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17 Cards in this Set
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warren harding
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pres.1920-reduced income tax,increased in tariff rates,estb.bureau of budget,gvmnt expenses to be placed in single budget
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff act
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increased tariff rates
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bureau of budget
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procedures for all gvmnt expenses to be placed in a single budget for congress to review and vote on
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teapot dome
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where harding accepted bribes for granting oil leases
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calvin coolidge
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Mass.gvnr in 1919,vp of pres.harding & successor, believed in limited gvmnt while business did their own thing
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herbert hoover
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sec.of commerce,pres.in 1928
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henry ford
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systm of manufact.by assembly line
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welfare captlsm
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voluntarily offering employees improved benefits and higher wages to stop form unions
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sigmund freud
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stressed the role of sex.repression in mental illness
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functionalism
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form follows function)architects followed this in bldng skyscrapers w/little decoration
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marcus garvey
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brought united negro imprvmnt assc.to harlem.advocated individual and racial pride for african ams.
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scopes trial
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btween biology tchr taught evolution and pres.will bryan testified as expert on Bible.scopes convicted
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clarence darrow
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defended john scopes in trial
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sacco and vanzetti
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convicted of robbery and murder.executed in 1927, although innocent,due to being italians & anarchist
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washngtn conference
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sec.of ST charles hughes strt tlks on naval disarmament, hoped to stablz size of navy relative to other pwrs & resolve conficts in the pacific
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kellogg-Briand pact
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renounced aggressive use of force to achieve natl ends.permitted defensive wars but failed to enforce
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dawes plan
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estb cylce of pamnts from u.s to germ to allies to rebuild economy and pay for war debts
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