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Date Passed: April 11, 1968; Provisions: Extended many of the provisions of the Bill of Rights to tribal members; Impacts: Provided protection for tribal members against excessive governmental power.

Date Passed: August 11, 1978; Provisions: Protects the rights of Native Americans to practice their traditional religions; Impacts: Influenced policies regarding access to sacred sites and use of ceremonial objects.

Date Passed: August 10, 1988; Provisions: Granted reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned by the United States government during World War II; Impacts: Apology from the U.S. government and monetary reparations were provided to the victims.

Date Passed: July 2, 1964; Provisions: Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; Impacts: Led to the end of segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.

Date Passed: June 23, 1972; Provisions: Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity; Impacts: Led to increased participation of women in athletics and higher education.

Date Passed: April 11, 1968; Provisions: Intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller or landlord discrimination; Impacts: Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.

Date Passed: August 6, 1965; Provisions: Prohibited racial discrimination in voting; Impacts: Enforced the 15th Amendment, increased voter registration in minority populations.

Date Passed: October 3, 1965; Provisions: Abolished the National Origins Formula; Impacts: Opened the door for new waves of immigration from non-European nations.

Date Passed: February 8, 1887; Provisions: Authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal lands into allotments for individual Native American families; Impacts: Assimilation policy that disrupted traditional tribal organization, resulted in significant loss of tribal and communal lands.

Date Passed: March 6, 1961; Provisions: Established the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; Impacts: Coined the term 'affirmative action' and aimed to prevent employment discrimination by federal contractors.

Date Passed: June 18, 1934; Provisions: Ended the policy of allotting tribal lands and recognized the right of Indian tribes to self-govern; Impacts: Reversed the Dawes Act, promoted tribal sovereignty and land management.

Date Passed: September 26, 1973; Provisions: Prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies; Impacts: Established the framework for accessibility standards and services for individuals with disabilities.

Date Passed: June 29, 1940; Provisions: Set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government by force or violence; Impacts: Used to prosecute members of the Communist Party and other radical groups.

Date Passed: October 28, 2009; Provisions: Expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; Impacts: Improved the legal apparatus for prosecuting hate crimes.

Date Passed: May 6, 1882; Provisions: Prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers; Impacts: First significant law restricting immigration into the United States, which affected the Chinese American community.

Date Passed: September 24, 1965; Provisions: Requires government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that equal opportunity is provided in all aspects of their employment; Impacts: Established the foundation for affirmative action policies in the workplace.

Date Passed: March 23, 2010; Provisions: Expanded healthcare coverage, created health insurance marketplaces, and mandated insurance coverage; Impacts: Significant reduction in the number of uninsured Americans, controversial mandate penalty.

Date Passed: October 26, 2001; Provisions: Expanded the authority of U.S. law enforcement for the stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States and abroad; Impacts: Controversial for its effects on civil liberties and privacy rights.

Date Proposed: August 1, 2001; Provisions: Proposed to grant conditional residency, and upon meeting further qualifications, permanent residency to qualifying immigrants who entered the United States as minors; Impacts: Although not passed, led to the DACA policy to protect eligible immigrant youth from deportation.