Key Legislation to Know for the AP Test
Instructions:
 Discuss reasons for passage of each act and explain the impact of each
 Must be handwritten on Notecards
 On one side put the name of the act and on the other side “reasons for
passage” and “impact.”
1. Affordable Health Care for America Act 2009
2. Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 1967:
3. Air Quality Act (and other related Clean Air Acts), 1960s—1990
4. Alien and Sedition Act 1798
5. Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA) 1990:
6. Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution 2002
7. Budget and Impoundment Control Act, 1974:
8. Civil Rights Act of 1964:
9. Civil Rights Act of 1968:
10. Dodd-Frank 2009
11. Federal Election Campaign Acts, 1971-1974:
12. Freedom of Information Act, 1974
13. Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Bill, 1985
14. Hatch Act, 1939
15. Homeland Security Act 2002
16. McCain-Feingold Bill/Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002
17. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
18. National Voter Registration Bill ("Motor Voter Act"), 1993
19. No Child left Behind Act 2001
20. Pendleton Act
21. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 1996
22. Sedition Act 1918
23. Title IX of Education Act of 1972
24. Unfunded Mandate Reform Act 1995
25. USA Patriot Act 2001
26. Voting Rights Act of 1965
27. War Powers Act, 1973