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Calvin Coolidge
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John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was the 30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state.
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Warren Harding
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Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921 until his death in 1923
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Andrew Mellon
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Andrew William Mellon was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. From the wealthy Mellon family of Pennsylvania, he established a vast business empire before transitioning into politics.
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Charles Forbes
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Charles Robert Forbes was appointed the first Director of the Veterans' Bureau by President Warren G. Harding on August 9, 1921 and served until February 28, 1923
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Albert Fall
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Albert Bacon Fall was a United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.
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Problems After WW1
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The economy was in a difficult state of adjustment. Soldiers faced unemployment or took jobs away from women and minorities. Cost of living had doubled
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Disarmament
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Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons.
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Red Scare
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"Red Scare" is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism.
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Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
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The trial lasted nearly seven weeks, and on July 14, 1921, Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty of murder in the first degree. So far as the crime is concerned, we are dealing with a conventional case of payroll robbery. At the trial the killing of Parameter and Berardelli was undisputed.
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18th Amendment
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Abolishes alcohol
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