Ch 20

Question 1

This is a prejudice against foreign born people

Answer 1

Nativism

Question 2

This is a policy of pulling away from world affairs

Answer 2

Isolationism

Question 3

What is communism?

Answer 3

An economic/political system based on a single party government led by a dictatorship

Question 4

Who made the “Reds?”

Answer 4

Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (majority)

Question 5

What were the reds and what was their goal?

Answer 5

The Russian communist group who wanted to abolish capitalism everywhere

Question 6

What happened as a result of the Reds in the US?

Answer 6

The Red Scare (1919-1921)

Question 7

Who was involved in the Palmer Raids?

Answer 7

Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and J Edgar Hoover

Question 8

What did the Palmer raids aim to do?

Answer 8

Hunt down socialists, communists, and anarchists

Question 9

THis is a person opposed to any form of government

Answer 9

Anarchist

Question 10

These people were famous victims of the Red Scare who were Italians charged with murder and robbery

Answer 10

Sacco and Vanzetti

Question 11

What happened to Sacco and Vanzetti?

Answer 11

They were electrocuted to death

Question 12

What dropped off after the war?

Answer 12

Unskilled labor

Question 13

Who ended up involved in post-war labor disputes?

Answer 13

Anarchists and socialists

Question 14

What happened with the KKK during the Red Scare?

Answer 14

They rose up with anti-immigration feelings

Question 15

This set up limits on how manu immigrants from various countries would be admitted each year

Answer 15

Quota System/Emergency Quota Act of 1921

Question 16

Who was forbidden immigration under the Quota System?

Answer 16

Japanese

Question 17

Who was excluded from the Quota System?

Answer 17

Immigrants of the Western hemisphere

Question 18

THis man was the leader of the United Mine Workers of America

Answer 18

John L. Lewis

Question 19

What did coal miners get after their strike>

Answer 19

A 27% wage increase

Question 20

Why did union membership drop in the 1920s?

Answer 20

Immigrants were willing to work in poor conditions, it was difficult to organize immigrants, farmers who migrated to cities were used to relying on themselves, and most unions excluded blacks

Question 21

This man was the 29th president

Answer 21

Warren G Harding, r, 1921-1923

Question 22

This man was the Secretary of State under Haring

Answer 22

Charles Evans Hughes

Question 23

What did Charles Evans Hughes push for?

Answer 23

No more warships to be built for 10 years, 1st disarmament by a powerful nation ever

Question 24

What became a source of conflict?

Answer 24

The US wanted money lent to GB/FR during the war back

Question 25

This rose tariffs on imports to protect US businesses

Answer 25

Fordney-McCumber Tariff

Question 26

What did the Dawes Plan do?

Answer 26

Loan money to Germany so they could pay Britain and France to pay us back

Question 27

This renounced the use of war and called for peaceful settlements of disputes

Answer 27

Kelogg-Briand Pact

Question 28

This was Hardings close friends and political supporters appointed to his cabinet

Answer 28

Ohio Gang

Question 29

How did the kitchen cabinet come to power?

Answer 29

Graft

Question 30

What is graft?

Answer 30

Using political influence for personal gain

Question 31

This is when oil rich land was secretary leased to companies for a cash bribe

Answer 31

Teapot done scandal

Question 32

Who was responsible for the teapot done scandal?

Answer 32

Albert Fall-secretary of interior

Question 33

What ended up with Fall?

Answer 33

He was the 1st American convicted of A felony while a cabinet post

Question 34

When did harding die?

Answer 34

Aug 2 1923

Question 35

This man was Harding's VP who assume office, was re-elected, and restored faith in the Republican Party

Answer 35

Calvin Coolidge, 30, R, 1923-1929

Question 36

What Kind of policies did Coolidge like?

Answer 36

low taxes and small gov't

Question 37

What helped US manufactures flourish under Coolidge?

Answer 37

High tariffs on imports

Question 38

How did the automobile change America?

Answer 38

Paved roads(rt66), new houses with garages and driveways, construction of gas stations, motels, repair shops, and shopping centers

Question 39

This is the unplanned spreading of cities into surrounding areas

Answer 39

Urban sprawl

Question 40

What ended up happening with airplanes?

Answer 40

Transatlantic flights by Lindbergh and Earhart promoted commercial lines

Question 41

What were aeroplanes first used for?

Answer 41

Carrying mail

Question 42

What did electricity run?

Answer 42

Factories and machines

Question 43

How was power distribute over long distances?

Answer 43

Alternating current

Question 44

What grew with businesses?

Answer 44

An income gap between management and workers

Question 45

How did food prices lower?

Answer 45

Farmers grew more food than they needed to

Question 46

This is a payment over an extended period with little down payment

Answer 46

Installment plan

Question 47

What was the income gap called?

Answer 47

Superficial Prosperity