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18th Amendment
Prohibition Act; prohibited the manafacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
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Unit 7.2
The United States through the Roaring 20"s. the Great Depression, and World War ll -
Washington Conference
Settled after World War l, the treaties settle the : Five-power, Four Power, and the Nine Power Treaty. -
Warren G. Harding
Harding was inaugurated in 1921, wasn't able to live up to all four years of presidency. Sparked movement within the New Old Guards. -
Adkins vs Children's Hospital
Rules that federal minimum wage legislation for women was an unconstitutional infringement of liberty of contract, (reversed Muller v. Oregon) -
Dawes Plan
An agreement where Germany, Britain, France and the US established cycles of payments. -
Quota Acts
After the war, millions of immigrants came to the states. The quota acts were a way to try and severility limit the flow of immigrants to the US -
Kellogg- Briand Pact
A pact that allowed for defensive war, yet failed to punsish those who act against the agreement -
Election of 1928
Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Al Smith of New York. Hoover was the last Republican to win a presidential election until 1952. -
The Great Depression (began)
Labor problems, farmers problems. uneven distribution of income, stock market speculation and so on contributed to an economic disaster, making it the worst economic drop ever. -
Black Thursday
An unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street, and stock prices dropped -
Black Tuesday
The bottom fell out as millions of panicky investors tried to sell their stocks but there was nobody to buy. -
Japanese Aggression in Manchuria
Jaoan posed a threat to world peace as it defied the Open Door Policy and the covenant of the League of Nations -
Election of 1932
The election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York. -
21st Amendment
The 18th amendment making it legal to manufacture and consume alcohol. -
Bank Holidays
Created in order to restore banks that were still solvent,Explains that banks would be reopened after allowing the gov to reorganize them on basis -
Neutrality Acts
Nautrality Acts passed from 1935-1937, authorized president to prohibit all arms shipment, forbade extension of loans and credits, and forbade the shipment of arms to the opposing sides in the civil war in Spain -
Social Security Act
Created a federal insurance program based on automatic payments from employees and employers -
Schecther v US
a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power under the commerce clause. This was a unanimous decision that rendered the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, a main component Roosevelt's New Deal, unconstitutional. -
Fair Labor Standard Acts
Established regulations on business, a minimum wage, a maximum standard worksheet and child labor restrictions -
Prelude to war
A series of aggressive actions by the facist dictators made Britain and France worried. Hoping to avid Germany, they allowed Hitler to get away with things -
from Neutrality to War
Hitler broke the Munnich agreement, markin gno limit to his ambition starting the war. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanesse airplanes attack Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, located in Hawaii. It dragged the US into world war ll -
Turning Point Fighting Japan
The war in the Pacific was dominated by the Japanesse but that changes when when US forces destroyed four Japanese carriers ending their exapansion -
Japan Surrenders
Within a week of the second bomb attack, Japan surrenders -
The United Nations
Congress joined the United Nation, a peace keeping organization between all Nations of the world.