American model Flashcards

(18 cards)

1
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Coming to America - 1850 - 1914

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Top immigrants - Irish, German, Latin American, Eastern European, Italian

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2
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Statue of liberty

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1886

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3
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Chemical exports (1914 - 1917)

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x13

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4
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Iron & steel exports (1914 - 1917)

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x4.5

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5
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Number of millionaires (1914 - 1928)

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x5

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6
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Franklin D. Roosevelt term

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1933 - 1945

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7
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Emergency quota act

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1921, restricts immigrants to 3%

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8
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Immigration act

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1924, restrict immigrants to 2%

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9
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Causes of the Great Depression

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Speculation, overproduction, inequal wealth distribution, less exportation

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10
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Industrial output declines

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June 1929

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11
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Black Thursday

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October 24 1929

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12
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Black Tuesday

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October 29 1929

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13
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Hundred days of emergency powers

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March - June 1933

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14
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Emergency banking act

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Closes banks

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15
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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authority, damns on the Tennessee river

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16
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PWA

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Public works administration, finances roads, schools

17
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NRA

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National Recovery Administration, outlaws child labour

18
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Second new deal

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1935, WPA, works progress administration, creates jobs, REA, rural electrical administration, electricity for agricultural areas