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| Following WWI, what were the major mood changes of the American public? |
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- Pro-isolationist
- Anti-foreigners
- "Radicals" were shunned
- Immigrants expected to be "American"
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| What is the KKK? What did they add to their "do not like" list? |
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Definition
They were originally an anti-black group. In the 1920's they expanded their "do not like" list to: Catholics, Jews, Pacifists, Communists, Internationalists, Revolutionists, Bootleggers, gambling, adultery, and birth control.
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| What was the Scopes Monkey Trial? |
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Definition
| Scientists were butting heads over Darwin's theory of evolution. Fundamentalists believed in a literal following of the bible and were numerous in the South. In Tennessee a law was passed banning the teaching of evolution and John T. Scopes violated this. |
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| How and why did the prosperity of the economy in the 1920's come about? |
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Definition
- low tax policies encouraged growth
- machinery got better and cheaper
- the assembly line was invented
- advertisements using persuasion and sex appeal convinced people to spend
- growing mass media
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| How did the automobile impact America in the 1920's? |
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Definition
- created over 6 million jobs
- became the #1 mode of transportation
- Need for good roads increased
- movement outward to suburbs
- new independence for younger people
- over 1 million dead in crashes
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Term
| What were the weaknesses of Warren G. Harding as a president? |
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Definition
- gullible
- lacked the vigor of a strong leader
- didn't know when he was being played
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| What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928? |
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Definition
| It outlawed war . . . (lol) |
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| What was the tariff trend of the 1920's? What were some specific tariffs? |
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Definition
Because of Harding's (and his corrupt cabinet's) laissez-faire approach to economy and the isolationist tendencies, tariffs tended to be high which favored businesses.
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Term
- What was the McNary-Haugen Bill?
- Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act?
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Definition
- tried to keep the price of agricultural goods high from gov't buying up surpluses
- outlawed anti-union contracts and forbade federal courts from restraining strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing.
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| "Fighting Bob's" run for president? |
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Definition
| Nominated by the progressives, he was supported by the AFL and the socialists |
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| What were Alfred Smith's liabilities in the run for president? |
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Definition
- catholic
- drinker
- too urban
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| Hoover tried to help the Great Deppression by doing what? |
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Definition
- building the Hoover Dam created jobs
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent money to finance projects
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