| Nicknamed "The Eagle of the U. S.",
he was an important figure in creating the
"America First" movement. |
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| These World War I veterans protested the
non-payment of the veteran bonus voted them
by Congress and demanded that government
do something to get them jobs. |
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| This 1924 legislation was designed to keep
agricultural prices up by giving government
the right to a crop surplus and sell it abroad. |
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| The contemporary way of thinking by the educated
elite who used reason and experiments to
find out the truth. |
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| This popular evangelist preached revivalism,
emphasizing individual faith rather than
church doctrines. |
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| The slogan of the 1920 Harding presidential
campaign. |
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| This Democratic mayor of New York ran as
the first Roman Catholic presidential candidate
in 1928. |
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| The practice of buying stocks for only a
percentage of the market price and borrowing
the rest. |
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| The national recognition of talented African
American artists, writers, and musicians. |
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| This law raised rated on foreign imports
in 1930 and damaged the international economy. |
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| President Hoover's philosophy of stressing
the importance of decisions made by private
business for bringing about an economic recovery. |
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| He was the "face" of organized
crime in the 1920s and early 1930s. |
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