List of Important Laws, etc. that You SHOULD Know by Now Northwest Ordinance Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan The Great Compromise Fourteenth Amendment Medicare Act Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) National Registration Act (1993) (Motor Voter) The Johnson Act (1924) Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1986 The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Pendleton Act (1883) Hatch Act (1939) Federal Election Campaign Act (1974) Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2002) National Environmental Policy Act (1969) Rule 22 War Powers Resolution/Act (1973) Welfare Reform Act (1996) Tax Reform Act of 1986 The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) Social Security Act (1935) Medicaid No Child Left Behind (2001) Clean Air Act (1963)(1970)(1977)(1990) Endangered Species Act (1973) Help America Vote Act 2002 Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 The Indian Citizenship Act 1924 Social Security Act 1935 Immigration Act of 1965 Violence Against Women Act 1994 Medicare Modernization Act 2003 Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act Whistle Blower Protection Act (1989) Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Higher Education Act of 1972 (Title IX) Family and Medical Leave Act (1993) Freedom of Information Act (1966) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)