Flashcards Mod 8 The Roaring Twenties

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Which of the following is an example of how President Wilson’s belief in self-determination was reflected in his Fourteen Points?

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An independent Poland would be created from German and Russian territory.

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Why did the United States fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

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Congressional leaders feared that U.S. soldiers would be used to fight more wars overseas.

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Why was the convoy system so important in World War I?

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It protected the transport of U.S. personnel and materials.

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U.S. Naval Admiral who pushed the U.S. to build a modern navy to compete with other powerful nations. Also encouraged acquiring Hawaii and building naval bases and the Panama Canal.

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Alfred Mahan

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Republican U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, who led the movement to reject the Treaty of Versailles. Afraid the League of Nations would pull the U.S. into another European war.

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Pioneering auto manufacturer, made car simple and identical reducing costs with the moving assembly line and interchangeable parts,reduces workday to 8 hours and raises wages $5 a day

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Henry Ford

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U.S. president who signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers in 1921, started the Teapot Dome Scandal with his Ohio Gang Cabinet, one of the worst presidents, and had the largest presidential feet wearing a size 14 shoe

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Warren G. Harding

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U.S. president who signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war, sent the marines to Nicaragua to end a civil war from 1925 - 1927, and said that “the business of  America is business and that the business of government is to keep out of business:”

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Calvin Coolidge

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“Scarface” was the most ruthless gangster of the 1920s in Chicago. Made $60 million a year just from bootlegging, until the FBI arrested him for income tax evasion in 1931

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Al Capone

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Aviator who became an international hero when he made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York City to Paris, France in 1927

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Charles Lindbergh