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chapter 20
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10th Grade
12/19/2012

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Warren G Harding
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Ohio senator elected president in 1920 with a promise of a return to normalcy
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Name given to the secret leasing of Navy oil reserves
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Quota System
Definition
Attempt to control undesirable immigration
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Albert B. Fall
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Secretary of the interior who decided that 2 of his friends should be given leases
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Babe Ruth
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Known as the Sultan of Swat
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Urban Sprawl
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Term referrring to the rapid spreading of cities in all directions
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Al Capone
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Notorius gangster who controlled the sale of illegal sales
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Anarchists
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People who oppose any and all types of government
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Dawes Plan
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After the french invasion of Germany in 1922
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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USA and 64 other nations agree in 1929 to attempt to make war illegal
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Volstead Act
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Put the teeth in th 18th amendment
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Ku Klux Klan
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founded in georgia and grew rapidly
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A. Mitchel Palmer

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American Attorney General who moved to stop the real and peircieved
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Speak Easies
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Slang term for people
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Fordney-Mccumber Tarrif
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Law passed to protect american chemical and metal industires from foreign imports
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Bootleggers
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Expression used in the 1920s to describe a person who sold illegal products
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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2 ittalian immigrants who were convicted
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Red Scare
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General name given to the fear during the 1920's of marxism/bolshevikism in the USA during the period
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Calvin coolige
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mass. govenor who recieved national recognition
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Isolationism
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idea that the USA should limit its involvement with foreign countries
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Nativism
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Concept of people favoring inhabitants of an area or country
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Scopes trial
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Hearing in dayton tennesee july 25 over what teachers could teach
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John L. Lewis
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Tireless pres. of united mine workers who worked for decent wages
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Ohio Gang
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Nickname given to friends of Warren G. Harding
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Installment Plan
Definition
Program allowing people to buy items without paying the full amount
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