immaculate proclamation
1879.
The federal government banned the importation of slaves to the United States.
Any law passed by the federal government, as opposed to the states, would be considered a federal law.
federal reserve act
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was the first. There have been many more since. None are enforced, except against businesses.1879.
State laws are passed by the individual state legislatures, federal law is passed by the US Congress.
1965
yes it is a federal law
Johnson became President when JFK was shot in Dallas. During his time as President he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1965, escalated the war in Vietnam, got the 1964 war on Poverty program enacted, got federal aid to elementary and secondary schools, passed a more liberal Immigration law, created the National Endowment of the Arts, and passed the federal voting act.
They are not mutually exclusive. Federal law is either civil or criminal, just as is state law.
Civil law
Passed a law calling for the construction of a railroad line from Nebraska to the Pacific Coast.