Flashcards Mod 9 The Great Depression

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Why did the artistic movement known as modernism appeal to Americans?

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It illustrated both the dreams and realities of American life.

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Opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries.

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Isolationism

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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

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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 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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African American minister; his Harlem soup kitchens fed the hungry during the Great Depression.

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Father Divine

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Republican U.S. President during stock market crash, the Great Depression, and worldwide depression.  Will wrongly receive most of the blame for the Great Depression.

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Herbert Hoover

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A name given to October 29, 1929, when stock prices fell sharply.

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Black Tuesday

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A group of World War I veterans and their families who marched on Washington DC, in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of a bonus they had been promised for military service.

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Bonus Army

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The purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest.

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