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On This Day. 1798: Congress passesd the Alien Act, giving John Adams the power to deport any alien he deemed potentially dangerous to the country's safety. It was the second of the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts—a big contributor to his re-election defeat in 1800
On This Day. 1845: James Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to move his troops to the Mexican border in Texas— to discourage a Mexican invasion. Taylor’s troops would soon invade Mexico itself, during the Mexican-American war
On This Day. 1929: Herbert Hoover authorized the building of Boulder Dam, now known, of course, as Hoover Dam. Built during the Great Depression, the dam—the biggest in the world at the time of its completion in 1935—straddles the Colorado River on the border between NV and AZ
Glad to have just a 40-hour work week? You can thank Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, on this day in 1938, signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. It also established a minimum wage for American workers: 25 cents per hour (equivalent to $4.26 today)
On This Day. 1997: Bill Clinton signed off on EPA regulations that sharply tightened air pollution controls. He was caught between the EPA, which pushed for the stricter standards, and mayors and corporations, which said the rules would cost money and jobs. Economy boomed anyway
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