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Medicare and Medicaid Acts
Country: United States, Year: 1965, Significance: Programs that provide health coverage to the elderly (Medicare) and to low-income families and individuals (Medicaid).
The Patriot Act
Country: United States, Year: 2001, Significance: Expanded the authority of American law enforcement for the stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States and abroad.
No Child Left Behind Act
Country: United States, Year: 2001, Significance: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included measures to close the achievement gap between students.
One-Child Policy
Country: China, Year: 1979, Significance: A government policy to control population growth by limiting families to one child, often enforced by financial incentives and other means.
Civil Rights Act
Country: United States, Year: 1964, Significance: Landmark legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public.
Social Security Act
Country: United States, Year: 1935, Significance: A social welfare legislative act which created the Social Security system, providing financial aid to the elderly, the unemployed, and people with disabilities.
Apartheid
Country: South Africa, Year: 1948-1994, Significance: A policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the National Party government.
Homestead Act
Country: United States, Year: 1862, Significance: Authorized the transfer of 160 acres of public land to each settler, after five years of residence and the improvement of the land, to encourage westward expansion.
GI Bill
Country: United States, Year: 1944, Significance: Provided veterans of the Second World War funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing.
Welfare Reform Act
Country: United States, Year: 1996, Significance: Changed the nation's welfare system by encouraging work and raising children in married-couple families.
Affordable Care Act
Country: United States, Year: 2010, Significance: Also known as 'Obamacare', aimed to lower health care costs, provide more health care access, and improve the quality of health care.
Marshall Plan
Country: United States (for Europe), Year: 1948, Significance: An American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the U.S. gave over
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act
Country: United States, Year: 2010, Significance: Ended the U.S. military's policy banning openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals from serving, known as 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'.
New Deal
Country: United States, Year: 1933-1939, Significance: A series of programs and reforms to recover from the Great Depression.
Beveridge Report
Country: United Kingdom, Year: 1942, Significance: This report led to the establishment of a welfare state and the National Health Service post-World War II.
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