Unit 6: Boom & Bust

Prejudice against foreign-born people

• Isolationism

• Xenophobia

• Nativism

• Communism

What was the problem with installment plans?

• They were not available to most people

• President Hoover disliked them

• People did not want to buy things on credit

• People could not pay back their loans

Unreasoned fear of things or people seen as foreign or strange

• Prejudice

• Xenophobia

• Segregation

• Nativism

A group of close friends & political supporters whom Harding appointed to his cabinet

• Illinois gang

• Oregon gang

• Ohio gang

• Washington gang

What was a major weakness of the automobile?

• They sometimes suddenly burst into flames

• People still preferred to travel-by-horse

• They were very expensive and hard to make

• It became a status symbol

A daring woman who defied social norms in the 20s

• Damsel

• Flapper

• Suffragette

• Radical

What was the biggest problem with President Harding’s administration?

• They did not support Harding’s policies

• They had no experience in their positions

• Some illegally tried to become rich from their jobs

• Many of them did nothing while in office

What was a significant flaw of the Dawes Plan?

• Germany refused to pay any reparations at all

• It violated the Treaty of Versailles

• The U.S. arranged to be repaid with its own money

• President Harding did not support the plan

How did Congress protect the American economy during the 1920s?

• Banned all foreign imports

• Raised taxes on working Americans

• Sold more goods on foreign markets

• Raised tariffs on imports

Improperly using a political office to become wealthy

• Bribery

• Graft

• Corruption

• Loophole