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Women voted for the first time in the 1920 pres election and evidence indicates that they voted for warren harding who won and turned out to be one of our worst pres. this confirmed the argument used by opponents of womens suffrage that women were not politically qualified to vote.
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false
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as pres, harding picked a cabinet full of men of questionable abilites and qualifications. all of whom later were convicted of illegal activites.
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false
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harding preached about small town and family values and set an example of high moral character.
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false
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sec of treasury herbert hoover followed an economic policy of lower tax rates, lower government spending, and high tariffs.
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false
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whether the cause or not, it is true that following tax cuts for businesses and individuals the american economy in the 1920s entered a six year period of robust economic growth.
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true
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calvin coolidge became a national figure during the boston police strike of 1919 when, as governor, he proclaimed that "the business of america is business"
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false
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warren hardings extremely close victory in the 1920 election is evidence that the american people were deeply divided over joining the league of nations.
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false
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Coolidge became famous for his sleeping habits and his ability to give long speeches that sounded good but didn't have any real meaning.
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false
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the harding admin is mainly remembered for scandals such as teapot dome
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true
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coolidge decided not to run for reelection in 1928 because of the death of his wife grace.
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false
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the stock market crash of 1929 was a major cause of the great depression.
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false
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among collidge's vetoes were bills to help farmers by allowing the gov to buy farm supplies.
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true
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hoover's career included engineering, public service, and a term on the supreme court
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false
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two advantages that hoover had in the 1928 campaign against dem al smith was that he was not a catholic and he was in favor of prohibition
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true
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one of the leading causes of the great depression was a decline in the money supply due to (among other reasons) poor monetary policy be the federal reserve.
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true
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"rugged individualism" refers to president hoovers belief that government should help people who were suffering during the depression.
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false
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hoovers reconstruction finance corporation loaned money to businesses and banks in the hopes that new jobs would "trickle down" to the unemployed.
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true
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hoover demonstrated sympathy and concern for the problems of veterans when the bonus army came to washington.
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false
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hoover was a self-made man who became a multi-millionaire by age 40
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true
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all three pres in the 1920s were rep who believed in "laissez-faire" economics, that is they wanted to increase government regulation of the economy
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false
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on what date was the stock market crash?
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october 29, 1929
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about harding, people said that "he looked like..."
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a president
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who said "we are nearer to the final solution over poverty than ever before..."
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Hoover
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buying stock on credit is called
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buying on margin
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the mother of hardings illegitimate child?
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nan britton
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rep economic policy in the 1920s was known as ... economics
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"trickle down"
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a mean cause of the stock market crash was the raising of interest rates by the
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federal reserve
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president ... is the only pres to be born on the 4th of july
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coolidge
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hoover continually issued optimistic statements during the early years of the depression like "prosperity is...
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just around the corner"
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the 18th amendment (prohibition) led to the rise of
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alcoholism
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coolidge's son john died from blood poisoning after playing what sport?
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tennis
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