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Chapter 25- The Roaring Twenties Flashcards

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one of the chief concerns in the US following WWI was

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demobilization

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elected as President in 1920

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Warren G Harding

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Harding’s campaign platform called for

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“return to normalcy”

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sharply opposed Booker T Washington’s belief that black AMericans could advance themselves faster by working hard than by demanding equal rights

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W. E. B Du Bois

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Du Bois cooperated with several other liberal-minded whites in founding

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National Association of the advancement of Colored People

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the most notorious gangster of the decade was

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Scarface Al Capone

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an organization dedicated to worldwide Communism revolution

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Third International

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became a key figure in the American Communist movement,
planned and led the violent steelworker’s strike of 1919

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William Z Foster

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President Wilson’s attorney general who took action to stop such violence

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A. Mitchell Palmer

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headed Palmer’s General Intelligence Division
soon to be head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Division

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J Edgar Hoover

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scoffers called the incident of 500 deportations

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the Red Scare

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as a result of the Red Scare, the ___________________ court case came to national prominence

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Sacco-Vanzetti court case

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won the election of 1920

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Republican Warren G Harding

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those who wanted to maintain world peace were especially concerned about the actions of

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Japan

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hoping to encourage disarmament and to ease tensions in the Far East, President Harding called the

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Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments

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the Washington Conference resulted in the drafting of three treaties:

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  1. The Five Power Treaty (stop build battleships 10yr)
  2. The Four Power Treaty (island possessions Pacific)
  3. The Nine Power Treaty (respect China indep.)
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the covenant of the League of Nations provided for the establishment of the

established in Hague to settle disputes between member nations

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Permanent Court of International Justice

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the process of _______________________ the country had begun before President Harding took office

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demobilizing

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raised tariff rates from an average 27% to 38.5%

provided that with the advice of the Tariff Commission, the President could raise or lower tariff rates as much as 50%

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Fordney-McCumber Tariff

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adopted by Congress which provided for a unified yearly budget for the federal government

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National Budget Act

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the National Budget Act created a ____________ within the Treasury Department

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Bureau of the Budget

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created by the National Budget Act to audit federal accounts

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General Accounting Office

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created by Congress in 1921 to build hospitals, begin vocational rehabilitation programs, and to help disabled veterans

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Veterans’ Bureau

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founded by Teddy Roosevelt and soon became known for its patriotism, conservatism, and anti-Communism

also aggressively lobbied for veterans’ benefits

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American Legion

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Congress limited the total number of immigrants from all parts of the world to _________________________ per year

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150,000

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one of the notable men that Harding appointed to his cabinet position

a former Supreme Court justice, became secretary of state

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Charles Evans Hughes

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multimillionaire businessman that Harding appointed as the secretary of the treasury

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Andrew Mellon

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former director of the Food Administration that Harding appointed to serve as secretary of commerce

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Herbert Hoover

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became Secretary of Interior under Harding

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Albert B. Fall

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the biggest series of episodes with Harding’s “friend” Albert Fall concerning oil was known as the

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Teapot Dome Scandal

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man who led the nation through most of the Roaring Twenties was

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Calvin Coolidge

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became President when Harding died in 1923

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Coolidge

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said “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.”

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Coolidge

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the first Vice President to attend cabinet meetings

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Coolidge

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the first Presidential campaign in which the radio was used extensively

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three-way election of 1924

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one of the biggest issues regarding foreign affairs during the 1920s was the

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war debt

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established by the US to deal with the war debt issue

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World War Foreign Debt Commission

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two plans that were devised in the 1920s to help Germany pay its war debts

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Dawes Plan
Young Plan

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plan to help Germany with its war debts which said that the total German debt remained the same, but payments were temporarily lowered to help Germany through economic hardship

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Dawes Plan

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plan to help Germany with debts which proposed that Germany’s total debt be reduced and that the payment period be extended over an even longer time span

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Young Plan

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the most astounding attempt at achieving permanent international peace in the twenties was the signing of the

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Paris Peace Pact

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within a few years, a total of 62 nations, including major powers, had signed the ______________________________ also known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact

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Paris Peace Pact

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President Coolidge’s major achievement in Latin American affairs was the

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establishment of a more cordial relationship with Mexico

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worsened relationships with Mexico

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Mexican authorities trying to nationalize the oil-producing properties of American citizens in Mexico

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sent as ambassador to Mexico by President Coolidge

succeeded in working out a compromise with Mexico whereby American investors were able to keep certain oil rights

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Morrow

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aided Morrow in his mission of peace in Mexico

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Charles Lindbergh

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wages in relation to buying power

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real wages

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industry that grew increasingly more important with the boom in industry and production

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advertising

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the taking of their land by mortgage holders

what many farmers had to do when pressed hard financially in the years following WWI

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foreclosure

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organized by US senators and representatives from rural areas to promote government policies beneficial to agriculture

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“farm bloc”

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proposed the establishment of a government agency to buy the AMerican farmers’ surplus crops and then resell them, at a loss, on the world market

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McNary-Haugen Bill

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act which established the Federal Farm Board

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Agricultural Marketing Act

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was allotted $500 million with which to make low-interest loans to help cooperative farm groups pay the cost of storing crops

attempted to raise prices by buying up surplus crops

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Federal Farm Board

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the explosion of the auto industry was due mainly to the development of the

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assembly line process and mass production by HENRY FORD

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year Ford developed that mass production and assembly line

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1913

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the rapid growth of this industry exemplified the expanding prosperity of the 1920s

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automobile

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signed Five Power Treaty

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GB
US
Japan
France
Italy

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car in whose production time was greatly reduced by the assembly line

made Ford Motor Company the largest auto manufacturer in the world

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Model T

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car in which Ford shut down all operations for 18 months in order to retool for production of

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Model A

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made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean

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Charles Lindbergh

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year Lindbergh made the first solo flight

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1927

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flew over the North Pole a year before Lindbergh made his historic flight

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Admiral Richard Byrd

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the first commercial radio station

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KDKA

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year the KDKA went on air in Pittsburgh

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1920

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the first national radio NETWORK

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NBC (1927)

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swam the English Channel

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Gertrude Ederle

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the heroes of boxing

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Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey

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the first-great home-run hitter

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George Herman (Babe) Ruth

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the champion golfer of the era

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Bobby Jones

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the big name in football was

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Red Grange

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the big name in horse racing was

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Man O’War

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