Roaring Twenties

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Roaring Twenties
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Identification (3 Points)

• 1.Warren Harding

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Answer One

• Warren Harding was the President who followed
  Wilson after World War I. He ran on a platform of
  a return to normalcy. He was seen as a calming
  force after the tumultuous years of Wilsons
  Presidency.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 2.Reparations

WWI Battlefield
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Answer Two

• Reparations were payments for damages to the
  allies from Germany after World War I. These
  penalties were severe and caused resentment by
  the Germans which would later lead to the climate
  responsible for the rise of Hitler.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 3. Five-Power Treaty

WWI Soldier
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Answer Three

• Five-Power Treaty was a pact by which The United
  States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy
  agreed to freeze their navies at 1921 levels.
  This treaty was designed to reduce tension and
  budget strains in the world.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 4. Bureau of the Budget

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Answer Four

• Bureau of the Budget was created to reconcile the
  taxation and spending units of the government.
  This agency was designed to control spending and
  make government more efficient.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 5.Open Shop

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Answer Five

• Open Shop was a place of work where workers were
  not required to join a union. Open shops were not
  good for union membership.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 6.Welfare Capitalism

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Answer Six

• Welfare Capitalism was a way businesses began to
  treat their workers with more respect. This
  system allowed workers to buy shares in the
  company they worked for as well as allowing them
  health insurance and retirement pensions.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 7.National Origins Act

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Answer Seven

• National Origins Act was a law that was aimed at
  restricting immigration. It set quotas of
  immigration from particular countries based on
  the number of people from that country who were
  already in the United States.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 8.Teapot Dome Scandal

President Warren Harding
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Answer Eight

• Teapot Dome Scandal was a scandal that occurred
  during the Harding Administration. Albert Falls ,
  Hardings Secretary of Interior was secretly
  leasing the rights to drill for oil on Federal
  Lands and pocketing bribes for doing so.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 9.Laissez Faire

President Calvin Coolidge
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Answer Nine

• Laissez Faire was a French term meaning let
  alone. In the United States, it referred to a
  hands off policy towards business. This
  philosophy was practiced during the Harding and
  Coolidge Administrations.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 10.Calvin Coolidge

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Answer Ten

• Calvin Coolidge was the President who succeeded
  Harding after his death. He was a man of few
  words and believed in taking as little action as
  possible on issues, allowing them to sort
  themselves out.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 11.Henry Ford

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Answer Eleven

• Henry Ford established the assembly line to
  manufacture inexpensive automobiles for the
  general public. The easy to operate and
  affordable Model T allowed the middle class to
  own cars for the first time.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 12.Farm Bloc

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Answer Twelve

• Farm Bloc was a group of 25 Senators and 100
  Representatives from farm states. By banding
  together and using their votes as a group, they
  were able to influence legislation and enact laws
  that benefited farmers.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 13.Charles Evans Hughes

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Answer Thirteen

• Charles Evans Hughes was Coolidges Secretary of
  State. He believed America should only intervene
  in Latin America to promote political stability
  and NOT to assist US investors in foreign
  companies.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 14.Charles Lindbergh

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Answer Fourteen

• Charles Lindbergh was an American hero who flew
  the Spirit of St.Louis on the first non-stop
  flight from America to France. He was the most
  prolific hero of the 1920s.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 15.Federal Radio Commission

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Answer Fifteen

• Federal Radio Commission was established in 1927
  to regulate the broadcasting industry. The FRC
  was the forerunner of the Federal Communications
  Agency.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 16.Al Capone

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Answer Sixteen

• Al Capone was a Chicago gangster who made a
  fortune during prohibition smuggling and
  distilling alcohol. The money generated by this
  illicit business eventually became a corrupting
  influence on the government.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 17.Prohibition

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Answer Seventeen

• Prohibition was a constitutional amendment that
  prohibited the use of alcohol. Prohibition, in
  many ways, led to the rise of organized crime as
  the Mob filled the void and supplied a product
  that was illegal but the public wanted.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 18.Ernest Hemmingway

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Answer Eighteen

• Ernest Hemmingway was an author whose style was
  direct and simple. He wrote many stories about
  war and the meaningless violence associated with
  it.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 19.Marcus Garvey

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Answer Nineteen

• Marcus Garvey was a Black leader who believed in
  Negro Nationalism. He wanted Blacks to leave
  America and return to Africa.

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Identification (3 Points)

• 20.Al Smith

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Answer Twenty

• Al Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for the
  Democratic nomination for President in 1924. He
  was a Roman Catholic Governor of New York who did
  not support Prohibition. He did, however, gain
  the Democratic nomination in 1928.

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Short Answer One (10 Points)

• What were the two major foreign policy problems
  which the United States faced at the end of World
  War I? Describe some of the different approaches
  taken to solving these problems.

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World War I
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Answer

• The United States was concerned with two major
  foreign policy issues in the 1920s. The first
  issue concerned collecting our debts owed from
  fighting World War I from both our allies and
  Germany. The second was to maintain peace so that
  the United States could avoid becoming embroiled
  in another war. These problems were addressed
  through various treaties and by allowing the
  allies to pass most of their debts on to Germany.
  This strategy made Germany weak and resentful and
  was one of the causes for the rise of the Nazis
  during the 1930s.

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Short Answer Two (10 Points)

• What was the impact of the Automobile on American
  life in the 1920s?

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Model T
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Answer

• There are three major impacts on society that the
  automobile spurred. . The car allowed mobility
  for people who owned them which allowed owners to
  experience life beyond their backyards and
  immediate homes. New industries emerged after the
  adoption of the automobile as a staple of
  American life. These industries included road
  building, gas stations and auto mechanic garages.
  Thirdly, the rural areas of America became less
  isolated as people both left and came to these
  areas spreading trade and ideas.

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Short Answer Three (10 Points)

• What was the Scopes trial and what was its
  effect on Americans in the 1920s?

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Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryant
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Answer

• The Scopes trial was a battle between science and
  religion. It involved a teacher (Scopes) who
  taught evolution in his high school science
  class. This was against the law in Tennessee.
  Clarence Darrow defended Scopes while William
  Jennings Bryant was the lawyer for the state.
  Although Scopes lost his trial, his case
  symbolized the tensions in America in the 1920s
  between older beliefs and social change.

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Short Answer Four (10 Points)

• What were the factors that led to an increase in
  crime in the 1920s from previous decades?

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FBI Man Elliot Ness
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Answer

• Prohibition was a major force in the growing
  crime rate in America. Poor immigrants crowded in
  cities also provided an environment for crime as
  did the growth of the cities and the mobility
  created by the advent of the automobile.