the roaring 20s Flashcards

1
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What was the Harding Administration?

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President Harding appointed his friends to his cabinet

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2
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What was Hardings goal?

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a “return to normalcy”

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3
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What was the name for the group of men Harding appointed?

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the Ohio Gang

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4
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Who was Charles Forbes?

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  • head of Veterans Bureau
  • defrauded taxpayers out of millions
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5
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Who was Albert Fall?

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Secretary of Interior

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6
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What scandal was Albert Fall a part of?

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  • Teapot Dome Scandal
  • allowed private companies to drill for oil on US Navy land
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7
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Who was the Attorney General?

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Harry Daugherty

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8
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What was Harry Daugherty investigated for?

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taking bribes

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9
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When did Calvin Coolidge become president?

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when Harding died in 1923

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10
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What kind of President was Coolidge?

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  • distanced himself from Harding and kept government out of business
  • “cool cal”
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What happened while Coolidge was president?

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  • country prospered
  • economy improved
  • became best industrial country
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12
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Who was Charles Evans Hughes?

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Secretary of State

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13
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Who was Andrew Mellon?

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Secretary of Treasury

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14
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What and who was a debtor nation?

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  • owed more money than they brought in
  • the United States was a debtor nation before WWI
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15
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What happened the the US after WWI?

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  • went from debtor to creditor
  • WWI brought in $10 billion
  • more intertwined with international trade
  • worlds dominant economic power
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16
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What was the myth of isolationism?

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  • many Americans favored isolationism
  • traded with too many countries to be isolated
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17
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What did the United Sates promote?

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peace based on economics and arms limitations

18
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What was the goal of the US?

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increased trade

19
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What was the Daws plan?

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  • former allies and Germany had difficult time laying off war debts
  • 1924, Charles G. Dawes made an agreement that the US would give loans to Germany
  • Britain and France would accept less in reparations and pay back more on their war debts to the U.S.
20
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What limited new warships?

A

Washington Conference and the London Naval Treaties

21
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What was the Kellogg-Brand Pact?

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US and 14 other nations agreed to anandon war and settle all disputes by peaceful means

22
Q

What started to prosper in the 1920s?

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automobile, aircraft, radio, consumer products

23
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What benefits did the assembly line provide?

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  • 12hr —> 1.5hr to make a car
  • cut down costs of cars and to make cars
24
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What was the role of the radio in the 1920s?

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  • advertised consumer products
  • connected Americans to live audio entertainment and news
  • NBC
25
Q

What caused a boom in consumer products?

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  • higher wages, shorter work days, consumer credit
  • credit was easy to obtain
26
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What are examples of products part of the consumer economy?

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refrigerator, toaster, waffle maker, washing machine, iron

27
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What was the farm crisis?

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  • farmers suffered a “silent depression”
  • borrowed equipment during the war because of the demand of food
  • new technologies produced, but the demand was lower
  • prices decreased and it was harder to pay off debts
  • Coolidge vetoed legislation to help the farmers
28
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How was prosperity uneven?

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  • wealthiest Americans made over $10,000 a year
  • $2,500 was “necessary” to live
  • 60% of families made under $2,000
  • black sharecroppers averaged $350 a year
  • Native Americans less than $200 a year
29
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What was changing in the 1920s?

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  • women won the right to vote, flappers, wanted to break free of traditional roles
  • religious fundamentalists rejected the idea of evolution
30
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What was the 18th Amendment?

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  • outlaw of alcohol
  • cause production of bootleg alcohol, increasing federal police to enforce prohibition
  • led to rise of mafia
31
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What was and what caused the Red Scare?

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  • fear of communism
  • immigration from communist nations
32
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What is nativism?

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the belief that one’s native land must be protected from immigrants

33
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What was an example of nativism?

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  • Sacco-Vanzetti
  • executed despite probably not being guilty
  • they were italian
34
Q

How was the Ku Klux Klan different than before?

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  • before they were located in the south
  • Great Migration caused the klan to become nation wide
  • anti immigration
  • anti black
  • anti semitic
  • anti catholic
  • favored immigrants from northern Europe
35
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Who started the KKK again in the 1920s?

A

Nathan Bedford
- he eventually thought it got too violent

36
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How did art and literature affect the 1920s?

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  • artists, musicians, and artists expressed American freedoms and challenged traditional ideas
37
Q

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

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period of African American racial pride

38
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What were African American politics?

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  • organizations such as the NAACP fought segregation and discrimination
39
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Who led a movement of African American pride?

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Marcus Garvey

40
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What happened to Marcus Garvey?

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  • Coolidge had him deported
  • Garvey inspired hope for later civil right movements