The Modern Era the mid 1900s

  • Merchant Marine Act

    Shipping board to dispose of goods to other countries
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    Mid 20th century

  • Adkins v. Children's Hospital

    Declared women to deserving of special protection and invalidated minimum wage for women
  • Adjusted Compensation Act

    Gave former soldiers a paid up insurance policy from WW1
  • Prelude to the stock market crash

    The economy had a recession but business leaders ignored the signs
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    Diplomacy and WW2

    The world had entered a world war and issues were arising
  • Stock Market crashed

    Known as Black Tuesday, businesses closed and millions were unemploye
  • Dust Bowl

    Severe drought in the early 1930s that ruined crops in the Great Plains
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    FDR's New Deal

    President FDR passed the New Deal which would help those who suffered during the depression by passing federal programs and projects
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    FDRs Policies

    Extended Hoover's efforts at improving U.S relations with Latin America
  • FDR inaugurated

    FDR stepped into office on Jan. 20th, 1933
  • Indian Reorganization Act 1943

    Returned lands to the control of tribes and supported preservation of Indian cultures
  • Neutrality Acts

    Isolationist senators and representatives in both parties held a majority in Congress
  • Quarantine speech

    Roosevelt's recognized the dangers of Fascist aggression
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    Recession

    Economic recession period where times went backward
  • Munich Agreement

    Germany agreement with Allied powers to annex parts of Poland
  • Increase of the military

    Congress passed FDR's bill to increas the military to be prepared
  • Invasion of Poland

    German tanks and planes began full-scale invasion of Poland
  • Cash-Carry Policy

    When WW2 began, FDR got Congress to agree to a cash carry policy to aid allies
  • England remained active

    By 1940, England remained the only active opposition to Hitler but was running out of money.
  • Election of 1940s

    FDR ran for a third term against willkie
  • Selective Service Act

    Draft for men in time of peace
  • Lend-Lease Act

    FDR called for the act for the U.S to sell or lend war supplies to Allies
  • FDR's four freedom speech

    Addressed four freedoms that people around the world are entitled to have
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese air forces attacked the naval base on Pear Harbor, Hawaii
  • U.S declares war

    United States declares war on the Axis after the attack on Pearl Harbor