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Ku Klux Klan
Nathaniel B. Forrest was the leader of KKK and had white people who terrorized freed black men so they could deny them their civil rights. The Klan threatened murdered and beat blacks. -
Treaty of Versailles
The peace meetings that were held in Paris had more than 30 countries that were being represented. Russia was the only allied country there that was not represented. -
League of Nations
This was constructed to regulate international relations, limit armaments, and settle disagreements between nations without causing war. Wilson said without these there will be a second world war. -
Wilson's 14 points
Allied soldiers were encouraged by these points knowing that the war would not be fought in vain. -
Immigration Act
The legislation limited how many immigrants come in per year. And only 2 percent of the nation's immigrants were counted from a particular nationality. -
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
15 nations agreed to this to renounce war in settling disagreements with each other without war breaking out. The flaw in this peace pact was it gave the nation's power to take a position to justify wars because it did not cover self-defense. -
Emergency Banking Act
Panic withdraws from the banks by the public were prevented with this act. Then the government was able to reopen closed banks. -
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Money was given out for work relief because companies paid very little or were broke. So 500million dollars was given to each individual state. -
National Industrial Recovery Act
This had like no effect on the economy's recovery. But it changed the minimum and maximum wages. -
Social Security Act
This act provided for old-age pensions, old-age insurance, unemployment insurance, and a number of other public health programs (ignitia.com editors). Many people were helped financially with his and took advantage of it.