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19 Cards in this Set
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital
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Reversed Muller v. Oregon Supreme Court decision : no special protection for women in the workplace; it is assumed that now that they can vote they should be treated equally to men
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Esch-Cummins Act
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Private consolidation for railroads and ICC must guarantee profitability
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Veteran's Bureau
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Provides hospital and vocational rehabilitation
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Adjusted Compensation Act
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Provided bonus to military members (active and veteran) who had served in WWI.
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Nine-Power Treaty
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Many European countries, China, and Japan follow the Open Door policy in China.
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Kellog-Briand Act
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62 nations agree on the "outlawry" of war
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff law
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High tariff passed to protect domestic production from foreign competitors
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Charles Forbes
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Involved in scandal the stole away $200 million connected to veterans' hospitals
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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illegal lease of priceless oil (intended) for Navy; directly involved was Harding's Secretary of State
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McNary-Haugen Bill
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farm-relief bill intended to keep agricultural prices high by buying the extensive surplus of crop
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Dawes Plan
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arrangement to reschedule Germany's payments ($10 billion); stabilized German currency
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Agricultural Marketing Act
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establishes Federal Farm Board, which gives out loans to farmers; also tried to buy surplus crop to protect prices
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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highest tariff during peacetime in the history of the U.S.
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Black Tuesday
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over 16 million shares of stocks sold on Wall Street; results in stock market collapse
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Hoovervilles
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shantytowns during the Depression era filled with makeshift homes and impoverished people
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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gov't lending agency to help out insurance companies, banks, agricultural organizations and railroads
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Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act
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banned "yellow-dog" or anti-union work contracts; federal court cannot stomp out strikes and boycotts by injuctions
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Bonus Expeditionary Force (aka Bonus Army)
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20,000 veterans and active military men marched to and camped out on Washington D.C. to demand immediate payment of bonuses earned in WWI
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Stimson Doctrine
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U.S. refused to recognize any territorial acquisitions achieved by force
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