1920s Flashcards

(12 cards)

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What was Harding’s election based on?

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  • Return to normalcy
  • Exhaustion from war and progressiveness
  • Isolationism
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Who is Charles Forbes?

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  • Member of the “Ohio gang”
  • Used funds intended for the veterans
  • Sold hospital supplies to friends
  • Used bribes against hospitals
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3
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What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

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  • Albert B Fall secretly leased oil reserves
  • Fall was convicted of bribery
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4
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What did Andrew Mellon do economically?

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  • Supported laissez faire
  • Cut taxes and reduced federal spending
  • Used high tariffs and minimal regulation
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5
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How was Coolidge as a president?

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  • “Silent Cal”
  • Conservative promoting laissez faire
  • Isolationism
  • Supported installment buying
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What did Amity Shales argue for?

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  • New Deal policies prolonged the Great Depression
  • Lower taxes and less intervention is better
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What is the Dawes plan?

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  • Rescheduling German reparations to ease internal debt
  • US loans to Germany, Germany gives Britain and France, Britain and France pay back US
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8
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What is the Kellogg Briand Pact?

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  • Rejection of war
  • Preferred settling disputes peacefully
  • Failed to prevent WWII
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9
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Who is Clara Bow?

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  • Original “It Girl”
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What was popular during the Roaring 20s?

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  • Cosmetic products
  • Music industry
  • Cigarette industry
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What was the Cotton Club?

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  • Club owned by white people
  • Only black performers
  • Only light skinned black waiters
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What was the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act?

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  • Established quotas to 3% in total
  • Banned Asian immigration
  • Banned Jews and Italians
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