Chapter 12 vocabulary
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| nativism | Prejudice against foreign-born people.
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| isolationism | A policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
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| communism | An economic and politicial system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship.
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| anarchists | People who opposed any form of government.
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| Sacco and Vanzetti | Were arrested and charged with robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts.
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| quota system | This established the maximum number of people who could enter the U.S from each foreign country.
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| John L. Lewis | The new leader of the United Mine Workers of Americans.
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| Warren G. Harding | Was described as a good-natured man who "looked like a president ought to look." Ohio senator elected as president in 1921.
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| Charles Evans Highes | Urged that no more warships be built for ten years. He suggested that the five major navel powers scrap big ships.
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| Fordney- McCumber Tariff | Raised taxes on U.S imports to 60 percent, the highest level ever.
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| Ohio gang | The president's poker-playing cronies, who would soo cause a great deal of embarrassment.
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| Teapot Dome scandal | Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fallks secret leasing of oil-rich public land to private companies in return for money and land.
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| Albert B. Fall | Thh Secretary of the Interior, a close friend of varius oil executives. He managed to get the oil reserves transferred from the navy to the Interior Department.
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| Calvin Coolidge | The new presidnt, fit intyo the pro-business spirit of the 19209s very well.
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| Urban sprawl | The unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions.
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| installment plan | This enabled people to buy goods over an extended period, withought having to put down much money at the time of purchase.
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