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14 Cards in this Set
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923) |
A landmark Supreme Court decision reversing the ruling in muller v. Oregan, which had declared women to be deserving of special protection in the workplace. |
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Nine power treaty (1922) |
Agreement coming out of the washington "disarmament" Conference of 1921-1922 that pledge Britain,France, italy, japan, the united states, china, the Netherlands, portugal, and Belgium to abide by the Open Door Policy in china. The five power naval treaty to preserve the status quo in the pacific also came out of the conference. |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) |
A sentimental truimph of tge 1920s peace movement, this 1928 pact linked sixty-teo nations in the supposed "outlawry of war" |
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law (1922) |
A comprehensive bill passed to protect domestic production from foreign competitors. As a direct result, many European nations were spurred to increase their oen trade barriers. |
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Teapot Dome scandal (1921) |
A tawdry affair involving the illegal lease of priceless naval oil reserves in teapot dome, wyoming and Elk Hills, California. The scandal, which implicated president harding Secretary of the Interior, was one of several that gave his administration a reputation for corruption. |
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McNary-Haugen Bill (1924-1928) |
A farm relief bill that was championed throughout the 19 twenties and to keep agricultural prices high by authorizing the government to buy up surplus and sell them abroad. Congress twice passed the bill but President Calvin Coolidge voted in 1927 and 1928. |
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Dawes plan (1924) |
An arrangement navigated in 1924 to reschedule German reparation payments. it stabilize the German currency and open the way for further American private loans to Germany. |
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Agricultural marketing act (1929) |
This Act established the Federal Foreign Wars of Indian Bureau for a hard place farmers the airplane to help farmers help themselves through producer is cooperative as the depression worse than in 1930, Ford tried to Boston falling prices bye bye up surpluses but it was unable to cope with the flow of farm produce in the market. |
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Hawlet-smoot tariff (1930) |
The highest protective tariffs in the peace time history of the United States, passed as a result of good old- fashioned horse trading. to the outside world is smaked ugly economic warfare. |
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Black Tuesday (1929) |
A dark panicky day of October 29th 1929 when over 16,410,000 shares of stock were sold were sold on wall street. It was a trigger that helped bring on the great depression. |
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Hoovervilles |
Grimm shanty towns were in high ridge victims of the Great Depression slip under newspapers in and makeshift tents. their visibility (and sarcastic name) tarnarish the reputation of the Hoover administration |
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Reconstruction finance Corporation (RFC) |
1932 a government lending Agency established under the Hoover administration and order to assist insurance companies banks question algricultural organizations, railroads, and local government. it was a precursor to later agencies that grew out of the New Deal and symbolize a recognition by the Republicans that some federal action was required to address the Great Depression |
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Norris- La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act |
1932: this law banned "yellow-dog," or anti-union, work contacts and forbade ferderal quotes from issuing in junctions to quash strikes and boycotts. It was an early piece of labor-friendly federal legislation. |
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Bonus army (1932) |
Officially known as the bonus Expeditionary Force del this red tag root of 20000 veterans March on Washington to demand immediate payment of bonus and the world war 1 General Douglas MacArthur disperse the veterans with tear gas and bayonets |
