HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Isolationism, Strategic Dominance, Axis Powers
10 Oct 2015
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Red scare suspected anarchists, sacco and vanzetti, seized. Rebirth of the ku klux klan 5 million by 1925. Nativism national origins quota act 1924, limited immigration by allocation. End of prosperity signs of impending economic collapse: 1. unequal distribution of wealth: increase in consumer debt. Stock market crash oct. 1929 financial panic. Roosevelt (fdr) and recovery the new deal. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. The hundred days 15 major requests to congress (tva, nra, aaa). Wagner act rise of organized labor john l. lewis and the cio. Fdr and minorities eleanor & harry hopkins. Supreme court fight court packing plan. decline of new deal ( roosevelt recession of "38) Economic record mixed relief spending always tempered by desire to balance the budget. Good neighbor policy cooperation and friendship with latin america increased commerce. Rivalry with japan naval race leads to washington conference ratios limiting warships.
