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stock values plummeted (Black Thursday/Tuesday) |
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signaled beginning of Great Depression |
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raised US tariffs on imported goods |
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1930
Depression in Europe worsened |
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Japan invades Manchuria
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1931
Marked beginning of WWII |
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Bonus Army
Veterans march on Washington DC to receive bonus |
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1932
Troops sent in, makes the nation hate Hoover |
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FDR's plan to get out of Depression
economic programs by Roosevelt |
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TVA
New Deal agency to put people to work |
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1933
Dams to give electricity, recreation, and irrigation |
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Good Neighbor Policy
Not intervening with nearby countries |
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1933
Hoped that the other countries would be nice to us and help our economy |
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Indian Reorganization Act
Self-government to Indians |
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1934
established treaty rights |
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Share the Wealth Society
Wanted guaranteed money for people, and equal distribution of wealth
founded by Huey Long |
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1934
More liberal than FDR, pushed him to the political left
called for distribution of wealth |
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Wagner Act
set up National Labor Relations Board |
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1935
protected labor unions, collective bargaining |
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Social Security Acts
set up social security |
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1935
provided direct help to those who needed it |
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1st Neutrality Act
Am. will not sell weapons to belligerent nations |
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1935
Led Roosevelt to Lend-Lease |
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Panay Incident
Japanese bomb Chinese |
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1937
caused bad feelings toward Japan |
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Economic program to help European countries |
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Taft-Hartley Act
Monitored activities and powers of labor unions |
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Policy by Truman to help nations fight Communism |
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Soviet Union blocks Allied access into Berlin in order to gain control |
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1948
Counteracted by Berlin Airlift |
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NATO formed
alliance between nations |
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1949
Attack on one member nation considered an attack on all members, and must defend accordingly. |
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22nd Amendment
President can serve 2 terms or 10 years |
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outlaws poll tax |
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| National Organization for Women (NOW) |
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