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History Chapter 20

American History Honors 2

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Nativisim Predjudice against foreign born people
Isolationism a policy of pulling away from the involvement in world affairs
Communism an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatoriship
Anarchists people who opposed any form of government
Sacco and Vanzetti arrested, found guilty for killing and robbing a factory paymaster and guard. However, they were put on trial, although they had both alibis and pleaded not guilty, and people said that it was either due to their being immigrants or their radical beliefs
Quota System Established the max number of people who could enter the US from each foreign country
John L. Lewis Improved coal miner's lives by helping them protest and gain a 27% increase in their wage
Warren G. Harding Ohio senator who assumed presidency in 1921 and made speeches that calmed Americans, however, his judgement was very poor when it came to picking friends
Carles Evans Hughes Secretary of state that urged that no more warships be built for 10 years
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Raised taxes on some US imports to 60%-the highest level ever. It protected US business from foreign competiton
Ohio Gang The president's poker playing cronies, who would soon cause a great deal of embarrasment to Harding
Teapot Dome Scandal SEcretary of the Interiror Albert B. Fall's secret leasing of oil-rich public land to private companies in return for money and land
Albert B. Fall managed to get the oil reserves transferred from the navy to the Interior Department. Then, secretly leased the land to 2 private oil companies. He became the first American to be convicted of a felony while holding a cabinet post.
Urban Sprawl The unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions
Installment Plan An arrangement in which a purchaser pays over an extended time, without having to down much money at the time of purchase.
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