0. Unit IV Flashcards
Chapters 23 and 24

1. #1
Bonus Army
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Unemployed veterans of World War I gathering in Washington in 1932 demanding payment of service bonuses not due until 1945.
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2. Congress for Industrial Organizations#2
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An alliance of industrial unions that spurred the 1930s organizational drive among the mass-production industries.
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3. Emergency Banking Act Review#3
Emergency Banking Act
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1933 act that gave the President broad discretionary powers over all banking transactions and foreign exchange.
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4. Fireside chat #4
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Speeches broadcast nationally over the radio in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt explained complex issues and programs in plain language, as though his listeners were gathered around the fireside with him.
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5. Great Depression Review#5
Great Depression
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The nation’s worst economic crisis, extending through the 1930s, producing unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and industrial and agricultural collapse.
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6. Harlem Renaissance Review#6
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A new African-American cultural awareness that flourished in literature, art, and music in the 1920s.
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7. 1921 act setting a maximum of 357,000 new immigrants each year.#7
Immigration Act
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1921 act setting a maximum of 357,000 new immigrants each year.
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8. League of Women Voters Review#8
League of Women Voters
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League formed in 1920 advocating for women’s rights, among them the right for women to serve on juries and equal pay laws.
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9. National Industrial Recovery Act#9
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1933 act that was meant to be a systematic plan for economic recovery.
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10. National Labor Relations Act
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National Labor Relations Act
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Act establishing Federal guarantee of right to organize trade unions and collective bargaining.
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11. #11
New Deal
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The economic and political policies of the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s.
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12. New Deal coalition Review
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Coalition that included traditional-minded white Southern Democrats, big-city political machines, industrial workers of all races, trade unionists, and many Depression-hit farmers.
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13. #13
Open shop
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Factory of business employing workers whether or not they are union members; in practice, such a business usually refuses to hire union members and follows antiunion policies.
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14. Sheppard-Towner Act Review
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Sheppard-Towner Act
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The first federal social welfare law, passed in 1921, providing federal funds for infant and maternity care.
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15. Act establishing Federal old age pensions and unemployment insurances.
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Social Security Act of 1935
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Act establishing Federal old age pensions and unemployment insurances.
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16. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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Federal regional planning agency established to promote conservation, produce electric power, and encourage economic development in seven Southern states.
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17. Volstead Act
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The 1920 law defining the liquor forbidden under the 18th Amendment and giving enforcement responsibilities to the Prohibition Bureau of the Department of the treasury.
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18. Welfare capitalism Review
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A paternalistic system of labor relations emphasizing management responsibility for employee well-being.
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19. Reference Faragher, J. M. , Buhle, M. J. , Czitrom, D. , & Armitage, S
Reference Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Out of many: A history of the American people, Vol. I (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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