Important Laws from the 1920s through World War Two
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| Spent money on projects such as dams, bridges, and public buildings in order to provide jobs | Public Works Administration
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| Gave subsidies to farmers not to plant certain crops; later declared unconstitutional | Agricultural Adjustment Act
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| Gave workers the right to bargain collectively | Wagner Act
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| Allocated $500 million to relieve cities and states | Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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| Provided money for public works and for artists, writers, musicians, etc | Works Progress Administration
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| Set up formulas to restrict immigration to 2% of the total number of people in the US from their country since 1890 and rejected the immigration of Asians | Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924
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| Created under Hoover to give out loans to banks, railroads, and monopolistic companies | Reconstruction Finance Corp.
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| Made money that had been in gold reserves available for loans to private businesses and corporations | Glass-Steagall Act
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| Tried to exterminate corruption during elections by restricting federal employees from political campaigning and limited donations from individuals to be given to political campaigns | Hatch Act
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| Established the Prohibition Bureau to enforce the 18th Amendment | Volstead Act
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| Gave the elderly pensions and helped the disabled and widows and orphans; result of pressure from Francis Townshend | Social Security Act
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| Raised protective tariffs and sparked retaliatory tariffs; reflected isolationist movement in US; regarded as contributing to the Great Depression | Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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| Protected investors by requiring companies to disclose their company information | Securities and Exchange Commission
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| Created codes for businesses to follow during the Depression; later declared unconstitutional | National Industrial Recovery Act
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