American acts

Question 1

1921 Immigration quota act

Answer 1

Limited 357,000 people per year to enter the US. Also set a quota for how many people could immigrate to the US each year. 3% of the nationality that had been in America in 1921. This favored WASPs greatly.

Question 2

1921 Emergency tariff act

Answer 2

Put tariffs in imported agricultural goods

Question 3

1921 Budget and accounting act

Answer 3

Limited government spending and kept taxes low

Question 4

1922 Fordney-McCumber act

Answer 4

Put tariffs on imported industrial goods

Question 5

1924 National origins act

Answer 5

Limited 150,000 people per year to enter the US. Reduced the quota to 2% of the nationality in 1890. This favored WASPs even more.

Question 6

1935 Wagner act

Answer 6

Gave workers the right to join trade unions if they wanted. It banned businesses from discriminating against trade unionists

Question 7

1935 Social security act

Answer 7

Provided unemployment benefits to workers who lost their jobs. This was paid for by employers and workers

Question 8

1938 fair labour standards act

Answer 8

Set rules for workers wages and hours. These applied to any business working in more than one state. It set a minimum wage and a maximum working week of 44 hours, plus a 50% increase in pay in doing overtime

Question 9

1930 Smoot-Hawley tariff act

Answer 9

Increased the tariffs that were already in place by 50%

Question 10

1973 War Powers act

Answer 10

Made it so the president required the approval of Congress to take action in SE Asia