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18 Cards in this Set
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Sixteenth Amendment |
Congress allowed to levy income tax without basing it on the census or apportioning it among states |
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Seventeenth Amendment |
Established popular election of Senators by residents of states |
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Eighteenth Amendment |
Outlawed the manufacture, consumption, and distribution of alcohol, was repealed in 1933 |
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Nineteenth Amendment |
Ended voting discrimination based on sex |
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Treaty of Paris |
Ended the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino war |
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Roosevelt Corollary (1904) |
Gave the US the right to intervene in European and Latin American conflicts in Latin america; confirmed idea that US had "police" role in Western Hemisphere |
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Treaty of Versailles |
ended WWI, identified Germany as aggressor and requested $33 billion in reparations; proposed League of Nations |
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Federal Highway Act (1921) |
provided $75 million in aid to state for highway construction and support for a national highway plan |
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Smoot-Hawley Tarrif Act (1930) |
Reduced imports and exports |
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Emergency Banking Relief Bill (1933) |
shut banks down for 4 days; provided federal authority to reopen solvent banks and reorganize the rest; gave federal government rights to back banks |
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National Industry Recovery Act (1933) |
authorized competing businesses to cooperate in crafting industry wide codes |
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Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933) |
offered subsidies to farmers who agreed to limit production of specific crops |
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Emergency Relief Appropriation Act (1935) |
allowed for $4 billion in deficit spending to support recovery |
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Federal Mean Inspection Act |
government agents must monitor the quality of processed meat |
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Pure Food and Drug Act |
prohibited dangerously adulterated foods; required labels to list ingredients |
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Mann Act |
bolstered regulatory of the TN Iron and Coal Co,; supported shorter work hours, mine safety legislation |
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act |
Outlawed price discrimination and interlocking directorates |
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Neutrality Acts |
1935: prohibited arms shipments to either side in a war 1936: forbade loans to belligerents 1937: cash and carry principle; warring nations wanting to trade with the US had to pay cash for their nonmilitary purchases and carry the goods from US ports to their own ships |
