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33 Cards in this Set
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The popularity of president _____________'s progressivism faded after world war 1 |
Woodrow Wilson |
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The presidential campaign for Calvin Coolidge was led by ___________ |
Charles G. Dawes |
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President ________'s program for a return to normalcy was backed by the people of the United States |
Warren G. Harding |
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The philosophy that western capitalism was the enemy of mankind was started by ____ |
Karl Marx |
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A nation's involvement in world affairs is called |
Internationalism |
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The dictatorial Russian leader who took power after Lenin was |
Stalin |
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The non-involvement of a nation in world affairs is called |
Isolationism |
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The mass movement of rural people to the city is called |
Urbanization |
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The ______ put prohibition laws into effect |
Eighteenth amendment |
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The signing of the _________ by the Germans brought peace at the end of world war 1 |
Treaty of Versailles |
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President hoover's main weakness in dealing with the depression was that he trusted the ________ too much |
Private sector |
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The sinking of the Lusitania and similar incidents resulting in American deaths led the United States into world war 1 - true or false |
True |
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The United States struggled between policies of internationalism and isolationism during the twenties - true or false |
True |
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High wages and better opportunities drove many to move to the cites of the United States - true or false |
True |
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Foreign trade was unhealthy just before the depression because American loans were paying for American exports - true or false |
True |
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Most people in the United States were not expecting the stock market to crash - true or false |
True |
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Coolidge declined to run for reelection because of his loss of popularity among the people - true or false |
False |
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The depression left many business executives jobless - true or false |
False |
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McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill |
Legislation to raise farm prices |
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Young plan |
Financial legislation to aid Europe |
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American federation of labor |
Labor union for employee benefits |
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Patman bill |
Legislation for bonus money to veterans |
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National farmers holiday association |
Organization striking for raise in farm prices |
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Reconstruction finance corporation |
Hoover's direct relief for people in need |
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Home loan bank system |
Financial aid for homeowners |
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Kellogg-Briand pact |
Agreement by fifteen nations to renounce war |
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Ku klux klan |
Organization preventing rights of black peuple |
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National urban league |
Organization promoting rights of black people |
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Five postwar movements of change in the United States were |
A return to normalcy, prohibition, urbanization, restrictive immigration, disarmament |
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Four measures backed by the Coolidge administration |
Immigration restriction, tax reduction, veteran bonuses, a stand for morality |
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Four causes of the Great Depression were |
A weak national economy, agricultural overproduction, an imbalance of foreign trade, overextended credit |
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Three measures taken by president Hoover to combat the depression were |
The reconstruction finance corporation, a plea to the private sector, the home loan bank system |
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Three factors that drew rural people to the cities |
Higher wages or money, greater opportunities for advancement in society, cities were centers of entertainment, trends, and popular lifestyle |
