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red scare
fear of communism -
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Red Summer
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treaty of versailles
lodge did his best to "americanize" the treaty -
18th amendment passed
prohibition -
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800,000 iimmigrants
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harlem renaissance
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harding wins presidency
harding defats cox in presidential election -
harding landslide
broadcast on radio -
sacco vanzetti trial
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emergency quota act
an attempt to stem the flow of immigrants -
veterans bureau
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bureau of the budget
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equal rights amendment
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indians granted citizenship
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immigration act of 1924
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KKK march in washington
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scopes trial
darwinism in school? -
U.S troops occupy nicaragua
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the spirit of st. louis
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marcus garvey convicted of mail fraud
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sacco and vanzetti executed
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herbert hoover elected president
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valentines day massacre
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stock drop
people began to fear for the price of stocks. -
black tuesday
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japan invades manchuria
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hoover dam
construction of the hoover dam -
black monday
stock prices hit all time low as thousands scrambled to sell -
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dust bowl
due to over farming and drought much of central america came to be known as the dust bowl -
fair labor standards act
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civilian conservation corps
Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. Removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, provided money for families. -
federal emergency reliaf act
Distributed millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers. -
glass-steagall act
Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers. -
national industrial recovery act
Created federally insured bank deposits ($2500 per investor at first) to prevent bank failures. -
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new deal
F.D.R's new deal -
public works administration
Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects. -
civil; works administratioon
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indian reorganization act
restoration of ancestral lands to tribes -
federal housing administration
roosevelts plan included making houses more accessible and affordable. -
securities and exchange comission
Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying. -
social security act
Response to critics (Dr. Townsend and Huey Long), it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children. -
wagner act
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works progress administration
Provided public works jobs at $15/week to four million workers in 1934. -
national youth administration
Provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students. -
rural electrification administration
Encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. Despite its efforts, by 1940 only 40% of American farms were electrified. -
agricultural adjustment act
Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. -
WWII
the beginning of WWII