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The return to 'normalcy', 1919-32 key individuals- only from hodder book Flashcards

1
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Name the three Republican presidents of this era

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Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Hebert Hoover

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2
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Who was president 1921-23

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Warren Harding

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who’s campaign did harding ignore

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James M cox- the democrat candidate who was a newspaper publisher and governor with an energetic campaign against Harding

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4
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Who did Harding campaign against instead of Cox (he ignored Cox)

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Woodrow wilson

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5
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Who did Harding make Secretary of State

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Andrew Mellon

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6
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Who did Harding make Secretary of commerce

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Hebert Hoover

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7
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Who did Harding make Secretary of State

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Charles Hughes

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Who was involved in the secret leasing of federal oil reserves during Harding’s presidency (The teapot dome scandal)

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Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall

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Who did Albert Bacon Fall grant exclusive rights to the Teapot dome (Wyoming) reserves?

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Harry F Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company

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Who was president during 1923-29

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Calvin Coolidge

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Who was the Democratic candidate during Coolidge’s presidential election

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John W davis

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12
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Who ran as the candidate of the progressive party

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Robert M. LaFollette

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Who did Harding leave foreign affairs in the control of

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Charles Evans Hughes- his secretary of state who was a keen supporter of disarmament

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Who was the US Secretary of State and the French Foreign Minister who set up the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928?

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Frank B. Kellogg and Aristide Briand

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What was the full name of the man behind the Dawes plan of 1924

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Charles G Dawes

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What was the full name of the man behind the Young plan of 1929

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Owen Young

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17
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Which economist did the US State Department hire?

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Edwin Kemmerer

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17
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Which economist did the US State Department hire?

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Edwin Kemmerer

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Who was the US diplomat that organised the Peace Treaty of Tipitapa

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Henry Stimson

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19
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What did the Peace Treaty of Tipitapa lead to in 1928? (the election of who)

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The election of Juan Bautista Sacasa in 1928

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20
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Who was Hardings Secretary of the Treasury whose tax reform scheme (the mellon plan) reduced taxes for business

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Andrew Mellon

21
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Who was Frederick Taylor?

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A mechanical engineer and one of the first management consultants. He believed in the theory of time and motion and his scientific ideas underpinned the use of the assembly line, especially in the car industry

22
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Who created the Model T

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Henry Ford

23
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Which two women became stars of silent movies in the jazz age

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Mary Pickford
Clara Bow

24
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Which three women became stars of the talkies and role models for many younger girls

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Mae West
Gloria Swanson
Jean Harlow

25
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Who became the first woman to be elected governor in 1924

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Nellie Tayloe Ross

26
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Who became the first female mayor of an American city, Seattle, in 1926

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Bertha Knight Landes

27
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Who was the most popular sporting star of the 1920s

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Babe Ruth
(for baseball)

28
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Who was Babe Ruth’s new york yankee team mate

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Lou Gehrig

29
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Which 1927 boxing match between who and who did 50mn people listen to on the radio

A

Gene Tunney vs Jack Dempsey

30
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Name a big action hero in film in the 20s

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Douglas Fairbanks

31
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who was the ‘vamp’ exuding a dangerous sexuality in the 1920s

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Theda Bara

32
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Name the two main comic geniuses in the 20s

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Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin

33
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Who was the democratic presidential candidate in 1928 who advocated the abolition of prohibition

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Al Smith

34
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Who was the mayor of chicago who did little or nothing to control gangsters in his city

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‘Big Bill’ Thompson

35
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Who was the famous italian criminal in the 1920s

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Al Capone

36
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Who did Al Capone succeed who had run the illegal alcohol business in chicago

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John Torrio

37
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What were the full names of the two italian labourers in the sacco and vanzetti case 1920

A

Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti

38
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Who was Sacco and Vanzetti arrested and charged with the murder of

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Fred Parmenter

39
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Who founded the second KKK in Atlanta

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The methodist preacher, William Simmons

40
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Who led the new KKK

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Hiram Evans- also known as the imperial wizard

41
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Who did the KKK accuse of being a foreigner bc his parents were greek in 1921

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Chris Lochan

42
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Which one of the klan’s leaders was convicted of a sexually motivated murder after 1925

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Grand Wizard David Stephenson

43
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Who refused to pardon David Stephenson (one of new KKK leaders in early 1920s)

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The Governor of Indiana

44
Q

Six states led by who decided to ban the teaching of darwins theory of evolution

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William Jennings Bryan

45
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What was the name of the biology teacher who decided to challenge this ban on teaching religion and creation story instead evolution

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John Scopes

46
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In the early 20s, who was the former vegetable seller who conned thousand of gullible people into investing in his ventures

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Charles Ponzi

47
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Who followed similarly conservative economic policies in the 1980s as president

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Ronald Reagan

48
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Which british historian suggested hoover should not have done more but less and that the economy would have righted itself had he done so

A

Paul Johnson

49
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What was the name of the leader of the armed forces who razed the Hooverville to the ground in 1932

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Douglas MacArthur, Army Chief of Staff

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