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17 Cards in this Set
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prejudice against foreign-born peeopl
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nativism
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policy of pulling away form involvement of world affairs
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isolationism
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economic and political system based on a single-party govt ruled by a dictatorship
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communism
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people who opposed any form of govt
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anarchist
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found guitly and sentenced ot death bc they were italian
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sacco and vanzetti
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est the maximum number of people who could enter the us from each foreign country
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quota system
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lead united mines workers of am and lead a strike; became national hero
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john l lewis
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president in 1921
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harding
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sec of state that urged that no more warships be built for 10 years
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hughes
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raised taxes on some us imprts to 60 percent
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fordney-mccumber tariff
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hardings poker playing cornies
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ohio gang
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govt set aside oil-rich soil at teapot dome for us by us navy
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teapot dome scandal
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sec of interior who got the oil reseres transferred from navy to interior dept
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albert b fall
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new pres after harding
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coolidge
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unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding cities
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urban sprawls
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enabled people to buy goods over an extended period w/o having to put much money down at time of purchase
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installment plan
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4 warning signs of depression
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iron and railroad industires werent prosperous
farming suffered loss income gap installment plan was getting out of hand |
