1870s to 1920s Archives | Center for the Study of Federalism https://federalism.org/library/ctl-stories/1870s-to-1920s/ A Nonpartisan Research Institution Dedicated to Studying and Researching the Theory and Practice of Federalism Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:57:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://federalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CSF-Icon-Color@0.5x-100x100.png 1870s to 1920s Archives | Center for the Study of Federalism https://federalism.org/library/ctl-stories/1870s-to-1920s/ 32 32 170862320 1925 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1925/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:09:33 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=872 Gitlow v. New York, a 7-2 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, upheld a conviction under New York’s criminal anarchy law but also ruled that the due process clause of the Fourteenth...

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]]> 1237 1924 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1924/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:09:14 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=871 National League of Cities founded to foster professional development, share information, and lobby the federal government on behalf of cities.

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]]> 1236 1921 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1921/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:08:59 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=870 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is an interstate compact approved by the Congress to oversee seaports, airports, bridges, tunnels, and bus and rail transit in the 1,500...

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]]> 1235 1914 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1914/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:08:41 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=869 International City/County Management Association founded to professionalize city and county management, provide education and credentialing, share information, and monitor federal activities.

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]]> 1234 1913 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1913/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:08:15 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=868 Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave the Congress authority to tax personal and corporate income “from whatever source derived,” thereby greatly increasing the federal government’s fiscal power over the...

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]]> 868 1908 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1908/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:07:50 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=867 National Governors Association founded as a nonpartisan organization to help support governors, coordinate activities among governors, and lobby the federal government.

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]]> 1233 1905 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1905/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:07:33 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=866 Lochner v. New York, a controversial 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, struck down a New York law that set bakery worker hours at no more than 10 hours a day...

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]]> 1232 1897 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1897/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:07:10 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=865 Allgeyer v. Louisiana, a unanimous decision voiding a Louisiana law for violating an individual’s liberty of contract, marked the first time the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted “liberty” in the due...

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]]> 1231 1896 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1896/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:06:50 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=864 Plessy v. Ferguson, a landmark 7-1 Supreme Court decision, upheld racial segregation in public accommodations by declaring that laws requiring “separate but equal” public facilities, such as separate railroad passenger...

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]]> 1230 1894 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1894/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:06:31 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=863 National Civic League was founded as the National Municipal League by leading Progressive reformers such as Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Brandeis, and Frederick Law Olmsted to promote good city governance and...

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]]> 1229 1892 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1892/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:06:13 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=861 Uniform Law Commission (aka National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) was established as a nonprofit, volunteer association of commissioners from each state and territory to propose laws for...

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]]> 1228 1890 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1890/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:05:51 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=859 Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits monopolistic business practices, such as trusts, deemed by the federal government to restrain interstate or foreign commerce and allows the federal government to break up monopolies...

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]]> 1227 1887 https://federalism.org/library/timeline/1887/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:05:33 +0000 https://federalism.orgn/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=858 Interstate Commerce Commission Act created the Interstate Commerce Commission with authority to regulate railroads. This first federal agency to regulate interstate commerce was dissolved in 1996 after the Congress deregulated...

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