American History Chapter 11 section 1 & 2 – Flashcards
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won the presidential elections of 1920 on a platform of normalcy
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Warren G. Harding
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convinced people that the US was threatened by political violence
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The Red Scare
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complete government control
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communism
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lenin's forces
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The Reds
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former landowners, government officials, and army leaders
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The Whites
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when the Reds had triumphed and their new nation was?
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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an intense fear of communism and other extreme ideas, bothered the US
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red scare
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a supreme court case that dealt with mailed letters to men drafted for war, urging them not to report to duty
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Schenck v/s US
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man convicted of breaking the espionage act, in which he appealed claiming the free exercise of speaking freely
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Charles Schenck
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stated that the government was justified in silencing free speech when there is a clear and present danger to the nation
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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had not had a pay increase since the start of world war 1
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the boston police strike
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statedd that there is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, or anytime
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Calvin Coolidge
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claimed that the strike was that of commuist, the corporations private police force killed 18 strikers and beat hundreds to stop the strike
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steel and coal strikes
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a policy of avoiding political or economical alliances with foreign countries
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isolationism
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a program in which the nations of the world would voluntarily give up their weapons
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disarmament
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a movement favoring native born americans over immigrants
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nativism
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a numeral number on immigrants from each foreign nation
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quota
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what was the worst scandal of Hardings administration
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the teapot dome scandal
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the secretary of interior that accepted huge bribes to grant private leases on naval oil reserves located at teapot dome, wyoming
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Albert Fall
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a policy of government not interferring in private business
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laissez faire
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15 nations that agreed not to use the threat of war in their dealings with one another
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the kellog brand pact
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hoover nominated by the representatives and won in a landslide due to coolidge's prosperity
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election of 1928
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depends on a large amount of buying by consumers
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the consumer economy
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a system that let customers make partial payments at set intervals over a period of time until the total debt is paid
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installment plan
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made automobiles more available to the mass market
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henry ford
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henry fords first version of the light weight gas powered car
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the quadricycle
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a manufacturing process in which either worker does one specialized task in the construction of the final product
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the assembly line
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controlled the businesses that made up the phases of a products development
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vertical consolidation
