History

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Corps RELIEF: Help unemployed young men to obtain work, built dams, planted trees, etc.

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WPA

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Works Progress Administration RELIEF: employed people to do artistic, public-works, and research projects.

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NYA

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National Youth Admin. RELIEF: provided job training and work for youth.

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FERA

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Federal Emergency Relief Admin. RELIEF: provided grants to states for relief efforts

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PWA

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Public Works Admin. RELIEF: constructed roads, public buildings, and other projects designed to increase employment and business activity

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NRA

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National Recovery Admin. RECOVERY: prepare and enforce codes for fair competition in each kind of business, industry

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AAA

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Agricultural Adjustment Act RECOVERY: paid farmers to reduce crops; funded by a tax on food processors; later declared unconstitutional

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FDIC

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp REFORM: insure bank deposits to $2500; increased confidence in banks.

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Social Security Act

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REFORM: provided unemployment benefits, pensions for the elderly, and survivor's insurance

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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authority REFORM: constructed dams and power plants to improve social and economic welfare in the region

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REA

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Rural Electrificatino Admin REFORM: provided electricity to rural areas lacking public utilities

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NLRA

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National Labor Relations Act REFORM: recognized rights of labor to organize and bargain collectively; regulated labor practices

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FHA

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Federal Housing Admin REFORM: insured bank loans for building and repairing houses.

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13th

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abolition of slavery

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14th

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rights of citizens

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15th

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extension of suffrage to african american men

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16th

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income tax

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17th

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direct election of senators

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18th

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prohibition of liquor

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19th

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women's suffrage

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20th

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change in dates for presidential and congressional terms of office

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21st

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repeal of prohibition

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22nd

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2 term limit on presidential tenure

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23rd

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right to vote in presidential elections for residents of the District of Columbia

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24th

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poll tax banned in federal elections

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25th

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presidential disability and succession

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26th

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lowering of voting age to 18

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Fordney-McCumber Act

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federal law that raised tariff rates on manufactured goods and levied high duties on imported agricultural goods

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

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pact signed by the U.S. and 14 other nations that outlawed war except for self defense

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Potsdam Conference

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conference with Allied leaders to decide how to handle postwar Germany

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zionism

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movement pushing for the formation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine

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HUAC

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House Un-American Activities Committee; Congressional committee originally created to investigate fascists; became known for investigating U.S. citizens accused of communist ties in the late 1940s.

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Rosenbergs

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Julius and Ethel; a U.S. court convicted the 2 americans of providing the Soviet Union with atomic energy secrets during WWII and were executed

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Federal Civil Defense Admin

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created to protect civilians in the event of a nuclear strike

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brinkmanship

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policy in the 1950s that called for threatening all-out war in order to confront communist aggression

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Truman Doctrine

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Pres. Truman's policy stating that the U.S. owuld help any country fighting against communism

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Warsaw Pact

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military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and other E. European communist countries