A list of terms, acts, policies, and more from Chapter 32 of the American Pageant 13th Edition APUSH textbook.
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| 2200520222 | Adkins v. Children's Hospital | In this case, the court reversed its ruling in the Muller v. Oregon case by invalidating a minimum wage law for women. | 0 | |
| 2200520223 | Esch-Cummins Transportation Act of 1920 | Washington D.C. returned control of railroads to private hands. | 1 | |
| 2200520224 | Merchant Marine Act of 1920 | Authorized the Shipping Board, which controlled about 1,500 vessels, to get rid of a lot of ships at bargain prices, thus reducing the size of the navy. | 2 | |
| 2200520225 | Veteran's Bureau | Created to operate hospitals and provide rehabilitation for the disabled. | 3 | |
| 2200520226 | Adjusted Compensation Act | Gave every former soldier a paid-up insurance policy due in 20 years. Passed by Congress twice. | 4 | |
| 2200520227 | Washington "Disarmament" Conference of 1921-22 | Resulted in a plan that kept a 5:3:3 ratio of ships that could be held by the U.S., Britain, and Japan (in that order). | 5 | |
| 2200520228 | Four-Power Treaty | Bound Britain, Japan, France, and the U.S. to preserve the status quo in the Pacific. Replaced the 20-year old Anglo-Japanese Alliance. | 6 | |
| 2200520229 | Kellogg-Briand Pact | Said that all nations that signed would no longer use war as offensive means. Frank B. Kellogg won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role. | 7 | |
| 2200520230 | Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law | Raised the tariff from 27% to 35%. | 8 | |
| 2200520231 | Teapot Dome Scandal | Albert B. Fall leased land to oilmen Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny, but not until Fall had received a bribe of $100,000 from Doheny and 3 times that from Sinclair. | 9 | |
| 2200520232 | Capper-Volstead Act | Exempted farmers' marketing cooperatives from antitrust prosecution. | 10 | |
| 2200520233 | McNary-Haugen Bill | Sought to keep agricultural prices high by authorizing the government to buy up surpluses and sell them abroad. | 11 | |
| 2200520234 | Dawes Plan | Rescheduled German reparations payments and gave the way for further private loans to Germany. | 12 | |
| 2200520235 | Rugged Individualism | Hoover's view that America was made great by strong, self-sufficient people. | 13 | |
| 2200520236 | Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 | Designed to help farmers help themselves, and set up a Federal Farm Board to help the farmers. | 14 | |
| 2200520237 | Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 | Raised the tariff to 60%. | 15 | |
| 2200520238 | Muscle Shoals Bill | Designed to dam the Tennessee River. Vetoed by Hoover. | 16 | |
| 2200520239 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation | Became a government lending bank. | 17 | |
| 2200520240 | Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injection Act | Outlawed anti-union contracts and forbade the federal courts to issue injunctions to restrain strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing. | 18 | |
| 2200520241 | Bonus Expeditionary Force | Erected unsanitary camps and shacks in vacant lots, creating health hazards and annoyance. | 19 |
