The 1920s Flashcards
Problems rising in the 1920s
Influenza epidemic
Progressivism is dead
Election of 1920
Warreng g. Harding VS. James m. Cox
Harding won by a landslide
Ted scare
Fear of potential rise of communism
Treaty of brest-litovosk
Ended russias participation in WW1
1920s in america .. America became a more? …
Urban nation
Who was migrating to america after the ww1?
**Europeans..****
America wanted mire germans, british
No asians .. Less italians
Ku kux klan
a secret organization in the southern U.S.
Anti-catholismt anti-immigrant-anti jew
Claimed to have 3 million members in early 1920s
Alcahol was banned in
Jan 15 1920
Economy boomed when who was president ?
Warren harding
Foreign policy
Harding and his administration stayed away from the league of nations
Harding had booze.. poker parties in the white house and affairs with who?
Nan britton
Carrie phillips
Teapot dome scandal
Albert Bacon Fall leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and two areas in California Fall was later convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison.
Election of 1928
Al smith vs. Hoover
HOOVER WON BY A LANDSLIDE
Hoover campaigned
Individualism
Self reliance
No gov interference with businesses & economy