Fear of Russia ran high even after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917
What is The Red Scare
100
Congress returned the railroads to private management. Congress encouraged private ownership of the railroads and pledged the Interstate Commerce Commission to guarantee their profitability.
What is Esch-Cummins Transportation Act of 1920
100
was still the idea in Washington
What is Isolationism
100
partially caused by the cultivation of countless acres, dry-farming techniques, and mechanization
What is Dust Bowl
100
When the Supreme Court struck down the National Recovery Administration (NRA), Congress, sympathetic towards labor unions, passed the
What is National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act).
200
In 1919-1920, a number of states passed
What is criminal syndicalism laws
200
authorized the Shipping Board to dispose of the wartime fleet of 1500 vessels at extremely low prices.
What is Merchant Marine Act of 1920
200
President Harding Hated
What is League of Nations
200
Sympathy towards the affected farmers came with the
What is Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act
200
This law created a powerful National Labor Relations Board for administrative purposes and reasserted the rights of labor to engage in self-organization and to bargain collectively through representatives of its own choice.
What is National Labor Relations Act of 1935
300
were reflected in the criminal case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
What is Antiredism and antiforeignism
300
American shipping could not thrive in competition with foreigners, who all too often provided their crews with wretched food and starvation wages
What is La Follette Seaman's Act of 1915
300
Invitations to the conference went out to all the major naval powers. Secretary Hughes laid out a plan for declaring a ten-year hiatus on construction of battleships and even for scrapping some of the huge ships already built. He proposed that the scaled-down navies of America and Britain should have the same number of battleships and aircraft carriers; the ratio being 5:5:3 (Japan's navy would be smaller than America's and Britain's).
What is Washington "Disarmament" Conference in 1921-1922
300
In 1935, President Roosevelt set up this
What is Resettlement Administration
300
John L. Lewis Formed
What is Committee for Industrial Organization
400
was inaugurated in 1921
What is Warren G. Harding
400
Congress Created This to operate hospitals and provide vocational rehabilitation for the disabled
What is Veterans Bureau
400
stated that the British and Americans would refrain from fortifying their Far Eastern possessions, including the Philippines. The Japanese were not subjected to such restraints in their possessions.
What is Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922
400
In order to protect the public against fraud, Congress passed the "Truth in Securities Act"
What is Federal Securities Act
400
Congress passed the
What is Fair Labor Standards Act
500
was the secretary of state
What is Charles Evans Hughes
500
giving every former soldier a paid-up insurance policy due in 20 years.
What is Adjusted Compensation Act
500
When petitions bearing 2 million signatures reached Washington, Calvin Coolidge's secretary of state Frank. B. Kellogg signed with the French foreign minister
What is Kellogg-Briand Pact
500
encouraged Native American tribes to establish self-government and to preserve their native crafts and traditions. 77 tribes refused to organize under the law, while hundreds did organize.
What is Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
500
Committee for Industrial Organization" was changed to