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| The policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries |
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| Offering workers higher wages and providing benefits |
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| An intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas |
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| The practice of making high risk investments in hopes of a huge return |
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| A scandal that tarnished the reputation of the Harding administration |
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| Made it possible for Henry Ford to produce cars quickly and cheaply |
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| 15 nations pledged not to threaten each other with war in their joint dealings |
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| The total value of goods and services a country produces annually |
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| Business policy supported by Calvin Coolidge |
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| Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti |
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| Immigrants whose murder convictions provoked controversy |
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| “Silent” republican president who opposed government interference in American Business |
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| Businessman and inventor who developed and mass produced automobiles |
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| "President who easily won the 1928 election, expecting that Americans would continue to prosper" |
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| Leader who made communism the official ideology of Russia and the Soviet Union |
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| Paying part of a stock’s price and borrowing the rest |
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| Key features of the 1920’s Republican administration |
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| Expansionism and business regulation |
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| The Russian Revolutions caused the ________ _________. |
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| One reason that the 1920’s economy grew in the 1920’s |
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| Americans began to buy goods on credit |
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| What was the reason that Americans feared Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks? |
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| They promoted a system that was hostile to American values |
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| What was the cause of the labor unrest in the US after WW1? |
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| The cost of living rose significantly. |
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| How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920’s ? |
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| They fueled the growth of the consumer economy |
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| What was a result of the automobile boom? |
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| Under what circumstances can the government silence free speech? |
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| When there is “clear and present danger” |
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| Herbert Hoover’s main opponent in the 1928 election |
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| National Origins Act of 1924 |
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| Reduced the number of people who could enter the US |
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| What factor does a consumer economy depend upon? |
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| What factor made “productivity” in the work place rise during the 1920’s? |
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| Why did most American’s think that Sacco and Vanzetti were executed? |
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| Because they believed the men were responsible for setting off bombs that damaged Mitchell Palmer’s house. |
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| Effect of the passage of the Fordney-McCumber Tarrif |
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| Hurt both US industry and European nations that had to pay back war debts |
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| What are 4 signs that the economy was unsound? |
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| Uneven prosperity; personal debt; overproduction; stock market speculation |
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| Why did Americans fear the communists? |
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| The communists were openly hostile to American values |
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| What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids? |
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| To root out groups whose activities posed a clear danger to the country |
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| Many Americans believed the communists caused what problem in the US? |
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| The labor strikes of 1919 |
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| What was favored by the 1920’s Republican Presidents? |
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| What foreign policy did Harding and Coolidge favor? |
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| 15 nations agreed not to use threats of war against each other. |
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| Advertisements in the 1920’s changed from an emphasis on quality to an emphasis on _______. |
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| To sell cars that ordinary people could afford |
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| How did Henry Ford improve the Assembly Line? |
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| The reason for Henry Ford’s success |
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| Increasing automobiles led to the rise of what 2 new businesses? |
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| The nation’ s business took off in the 1920’s because… |
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| The Republican Laissez faire policies |
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| "When Hoover took the presidency in 1929, what did most Americans expect?" |
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| "Generally, the 1920’s were marked by…" |
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| Why didn’t Hoover put a stop to the wild buying of stock on borrowed money? |
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| He had high confidence in the American business world. |
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| Who benefited from the huge rise in the stock market in the 1920s. |
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| Consumers’ desire for exciting new products led to …? |
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| An increase in personal debt |
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| Practices such as buying on margin reflected what American attitude? |
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| "Despite the prosperity of the 1920’s , life remained hard for many….?" |
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| Farmers and factory workers |
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