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Chapter 24: The New Era
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11th Grade
01/27/2009

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Welfare Capitalism
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Paternalistic techniques that improved workers conditions.
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Henry Ford
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Shortened workweek, raised wages and instituted vacations.
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open shop
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shop where workers were not required to join a union. Also called the "American Plan"
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A. Phillip Randolph’s Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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dominant black union
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Issei and Nisei
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Japanese immigrants and US born children who experienced success. Laws made so land ownage was virtually impossible.
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Parity
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ensures good price for farm goods and ensure farmers get productions costs back no matter how the agricultural market fluctuates.
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McNary-Haugen Bill
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legal bill to ensure farmer's financial stability
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