1865D1807 - 10.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in which year?
A1990B1985C1995D2000 - 11.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as 'Obamacare,' was signed into law in which year?
A2008B2009C2012D2010 - 12.
France's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was adopted during which event?
AThe Napoleonic WarsBThe Franco-Prussian WarCThe EnlightenmentDThe French Revolution - 13.
The Indian Constitution, the longest written constitution in the world, came into effect in which year?
A1952B1950C1947D1948 - 14.
The New Deal, a series of programs and reforms during the Great Depression, was introduced by which president?
AFranklin D. RooseveltBHarry TrumanCHerbert HooverDCalvin Coolidge - 15.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 in the U.S. aimed to abolish wage disparity based on what?
ARaceBAgeCSexDReligion