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Civilian Conservation Corps | 1933 New Deal program, putting nearly 3 million young men to work; paid little, worked on conservation projects |
Clayton Antitrust Act | strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; certain activities previously committed by big businesses such as not allowing unions or strikes were illegal |
Emergency Banking Relief Bill | plan that would close down banks and reorganize and reopen those banks strong enough to survive |
Emergency Quota Act | limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe. Total immigration from any country could only equal 3 percent of the number of immigrants from that country living in the U.S in 1910 |
Espionage Act | 1917, ordered severe penalties for citizens who criticized the war effort or the government |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | created under the glass- steagall act of 1933, institution created by the government that would guarantee deposits held by commercial banks |
Federal Emergency Relief Act | institution made during the Great Depression to help alleviate unemployment and provide direct relief to citizens |
Federal Reserve Act | 913, created the Federal Reserve System which would be the central banking system in the U.S |
Fordney McCumber Act | 1922 tariff, sharply increases tariffs on imported goods |
Good Neighbor Policy | Wilson policy, used to garner Latin America support. said that U.S would extend a helping hand to surrounding nations |
Hawley-Smoot Tariff | 1930, established tariff rates on imported goods at the highest level in U.S history |
Kellogg- Briand Pact | international treaty to make war illegal |
Meat Inspection Act | 1906 that authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to stop the production of any type of meat sold for profit for human consumption if deemed unhealthy |
National Defense Act | 1916, called for expansion of the army during peace and wartime |
National Industrial Recovery Act | authorized the President to regulate banks, stimulate the United States economy in response to the Great Depression. |
National Origins Act of 1924 | limited the number of immigrants entering the country to 2 percent of what the population was in 1890 |
National War Labor Board | 1918, representatives from business and labor; Purpose was to mediate between workers and employers. |
Neutrality Act | eclared United States neutrality in wars occurring over seas |
Booker T. Washington | African American Leader, founder of Tuskeegee Institute, advocated economic gain before social |
Gentlemen's Agreement | 1907 informal arrangement between Japan and US restricting Japanese immigration |