The National Recovery Administration was deemed unconstitutional as the court stated the combination of labor, industries, and the government was an overstep of the federal government's power. In particular it gave too much power to the executive branch as FDR's cabinet was responsible for meeting with labor and industry representatives.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was also deemed unconstitutional for the same reason as the NRA--the government was too involved in economic affairs. The AAA was to correct the overproduction and surplus of the farming industry by buying livestock and grain surplus off of farmers. This would allow farmers to pay debts and to drive up prices of farm products. However, court stated the government could not be a consumer in the economy.
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.
Answer: Because, predominantly in the agricultural Western region of the United States, the demand for cheap labor was extremely high at the time. The source of this cheap labor were Mexican immigrants.
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Two Amistad crew members escaped from the ship by boat. Ruiz and Montes were spared during the revolt on the promise that they would sail the Amistad back to Sierra Leone as captives demanded. Instead they sailed the ship toward the United States. Along the way several Africans died from dysentery and dehydration.
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The publication of Upton Sinclair's <em>The Jungle</em> brought light on to the meat industry and the terrible conditions of the workers and the slaughter houses. The vivid descriptions of the slaughterhouses made the American public push for more regulation on where the food was being "prepared".
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