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| Five Power Agreement | set quotas for navies of five major allied powers in 1922. U.S. and Britain got the largest navies and Japan was angry that hers was smaller |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | treaty signed by over 60 nations stating that they would not use war as an instrument of foreign policy |
| Immigration Act of 1924 | set quotas on immigrants to the U.S. It restricted especially Southern and Eastern Eurpoeans and prohibited Chinese and Japanese |
| 18th Amendment | prohibited the manufacture, transportation, or sale of alcoholic beverages |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | banking reform that restored faith in banks by insuring deposits up to $2500 |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | hired young single men to work on conservation projects. They were paid $30 per month and sent most home to their families |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | tried to limit farm production by paying farmers not to produce on part of their land. It was declared unconstitutional. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | built dams in the Southeast. It provided jobs, electricity, and flood control while stimulating the depressed economy of the area. |
| Works Progress Administration | largest jobs program of the New Deal. It included construction jobs as well as jobs for people in the arts. |
| Social Security Act | New Deal program that provided payments to retirees, the unemployed, the disabled, and dependent children. |
| National Labor Relations Act | gave laborers the right to join unions, bargain for contracts, and strike if necessary. |
| Neutrality Acts | designed to keep the U.S. out of a possible war by prohibiting the sale of arms to nations at war, loaning money to nations at war, and travelling on ships of nations at war. |
| Lend-Lease Act | allowed the U.S. to loan or lease war materials to victims of Axis agression such as Britain, China, and the USSR before our entry into the war. |
| Selective Training and Service Act | provided for the first peacetime draft in American history in 1940. |
| GI Bill of Rights | provided returning veterans with money for education and job training, as well as loans to start businesses, buy homes, and farms. |
| Taft-Hartley Act | act that restricted the amount of money labor unions could contribute to political parties, required labor leaders to sign loyalty oaths, and gave the gov't the right to end some strikes. |
| Marshall Plan | gave $12 billion to Western European countries after World War II to help build up their economies and avoid communism. |
| National Defense Education Act | passed after the Soviets launched Sputnik. It emphasized the teaching of math, science, and foreign languages. |
| Peace Corps | sent skilled volunteers to underdeveloped countries to help them improve their standard of living. |
| Nuclear Test Ban Treaty | prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons above ground, underwater, or in the atmosphere. |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | gave the president the power to use all necessary means to resist further aggression by North Vietnam. It led to greater American involvement in Vietnam. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | prohibited discrimination in employment and in all public facilities. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | sent federal registrars into the South to register Black voters. |
