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Marissa Russo
Chapter 12 Vocabulary
| Nativism | Favoring the interests of native- born people over foreign born people. |
| Isolation | opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries. |
| Communism | An economic and political system based on one party government and state ownership or property. |
| Anarchists | A person who opposes all forms of government. |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Were arrested and charged with the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts. |
| Quota System | A system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year. |
| John L. Lewis | Had fierce determination of fight for what he believed in. |
| Warren G. Harding | President |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Secretary of State |
| Fordney McCumber Tariff | A set of regulations enacted by Congress in 1922 that raised taxes on imports to record levels in order to protect American business against foreign competition. |
| Ohio Gang | A group of close friends and political supporters whom President Warren G. Harding appointed to his cabinet. |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall's secret leasing of oil rich public land to private companies in return for money and land. |
| Albert B. Fall | Secretary of Interior |
| Calvin Coolidge | The New President |
| Urban Sprawl | The unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions. |
| Installment Plan | An arrangment in which a purchase pays over an extended time, without having to put down much money at the time of the purchase. |