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| Emergency Quota Act of 1921 |
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| Set a quota that only 3% of an immigrant demographic population already in the United States could be granted amnesty |
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| Cuts the quota set in the Emergency Act of 1921 down to 2%. Blocked out all Japanese immigrants from citizenship |
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| Keep to your own kind. Preserve your national heritage |
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| Immigrants should mix with other ethnicities to harmonize |
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| Prohibition of alcohol sale and consumption |
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| Made interstate abduction a death-penalty offense |
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| Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution. Sparked the evolution vs. creationism debate in education |
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| S. of Treasury under Harding. Tax policies favored capital investors, rich people, and industrialists |
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| Practical founder of modern day advertizing and marketing. Claimed Jesus was the best salesman of all time |
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| D.W. Griffiths film that helped pioneer cinematography. Very racist film; pro-KKK |
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| Advocate for birth control and contraceptives |
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| Womans rights advocate. Pushed for an Equal Rights Ammendment |
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| Founder of the United Negro Improvemment Association (UNIA) |
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| Anti-progressive; favored big business |
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| Adkins v Children's Hospital |
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| Overturns Muller v. Oregon, because women were considered equal in constitutionality with the 19th Amendment |
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| Esch-Cummings Transportation Act |
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| Encourages privatization of railroads |
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| Veterans activist group. Demanded higher pensions. Conservative. Founded by TR |
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| Petition for nations to stop aggressive wars. Signed by 62 nations |
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| Rates go from 27% to 38.5% |
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| Favored laissez-faire and Mellon's tax breaks and deficit reduction |
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| Exempts cooperative farmers from antitrust laws |
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| Authorizes the government to buy surpluses and sell them overseas |
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| Liberal candidate for 1924 election. Fought for socialist, populist, and progressive platforms |
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| Characterized as isolationist except in Latin America |
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| Resceduled German reparations from the Treaty of Versailles |
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| Usually for labor unions, but not big government or market regulations |
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| Agricultural MArketing Act of 1929 |
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| Sets up the Federal Farm Board as a fund for marketing cooperatives |
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| Flawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 |
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| Raises rates from 38.5% to 60% |
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| Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act |
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| Outlawed antiunion contracts |
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| Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF) |
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| WW1 vets march on Washington demanding higher service bonuses. Gen. McArthur led resistance to the riot and this lowered Hoover's popularity |
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| The U.S. would not recognize any territorial acquisitions made by force |
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| Form alliances with Latin American countries and pull out forces in those areas |
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| Hundred Days Congress (March 4 - June 16, 1992) |
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| Passes copius amounts of reform bills quickly to end the depression quickly |
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| One who wanted unemployment and old-age insurance, minimum wage regulation, conservation of natural resources, and restrictions on child labor |
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| Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1932 |
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| Reopened solvent banks and allowed banmking transaction regulations |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Act |
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| Gave money to farmers to help pay off mortgages |
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| Civil Works Administration |
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| Gave menial jobs to unemployed to stimulate the economy |
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| Civilain Conservation Corps |
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| Gave jobs to the unemployed that focused on improving the environment and conserving natural resources. It also helped alleve unemployment |
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| A radio demagogue who preached that the New Deal was bad, anti-Semitism, and fascism |
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| Governor of Louisiana who was remembered for his "Share the Wealth" program and for resembling a dictator and being assasinated for it. |
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| Ran most of FDR's New Deal programs |
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| National Recovery Administration (NRA) |
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| Gave maximums on labor hours, minimum wage levels, and forbade antiunion contracts |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| A planned economy around hydroelectric dams and plants |
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| Forbids children under 16 from working. Its original goals were to also set a $0.4 minimum wage and a 40 hour work week (40 and 40) |
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| Ultraconservative and begrudging to FDR. FDR tries to put judges in favor of him on the court but thsi was seen as an overextension of executive power |
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| Tries to stabilize currencies of 66 nations. FDR was uncooperative with this measure |
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| Gave the Phillipines i's independence in 1946 |
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| Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act |
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| Agreed to lower tariffs to promote trade. Influenced by Secretary of the State Hull |
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| Mussolini of Italy, Hitler of Germany, and Hirohito of Japan's WW2 alliance |
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