A military policy focusing on defense of the German homeland
Texas was part of Mexico at that time. <span>On March 2, 1836,
with the Alamo under obstruction, representatives from across Texas met and professed
their freedom from Mexico. Although Mexico's war of freedom
pressed out Spain in 1821, Texas did not continue under Mexican control
for long. It turn into its own country, named the Republic of Texas,
from 1836 up until it decided to link the United States in 1845. </span>
The Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) was responsible for preventing job discrimination in US defense industries, which primarily affected African American workers (D).
The FEPC was created in 1941 following the United States' entry into World War II, in order to implement President Franklin D. Roosevelt's desire to ban "discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work."
In theory, it targeted various minorities and was meant to help them get jobs (especially higher-skilled jobs) to participate in the war effort. In practice though, African Americans in particular benefited from the FEPC. Prior to the creation of the Committee, they often were stuck with low-skilled jobs that paid very little.
It is believed that the FEPC played a large role in the important economic improvements black men experienced during the fourties.
Settlement houses and other agencies developed programs to educate immigrants and their children with the American culture. The children were taught hygiene, manners, conduct in daily life and most important of all, the use of the English language. The common schools developed particular subjects and extracurricular activities and new ways of enforcing discipline in order to Americanize these children.
The Tariff of 1833. Shortly after the Force Bill was passed through Congress, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun proposed The Tariff of 1833, also known as the Compromise Tariff, to resolve the Nullification Crisis. The bill was very similar to the Tariff of 1832, but with a few exceptions.
