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15 Cards in this Set
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Natavism
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Prejudice against foreign-born people.
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Isolationism
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Policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
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Communism
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Economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship.
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Anarchists
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People who opposed any form of government.
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Sacco And Vanzetti
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Arrested and charged with the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard in South Braintree.
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Quota System
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Established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from immigration to the United States.
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John L. Lewis
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Leader of United Mine workers of America.
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Warren G. Harding
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His words of peace and calm comforted and healed the nation.
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Urged that no more warships be built for ten years.
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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Raised taxes on U.S. imports to 60 percent.
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Ohio Gang
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THe president's poker-playing cronies, who would soon cause a great deal of embarrassment.
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Teapot Dome scandal
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Most spectacular example of corruption.
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Albert B. Fall
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Got the oil reserves transferred from the navy to the Interior Department.
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Calvin Coolidge
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President. Fit into the pro-business spirit very well.
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Urban Sprawl
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Allowed people to live miles away from their jobs.
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