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Chapter 9 Test
Question | Answer |
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Attorney General who ordered the arrest of suspected Communists and anarchists. | A. Mitchell Palmer |
Economic system based on private property and free enterprise | Capitalism |
People who believe that there should be no government. | Anarchists |
Who encourage workers in other nations to fight against capitalism? | Bolsheviks |
Steelworker went on strike in September of 1919 to demand an increase in wage and what else? | Eight hour day |
What police force was fired in 1919 for going on strike for the right to form a union? | Boston |
The defendants involved in the case that suggested the depth of antiforeign and antiradical feelings in the US. | Sacco and Vanzetti |
Founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. | A. Phillip Randolph |
Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association | Marcus Garvey |
Warren G. Harding's running mate. | Calvin Coolidge |
Symbol of dishonesty in the Harding government. | Teapot Dome |
Governor of Wyoming. | Nellie Tayloe Ross |
Governor of Texas | Miriam Ferguson |
Agreement to Outlaw War. | Kellogg-Briand Pact |
Warren G. Harding's policy on world affairs | Isolationism |
The nickname of the group of friends that President Warren G. Harding gave jobs to. | Ohio Gang |
Who was involved in the biggest scandal of the Harding administration? | Albert Fall |
In 1920, American troops were stationed in the Dominican Republic and which other Latin American country? | Nicaragua |
The treaty marking the first time that world powers agreed to disarm. | Five-Power Treaty |
The amount of work each employee can do. | Productivity |
What kind of power did most Americans rely on in the 1920's? | Electricity |
Buying goods by making small, regular payments. | Installment Buying |
A pioneer in the manufacture of affordable automobiles. | Henry Ford |
To increase productivity, many employers hired experts in what? | Scientific Management |
A practice designed to link workers more closely with a company. | Welfare capitalization |
To persuade people to buy their products, businesses increase their spending on what? | Advertising |
Where was the automobile manufacturing center of the world in the 1920's? | Detroit, Michigan |
The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation. | Gross National Product |
Creating new rhythms and melodies during a performance. | Improvisation |
Guaranteed women in all states the right to vote. | Nineteenth Amendment |
The nickname for the new "liberated" woman of the 1920's? | flapper |
The law that set up the quota system for limiting immigration to the US? | Emergency Quota Act |
The blossoming of culture that spread from Harlem. | Harlem Renaissance |
The prosecutor for the Scopes trial. | William Jennings Bryan |