question

Piece of New Deal legislation that subsidized farmers to reduce crop production

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AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

question

Peoria and San Francisco are two of four locations for research laboratories established by the second act of this name

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

That act's programs were funded by nonrecourse loans, and an addition to it was born from the desire to see an "honest dollar" theory

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

The addition to this act, which allowed the President to expand currency by $3 billion through authorization by the open market committee, was known as the Thomas Amendment

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

The tax underpinning this law was declared unconstitutional by the ruling of United States v. Butler

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

This New Deal act paid farmers to cut their crop output

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

This New Deal act created an organization notable for employing Adlai Stevenson and was replaced with the better Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

Abe Fortas once referred to this concept as a "social religion"

answer

antitrust

question

This concept's connection to the "Formation of the Postwar World" is the topic of a book by Wyat Wells

answer

antitrust

question

In an essay which was initially subtitled "Notes on the Evolution of an American Creed," Richard Hofstadter concludes that it was a victim of its own success in asking "What Happened to" this kind of movement

answer

antitrust

question

In two cases decided in 1911, Justice Edward White put forth the "rule of reason," that he believed should be used in cases of this type

answer

antitrust

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Legislation of this type was the subject of the case Loewe v. Lawlor, which found that unions were subject to it

answer

antitrust

question

One piece of this type of legislation was amended by the Robinson-Patman Act and prohibited price discrimination against consumers

answer

antitrust

question

This word describes legislation designed to prevent certain business combinations such as the Clayton and Sherman acts

answer

antitrust

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The Annapolis Convention was intended to revise this document

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Articles of Confederation

question

This document provided that colonels and all ranks below be appointed by legislatures

answer

Articles of Confederation

question

Dennis Kearny, as leader of a party named for one established by Robert Owen in 1829, pressed for passage of this act, though ironically his donut stand and the entire town of Mooneyville were destroyed two years after this act's passage

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

Three years after this act's successful passage, Isaiah Washington and fifteen others were arrested for their parts in the Rock Springs Massacre

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

In a case later cited in Afroyim v. Rusk and Plyler v. Doe, the court ruled that this act did not apply to a certain cook returning from a trip, despite the dissents of Chief Justice Fuller and Harlan

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

Criticized by George Frisbee Hoar, it was renewed by the Geary Act and repealed by the Magnuson Act, and encouraged by the Workingman's Party and Supreme Order of Caucasians

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

Act signed by Chester A. Arthur into law which sought to keep a certain ethnic group out of America

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

An earlier piece of legislation which accomplised goals similar to the one accomplished by this law was the Page Act, which had applied to prostitutes

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

The scope of this legislation was expanded by the Scott Act six years after its passage, and the fourth section of this law provided for the issuance of return certificates which a later law would repeal

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

This legislation was passed partly in response to Dennis Kearney, the leader of the Workingmne's Party in San Francisco

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

This law repudiated the Burlingame treaty of 1868, which had promised free immigration between the United States and a certain country

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

This legislation, extended in cases like Dothard v. Rawlinson and Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, was the subject of a case that introduced the problematic metric of "severe and pervasive" and involved Mechelle Vinson

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

Mike Mansfield was key to the passage of this bill

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This bill allows organizations to bypass the Subersive Activities Control Act by not requiring registration of American Communist Party members

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This bill sought to subvert a Joseph Bradley decision that involved cases like US v. Stanley, and established an organization headed by Franklin Roosevelt, Jr

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This bill was passed under the Commerce Clause, creating the Community Relations Service and charged FEPAs and the EEOC with enforcing provisions relating to voter registration requirements and agencies receiving federal funding

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This act sought to outlaw racial segregation, was passed a year after Marches on Washington

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This 1914 piece of legislation strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

One section of this law notes that "The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce"

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

This law was amended by the Celler-Kefauver Act, and notably does not regulate collective bargaining or picketing, and thus does not impact union activities like its predecessor

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

This act prohibits mergers and acquisitions when they may be used to substantially lessen competition

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

Section 4 of this law allows those injured in its violation to seek treble damages, which resulted in the case Kansas v. Utilicorp United

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

This 1860 joint resolution, proposed by a Kentucky Senator, was a last ditch effort to avert the Civil War

answer

Crittenden Compromise

question

1807 piece of legislation that forbade all US trade with Britain and France

answer

Embargo Act of 1807

question

Impetus behind this legislation, which prompted Frank Garnett's creation of the NCUCG, included the failure of Homer Cummings to match the result of the Gold Cases and the Economy Act's impact on Willis Van Devanter's salary

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

Its proponents cited an ironic 1914 proposal by James McReynolds, while its ultimate fate was prompted by the death of Joseph T. Robinson

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

The Frazier-Lemke Act and a reversal of the doctrine established in Adkins v. Children's Hospital led to rulings that included West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, a decision that saw a "switch in time" by Owen Roberts allegedly meant to thwart this plan

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

Robert Jackson, who later held one of the targeted positions, demanded this legislation's architect admit his plans in the 9th Fireside Chat

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

This failed scheme enacted in 1937 by FDR seeked to additional justices to the Supreme Court

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

The passage of this legislation was followed a year later by the Hollander Law, named for Jacob Harris Hollander, which placed taxes on commodities like German beer and allowed for appointment of Federico Degetau

answer

Foraker Act

question

This law resulted in appointment of a man who was serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Charles Herbert Allen, the owner of the famed Allen House in Lowell, Massachusetts

answer

Foraker Act

question

After some political strife, it was modified by the Olmsted Amendment, which gave power to an executive department

answer

Foraker Act

question

Seventeen years later, it was replaced by an act co-sponsored by John Shafroth, but better known as the Jones Act, which created a bill of rights and extended citizenship

answer

Foraker Act

question

This act established civilian government in Puerto Rico, also known as the Organic Act of 1900

answer

Foraker Act

question

This act's constitutionality was upheld in Ableman v. Booth

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

Introduced by James Mason, this act was a response to state laws enacted in the aftermath of Prigg v. Pennsylvania

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

The Sims decision resulted from this act, which caused controversy when Judge Edward Loring ruled against Anthony Burns

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

It stipulated that any marshal who refused to assist a claimant would be fined one thousand dollars, and denied the right to a trial by jury

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

To protest this act, William Lloyd Garrison publicly burned a copy of the Constitution, and Thoreau delivered his speech "Slavery in Massachusetts"

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

This component of the Compromise of 1850 required all American citizens to help recapture escaped slaves

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

This document solidified the commonwealth between Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford, a set of 11 decreees and early constitution of the Commonwealth of Connececticut

answer

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

question

Portions of this act were repealed by the FSM Act, which was sponsored by Gramm, Leach, and Bliley

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation was strengthened in 1956 via the BHC Act

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

Public support for this legislation increased after high-profile investigations by Ferdinand Pecora led to admissions of fraud by magnates such as Charles Mitchell and Albert Wiggin

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

One of the namesakes of this act had been appointed as Secretary of the Treasury by Woodrow Wilson

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation prohibited certain institutions from underwriting securities, leaving that job to brokerages

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation estalished the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation was passed after the 1929 stock market crash, and is named for a senator from Virginia and a congressman from Alabama

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

Anthony Saunders and Ingo Walter studied the conflict of interest associated with this act, and A.G. Becker was the plaintiff in a court case involved with resolving disputes associated with it

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

The phrase "engaged principally" in Section 20 has been reinterpreted to allow some previously prohibited activities

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

Part of this act was dubbed Regulation Q, but was repealed by a 1980 act, and other provisions of it were repealed by the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Biley act

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation passed in 1930 raised import taxes and exacerbated the Great Depression

answer

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

question

Section Six of this act allows for people who have served more than two weeks in the army or navy during wartime can take advantage of its provisions even if they fail to meet one of the act's requirements

answer

Homestead Act

question

Sponsored by Galusha A. Grow, one of the first to take advantage of it was an army scout from Iowa named Daniel Freeman

answer

Homestead Act

question

This act did not expire in Alaska until 1986, ten years after it ended elsewhere

answer

Homestead Act

question

In 1912 it was amended to lower the time requirement to three years from the original five

answer

Homestead Act

question

Section Five of this act allows for the government to take back a claim if the claimant abandons the claim or changes his residence

answer

Homestead Act

question

1862 act that allowed men to claim one-hundred sixty acres of unoccupied public land

answer

Homestead Act

question

This bill was delayed in Conference Committee because the Senate added a controversial amendment about Presidential salary

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

While this bill was being debated, James Madison attacked it in a letter to Edward PEndleton but expressed hope it would curb souther abuses

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

Senator William Maclay attacked this bill as "calculated for expense"

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

One section of this Act of Congress was the subject of the recent Second Circuit case Khulumani v. Barclay and was interpreted by the Supreme Court in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

The institution created in this act was expanded by the Evarts Act a century later

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

This bill was written by the author of the Connecticut Compromise, Oliver Ellsworth, and originally allowed writs of mandamus

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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This bill, passed by the First Congress, was partially struck down in Marbury v. Madison, and created the federal courts

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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The passage of this act lead to the actions of the Border Ruffians and a localized "Bleeding" conflict in one state

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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This act was limited by a Supreme Court decision for the Virginia Electric Power co., and its constitutionality was upheld in a case involving the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation

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National Labor Relations Act

question

It was cosponsored by Massachusetts representative William Connery, and domestic servants and agricultural workers were explicitly excluded from this act

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National Labor Relations Act

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It was amended in 1947 by an act that passed over President Truman's veto, the Taft-Hartley Act

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National Labor Relations Act

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Under this legislation, workers were allowed to choose the union they desired via election

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National Labor Relations Act

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Legislation that established a namesake board for governing labor disputes, a 1935 act named for New York senator

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National Labor Relations Act (Wagner-Connery Act)

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Lucy Randolph Mason tried to use this legislation to gain rights for women, and it found support from GE president Gerard Swope but was opposed by automakers

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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It empowered Hugh Johnson to issue blue eagles to those who "did their part" and regulated wages and child labor

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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Charles Evans Hughes wrote the slaughtering did not constitute interstate commerce when the Supreme Court found that Congress could not create "codes of fair competition", about this act

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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New Deal Legislation ruled unconstitutional in Schechter v. U.S.

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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This bill's demise once prompted the President to declare that the Supreme Court was living in a "horse and buggy era"

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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A series of "codes of competition" was among the provisions of this bill, which was overseen by a board led by Clarence Darrow

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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Its creation was presaged by plans written by Malcolm Rorty and James Warburg

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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A review board chaired by Clarence Darrow suggested investigation of it by the FTC for monopolistic practices

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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It promoted a "blanket code" under its first director, retired army general Hugh S. Johnson

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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It was decided that the president was given too much power by its "codes of fair competition" in the Supreme Court case that declared it unconstitutional, Schechter v. U.S.

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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Publicity supporting it featured the slogan "we do our part" and images of a blue eagle

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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New Deal agency which set maximum working hours and minimum wage

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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Part of this bill was upheld by the Supreme Court in Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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One author of this bill was nicknamed "The General Manager of the Nation" for his power in the Senate and also sponsored the bill which created the National Monetary Commission

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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The President who signed this bill praised it in the controversial Winona Speech

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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The final version of this bill was opposed by a House faction known as the "Insurgents", whose leaders included George Norris

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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This bill was strongly supported by a faction called the "standpatters", whose leaders included Mark Hanna and who believed a strong proctectionist policy was necessary for Republicans to win

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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This tariff, signed by Taft, split the Republicans before the 1912 elections, and which was replaced by the Underwood Tariff

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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This act was stated to have been created for the protection of the public in the case Spectrum Sports Inc v. McQuillan

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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The case Rice v. Norman Williams co-created a two-step process by which courts would see if this act was pre-empting state laws

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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George Hoar helped draft this legislation, and it was based on an act named for Valentine passed in its namesake's home state of Ohio

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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A follow-up to this legislation was amended by the Robinson-Patman Act and included provisions about tying arrangements and price discrimination

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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Piece of legislation that forbade the formation of monopolies, early antitrust law

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Sherman Antitrust Act

question

One doctrine in interpreting this legislation has been subject to the so-called "Quick Look" modification, which partially shifts the burden of pleading

answer

Sherman Antitrust Act

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The imprecision of definitions in this law was exploited by the defendant in U.S. v. Grinnell and has partially led Alan Greenspan to liken it to an abortionist

answer

Sherman Antitrust Act

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This Andrew Jackson executive order required payment of public land via gold and silver, leading to the Panic of 1837

answer

Specie Circular

question

This act was written by J. Mack Swigert, and more Democrats supported this than not, though the CIO continued to support them and campaigned vigorously based on a never-fulfilled promise to repeal this law

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Taft-Hartley Act

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In addition to protection for worker's pensions, this act provided for more power by the General Counsel, who could seek mandatory injunctions against secondary boycotts

answer

Taft-Hartley Act

question

Additionally, this codified an earlier Supreme Court case which gave employers the constitutional right to express their opposition to unions and allowed states to pass right-to-work laws

answer

Taft-Hartley Act

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In addition to requiring that union officers had to sign non-communist affidavits with the government, it defined a list of unfair labor practices on the part of unions

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Taft-Hartley Act

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This act amended the Wagner Act, sponsored by republicans fom New Jersey and Ohio

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Taft-Hartley Act

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These letters attacked the suspension of the New York legislature for not complying with the Quartering Act, as well as the external taxes on glass, lead, paper, and paint

answer

Townshend Acts

question

Piece of New Deal legislation that subsidized farmers to reduce crop production

answer

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

question

Peoria and San Francisco are two of four locations for research laboratories established by the second act of this name

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

That act's programs were funded by nonrecourse loans, and an addition to it was born from the desire to see an "honest dollar" theory

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

The addition to this act, which allowed the President to expand currency by $3 billion through authorization by the open market committee, was known as the Thomas Amendment

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

The tax underpinning this law was declared unconstitutional by the ruling of United States v. Butler

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

This New Deal act paid farmers to cut their crop output

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

This New Deal act created an organization notable for employing Adlai Stevenson and was replaced with the better Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act

answer

Agricultural Adjustment Act

question

Abe Fortas once referred to this concept as a "social religion"

answer

antitrust

question

This concept's connection to the "Formation of the Postwar World" is the topic of a book by Wyat Wells

answer

antitrust

question

In an essay which was initially subtitled "Notes on the Evolution of an American Creed," Richard Hofstadter concludes that it was a victim of its own success in asking "What Happened to" this kind of movement

answer

antitrust

question

In two cases decided in 1911, Justice Edward White put forth the "rule of reason," that he believed should be used in cases of this type

answer

antitrust

question

Legislation of this type was the subject of the case Loewe v. Lawlor, which found that unions were subject to it

answer

antitrust

question

One piece of this type of legislation was amended by the Robinson-Patman Act and prohibited price discrimination against consumers

answer

antitrust

question

This word describes legislation designed to prevent certain business combinations such as the Clayton and Sherman acts

answer

antitrust

question

The Annapolis Convention was intended to revise this document

answer

Articles of Confederation

question

This document provided that colonels and all ranks below be appointed by legislatures

answer

Articles of Confederation

question

Dennis Kearny, as leader of a party named for one established by Robert Owen in 1829, pressed for passage of this act, though ironically his donut stand and the entire town of Mooneyville were destroyed two years after this act's passage

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

Three years after this act's successful passage, Isaiah Washington and fifteen others were arrested for their parts in the Rock Springs Massacre

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

In a case later cited in Afroyim v. Rusk and Plyler v. Doe, the court ruled that this act did not apply to a certain cook returning from a trip, despite the dissents of Chief Justice Fuller and Harlan

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

Criticized by George Frisbee Hoar, it was renewed by the Geary Act and repealed by the Magnuson Act, and encouraged by the Workingman's Party and Supreme Order of Caucasians

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

Act signed by Chester A. Arthur into law which sought to keep a certain ethnic group out of America

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

An earlier piece of legislation which accomplised goals similar to the one accomplished by this law was the Page Act, which had applied to prostitutes

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

The scope of this legislation was expanded by the Scott Act six years after its passage, and the fourth section of this law provided for the issuance of return certificates which a later law would repeal

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

This legislation was passed partly in response to Dennis Kearney, the leader of the Workingmne's Party in San Francisco

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

This law repudiated the Burlingame treaty of 1868, which had promised free immigration between the United States and a certain country

answer

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

question

This legislation, extended in cases like Dothard v. Rawlinson and Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, was the subject of a case that introduced the problematic metric of "severe and pervasive" and involved Mechelle Vinson

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

Mike Mansfield was key to the passage of this bill

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This bill allows organizations to bypass the Subersive Activities Control Act by not requiring registration of American Communist Party members

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This bill sought to subvert a Joseph Bradley decision that involved cases like US v. Stanley, and established an organization headed by Franklin Roosevelt, Jr

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This bill was passed under the Commerce Clause, creating the Community Relations Service and charged FEPAs and the EEOC with enforcing provisions relating to voter registration requirements and agencies receiving federal funding

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This act sought to outlaw racial segregation, was passed a year after Marches on Washington

answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

question

This 1914 piece of legislation strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

One section of this law notes that "The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce"

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

This law was amended by the Celler-Kefauver Act, and notably does not regulate collective bargaining or picketing, and thus does not impact union activities like its predecessor

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

This act prohibits mergers and acquisitions when they may be used to substantially lessen competition

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

Section 4 of this law allows those injured in its violation to seek treble damages, which resulted in the case Kansas v. Utilicorp United

answer

Clayton Antitrust Act

question

This 1860 joint resolution, proposed by a Kentucky Senator, was a last ditch effort to avert the Civil War

answer

Crittenden Compromise

question

1807 piece of legislation that forbade all US trade with Britain and France

answer

Embargo Act of 1807

question

Impetus behind this legislation, which prompted Frank Garnett's creation of the NCUCG, included the failure of Homer Cummings to match the result of the Gold Cases and the Economy Act's impact on Willis Van Devanter's salary

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

Its proponents cited an ironic 1914 proposal by James McReynolds, while its ultimate fate was prompted by the death of Joseph T. Robinson

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

The Frazier-Lemke Act and a reversal of the doctrine established in Adkins v. Children's Hospital led to rulings that included West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, a decision that saw a "switch in time" by Owen Roberts allegedly meant to thwart this plan

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

Robert Jackson, who later held one of the targeted positions, demanded this legislation's architect admit his plans in the 9th Fireside Chat

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

This failed scheme enacted in 1937 by FDR seeked to additional justices to the Supreme Court

answer

FDR's Court-Packing Plan

question

The passage of this legislation was followed a year later by the Hollander Law, named for Jacob Harris Hollander, which placed taxes on commodities like German beer and allowed for appointment of Federico Degetau

answer

Foraker Act

question

This law resulted in appointment of a man who was serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Charles Herbert Allen, the owner of the famed Allen House in Lowell, Massachusetts

answer

Foraker Act

question

After some political strife, it was modified by the Olmsted Amendment, which gave power to an executive department

answer

Foraker Act

question

Seventeen years later, it was replaced by an act co-sponsored by John Shafroth, but better known as the Jones Act, which created a bill of rights and extended citizenship

answer

Foraker Act

question

This act established civilian government in Puerto Rico, also known as the Organic Act of 1900

answer

Foraker Act

question

This act's constitutionality was upheld in Ableman v. Booth

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

Introduced by James Mason, this act was a response to state laws enacted in the aftermath of Prigg v. Pennsylvania

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

The Sims decision resulted from this act, which caused controversy when Judge Edward Loring ruled against Anthony Burns

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

It stipulated that any marshal who refused to assist a claimant would be fined one thousand dollars, and denied the right to a trial by jury

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

To protest this act, William Lloyd Garrison publicly burned a copy of the Constitution, and Thoreau delivered his speech "Slavery in Massachusetts"

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

This component of the Compromise of 1850 required all American citizens to help recapture escaped slaves

answer

Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

question

This document solidified the commonwealth between Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford, a set of 11 decreees and early constitution of the Commonwealth of Connececticut

answer

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

question

Portions of this act were repealed by the FSM Act, which was sponsored by Gramm, Leach, and Bliley

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation was strengthened in 1956 via the BHC Act

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

Public support for this legislation increased after high-profile investigations by Ferdinand Pecora led to admissions of fraud by magnates such as Charles Mitchell and Albert Wiggin

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

One of the namesakes of this act had been appointed as Secretary of the Treasury by Woodrow Wilson

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation prohibited certain institutions from underwriting securities, leaving that job to brokerages

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation estalished the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation was passed after the 1929 stock market crash, and is named for a senator from Virginia and a congressman from Alabama

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

Anthony Saunders and Ingo Walter studied the conflict of interest associated with this act, and A.G. Becker was the plaintiff in a court case involved with resolving disputes associated with it

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

The phrase "engaged principally" in Section 20 has been reinterpreted to allow some previously prohibited activities

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

Part of this act was dubbed Regulation Q, but was repealed by a 1980 act, and other provisions of it were repealed by the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Biley act

answer

Glass-Steagall Act

question

This legislation passed in 1930 raised import taxes and exacerbated the Great Depression

answer

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

question

Section Six of this act allows for people who have served more than two weeks in the army or navy during wartime can take advantage of its provisions even if they fail to meet one of the act's requirements

answer

Homestead Act

question

Sponsored by Galusha A. Grow, one of the first to take advantage of it was an army scout from Iowa named Daniel Freeman

answer

Homestead Act

question

This act did not expire in Alaska until 1986, ten years after it ended elsewhere

answer

Homestead Act

question

In 1912 it was amended to lower the time requirement to three years from the original five

answer

Homestead Act

question

Section Five of this act allows for the government to take back a claim if the claimant abandons the claim or changes his residence

answer

Homestead Act

question

1862 act that allowed men to claim one-hundred sixty acres of unoccupied public land

answer

Homestead Act

question

This bill was delayed in Conference Committee because the Senate added a controversial amendment about Presidential salary

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

While this bill was being debated, James Madison attacked it in a letter to Edward PEndleton but expressed hope it would curb souther abuses

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

Senator William Maclay attacked this bill as "calculated for expense"

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

One section of this Act of Congress was the subject of the recent Second Circuit case Khulumani v. Barclay and was interpreted by the Supreme Court in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain

answer

Judiciary Act of 1789

question

The institution created in this act was expanded by the Evarts Act a century later

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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This bill was written by the author of the Connecticut Compromise, Oliver Ellsworth, and originally allowed writs of mandamus

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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This bill, passed by the First Congress, was partially struck down in Marbury v. Madison, and created the federal courts

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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The passage of this act lead to the actions of the Border Ruffians and a localized "Bleeding" conflict in one state

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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This act was limited by a Supreme Court decision for the Virginia Electric Power co., and its constitutionality was upheld in a case involving the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation

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National Labor Relations Act

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It was cosponsored by Massachusetts representative William Connery, and domestic servants and agricultural workers were explicitly excluded from this act

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National Labor Relations Act

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It was amended in 1947 by an act that passed over President Truman's veto, the Taft-Hartley Act

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National Labor Relations Act

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Under this legislation, workers were allowed to choose the union they desired via election

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National Labor Relations Act

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Legislation that established a namesake board for governing labor disputes, a 1935 act named for New York senator

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National Labor Relations Act (Wagner-Connery Act)

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Lucy Randolph Mason tried to use this legislation to gain rights for women, and it found support from GE president Gerard Swope but was opposed by automakers

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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It empowered Hugh Johnson to issue blue eagles to those who "did their part" and regulated wages and child labor

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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Charles Evans Hughes wrote the slaughtering did not constitute interstate commerce when the Supreme Court found that Congress could not create "codes of fair competition", about this act

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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New Deal Legislation ruled unconstitutional in Schechter v. U.S.

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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This bill's demise once prompted the President to declare that the Supreme Court was living in a "horse and buggy era"

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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A series of "codes of competition" was among the provisions of this bill, which was overseen by a board led by Clarence Darrow

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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Its creation was presaged by plans written by Malcolm Rorty and James Warburg

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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A review board chaired by Clarence Darrow suggested investigation of it by the FTC for monopolistic practices

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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It promoted a "blanket code" under its first director, retired army general Hugh S. Johnson

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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It was decided that the president was given too much power by its "codes of fair competition" in the Supreme Court case that declared it unconstitutional, Schechter v. U.S.

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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Publicity supporting it featured the slogan "we do our part" and images of a blue eagle

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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New Deal agency which set maximum working hours and minimum wage

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NRA (National Recovery Administration)

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Part of this bill was upheld by the Supreme Court in Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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One author of this bill was nicknamed "The General Manager of the Nation" for his power in the Senate and also sponsored the bill which created the National Monetary Commission

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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The President who signed this bill praised it in the controversial Winona Speech

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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The final version of this bill was opposed by a House faction known as the "Insurgents", whose leaders included George Norris

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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This bill was strongly supported by a faction called the "standpatters", whose leaders included Mark Hanna and who believed a strong proctectionist policy was necessary for Republicans to win

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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This tariff, signed by Taft, split the Republicans before the 1912 elections, and which was replaced by the Underwood Tariff

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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This act was stated to have been created for the protection of the public in the case Spectrum Sports Inc v. McQuillan

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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The case Rice v. Norman Williams co-created a two-step process by which courts would see if this act was pre-empting state laws

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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George Hoar helped draft this legislation, and it was based on an act named for Valentine passed in its namesake's home state of Ohio

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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A follow-up to this legislation was amended by the Robinson-Patman Act and included provisions about tying arrangements and price discrimination

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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Piece of legislation that forbade the formation of monopolies, early antitrust law

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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One doctrine in interpreting this legislation has been subject to the so-called "Quick Look" modification, which partially shifts the burden of pleading

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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The imprecision of definitions in this law was exploited by the defendant in U.S. v. Grinnell and has partially led Alan Greenspan to liken it to an abortionist

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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payment of public land via gold and silver, leading to the Panic of 1837"

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Specie Circular

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This act was written by J. Mack Swigert, and more Democrats supported this than not, though the CIO continued to support them and campaigned vigorously based on a never-fulfilled promise to repeal this law

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Taft-Hartley Act

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In addition to protection for worker's pensions, this act provided for more power by the General Counsel, who could seek mandatory injunctions against secondary boycotts

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Taft-Hartley Act

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Additionally, this codified an earlier Supreme Court case which gave employers the constitutional right to express their opposition to unions and allowed states to pass right-to-work laws

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Taft-Hartley Act

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In addition to requiring that union officers had to sign non-communist affidavits with the government, it defined a list of unfair labor practices on the part of unions

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Taft-Hartley Act

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This act amended the Wagner Act, sponsored by republicans fom New Jersey and Ohio

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Taft-Hartley Act

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These letters attacked the suspension of the New York legislature for not complying with the Quartering Act, as well as the external taxes on glass, lead, paper, and paint

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Townshend Acts

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This law was passed almost exactly a year after the Davis-Bacon Act

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Norris La-Guardia Act

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One of its sponsors explained his reasons for backing it in his autobiography Fighting Liberal

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Norris La-Guardia Act

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This act declared that members of labor unions should have "full freedom of association" unmolested by employers, and it made illegal the "yellow dog" contracts of the time

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Norris La-Guardia Act

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1932 piece of legislation, a precursor to the Wagner Act, named for the Nebraska senator and the later mayor of New York City that co-sponsored it

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Norris La-Guardia Act

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Backlash over its passage caused its namesake to lose a committee chairmanship in the House to Pat Harrison, who engineered the passage of the RTAA four years later to offset it

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Hawley-Smoot Act

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Robert Lamont strongly opposed this, but he was overridden by Andrew Mellon. who would be fired two years later for his support of it

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Hawley-Smoot Act

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