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6 Cards in this Set
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Immigration Restriction Laws
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-anti- immigration sentiment made US citizens scared of immigrants
-Emergency quota act reduced immigration by 2/3s -national origins act reduced immigration to 2% of 1890 -national restriction act allowed no more than 150,000 immigrants a year |
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1920s Klan
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-nativists who are true blue americans
-nationwide movement every state -resent changes didnt like reforms -fundamentalists believed it was a christian country |
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Origins of the great depression
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-no government interventions in the economy
-easy access to credit loans -unequal distribution of wealth -black tuesday is when the market crashed |
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War at home/ war effort
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-American nuetrility act
-focus on war effort the feds control everything -federal agencies told people were to work and idustries what to make -National war labor board made sure industries and workers did what they were told |
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FDR and New deal programs
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-the banking system collapsed during this time
-mass unemployment -agriculture declined by 50 percent -Keynesian theory made direct intervention to the economy and creates the brain trust. |
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Alliance to Containment/Allies and Enemies
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-origins of the cold war= us intervined in russian revolution and russia never forgave
-post war reconstruction= US and Soviet Union wanted to rebuild Europe, conflict arrises -germany is divided into east and west berlin= us contolled West -US containment policy= us is taught to hate communism |
