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Cash & Carry - Allowed for the sale of arms to belligerent countries as long as they provided the transport and paid immediately in cash.
Court Packing Scheme - Allowed for Roosevelt to appoint a new Supreme Court justice whenever a justice failed to retire at 70, this was eventually declared unconstitutional
Executive Order 9066 - Law established during WWII that allowed certain areas to be considered military zones. This would eventually lead to the Japanese internment camps
Kellogg Briand Pact - International law signed by many countries that condemned using war to justify disputes.
Korematsu v. US - Allowed for the internment of Japanese-Americans regardless of their citizenship
Lend Lease - Allowed for the US to provide military aid to allied nations during WWII, this was the beginning of the end of isolationism in the United States
National Origins Act - Immigration law that restricted the number of immigrants that a country could send over. This law ceased Japanese immigration and it did not apply to those in the Americas.
Potsdam -
Reconstruction Finance Corp - Government agency created under Hoover's administration that gave $2 billion in aid and well as loan payments to state and local governments
Schecter v. US - Court case that declared the National Industry Recovery Act was unconstitutional
Teapot Dome - Oil reserve scandal that occurred during Harding's presidency.
Wagner Act - Also known as the National Labor Relations Act, it allowed for workers to discuss work related problems freely and collective bargin
Washington Naval Conference - Disarmament movement that limited the number of navel battleships on a 5:5:3 ratio, it also allowed for the US to recognize Japanese possessions in East Asia.
Yalta - Meeting attended by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to discuss the future of the war torn Europe following WWII
Primary Source 1
Title: Washington Disarmament Conference
Link: http://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/cgi-bin/vassar?a=d&d=miscellany19211123-01.2.16
Summary: This five point treaty signed by the United States, Italy, France, the UK, and Japan was aimed at reducing each country's naval possessions. This agreement needed the signatures of all nations involved to stop using capital to build more vessels and to reduce the Navy's sizes by dismantling the older ships. It was decided on a 5:5:3 ratio, however Japan had argued for it to be 10:10:7. This conference was deemed to be a success, but it was not until WWII where it would be proven very ineffective. Loopholes such as the construction of cruiser ships were found and exploited.
Significance: This is significant because it was one of the first major conferences following WWI. It reflected greatly into America's isolationist policy, which was largely accepted by the public after America's involvement in the war. It also caused issues for America's oversea colonies; Guam, Philippines, and Hawaii in particular. Many involved in the military believed that not fortifying these colonies in the Pacific would endanger them and leave them vulnerable to attacks from other countries in east Asia.
Diana DeGroot
Link: http://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/cgi-bin/vassar?a=d&d=miscellany19211123-01.2.16
Summary: This five point treaty signed by the United States, Italy, France, the UK, and Japan was aimed at reducing each country's naval possessions. This agreement needed the signatures of all nations involved to stop using capital to build more vessels and to reduce the Navy's sizes by dismantling the older ships. It was decided on a 5:5:3 ratio, however Japan had argued for it to be 10:10:7. This conference was deemed to be a success, but it was not until WWII where it would be proven very ineffective. Loopholes such as the construction of cruiser ships were found and exploited.
Significance: This is significant because it was one of the first major conferences following WWI. It reflected greatly into America's isolationist policy, which was largely accepted by the public after America's involvement in the war. It also caused issues for America's oversea colonies; Guam, Philippines, and Hawaii in particular. Many involved in the military believed that not fortifying these colonies in the Pacific would endanger them and leave them vulnerable to attacks from other countries in east Asia.
Diana DeGroot
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