Roaring 20s

allowed consumers to buy new products on credit in the 1920s

• buying on margin

• installment buying

• bull market

• market market

allowed stockholders to purchase shares on stock in companies on credit

• buying on margin

• installment buying

• bull market

• market market

the fear of communism, resulting in the arrest of thousands of suspected radicals

• Red Scare

• Communist revolution

• Civil War

• Imperialism

foreign policy in the 1920s requiring that the U.S. not get involved in foreign affairs

• imperialism

• isolationism

• fascism

• communism

a fear of foreigners that led to legislation limiting immigration

• Red Scare

• nativism

• isolationism

• Civil War

Between World War I and World War II, most Americans believed that the U.S. should follow a foreign policy that emphasized

• interventionism in foreign entanglements.

• isolationism and neutrality in world affairs.

• secret alliances with other nations.

• limiting free of the seas for trade.

An important goal of U.S. foreign policy in the 1920s was

• to avoid involvement in foreign conflicts or world wars.

• the acquisition of colonies.

• containment of communism.

• joining the League of Nations.

In 1920, when Presidential candidate Warren G. Harding called for “a return to normalcy,” he was advocating

• increased support for Progressive Era programs.

• increased participation in the League of Nations.

• less government regulation of business.

• reduced racial segregation and the elimination of discrimination.

"The business of America is business." - President Calvin Coolidge

By making this statement, President Coolidge was expressing his support for

• higher taxes on corporations.

• more government regulation of businesses.

• a communist economic system.

• the free enterprise system based on supply and demand.

During the 1920s, the Harding and Coolidge administrations adopted an economic policy of

• joining international trade groups.

• quickly persecuting anti-trust violations.

• removing all trade barriers.

• laissez-faire toward businesses.