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Chapter 24
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/09/2014

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Warren G. Harding
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President who promised a "return to normalcy after word war 1." Proposed lower taxes, and was pro-business
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Assembly Line
Definition
manufacturing technique that uses a conveyor belt to move materials to workers who stay in one place.
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Installment Buying
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Allowing customers to pay for purchases in small monthly payments.
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Corrupt actions of Harding's secretary of the interior, who made illegal ideas with oil executives
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Calvin Coolidge
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Succeeded Harding in in office as prsident, cleaned up  scandals, was pro-business did not favor sociel welfare.
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Laissez- Faire economics
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Economics theory that if business is left unregulated by government it will act in a way that benefits the nation.
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Flapper
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A young women in the 1920's eager to try new fashions, dances, and fads.
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Jazz Age
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Name used to describe the 1920s, because of the popularity of a particular musical form.
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Mass Media
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term for communications that reach a large audience and help spread popular culture.
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Pop Culture
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Songs, dances, and slang expressions that appeal to many people.
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