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Unrestricted submarine warfare
Caused Wilson to break diplomatic relations with Germany
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Zimmerman Note
Proposed a secret agreement between Germany and Mexico
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19th Amendment
Allowed for women’s suffrage
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A. Mitchell Palmer
most adamant pursuer of “radical” elements during the Red Scare
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Frederick W. Taylor
Inventor known for his efforts to promote efficiency by eliminating wasted motions
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1919 Steel Strike
A setback for the labor movement
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Ku Klux Klan
Fundamentalist, anti-Catholic organization that supported Prohibition
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The Jazz Singer
First “talkie”
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14 Points
Wilson’s plan for peace at the end of World War I
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Chateau-Thierry
First significant battle involving American troops in World War I
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Scopes Trial
Court case centering on the issue of teaching evolution in public schools
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Automobiles, radios, motion pictures
Contributed to the standardization of American life
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18th Amendment
prohibited alcohol
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League of Nations
Agency proposed by Wilson to promote international cooperation
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Henry Ford
Man whose greatest contribution was cheap automobiles
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1920 census
Revealed that more Americans lived in cities for the 1st time
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Buying on margin
Practice of purchasing stocks by paying only a small down payment
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Fordney- McCumber & Hawley-Smoot
Substantially raised tariff rates
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Herbert Hoover
Presidential candidate whose great talent was administration
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Stimson Doctrine
Declared the US would not recognize territorial acquisitions taken by force
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Andrew Mellon
Treasury secretary who placed the tax burden on middle income groups
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Teapot Dome
Scandal involving the mismanagement of oil reserves
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Direct aid
Hoover felt this would harm the strength of American character
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“war to end all wars”
Wilson persuaded Americans to enter the war by promising this
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Oil drilling in the Middle East
Caused Harding to abandon a policy of isolationism
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Coolidge’s presidency
Administration marked by support of the interests of big business
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Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Organization who made loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments
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U.S. troops
Group responsible for demoralizing German troops
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
Outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry
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Overproduction
Major problem facing farmers in the 1920s
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Bonus Expeditionary Force
Group who marched on DC to demand payments promised to veterans of WWI
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nationality
The Immigration Act of 1924 established immigration quotas based on this
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