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When was Woodrow Wilson’s presidency
1913 - 1921
When was Warren G. Harding’s presidency
1921 - 1923
When was Calvin Coolidge’s presidency
1923 - 1929
When was Herbert Hoover’s presidency
1929 - 1933
What year was described as the ‘Red Summer’ due to number of strikes
1919
What year did Hoover send troops with tear gas and bayonets to deal with the protesting Bonus Army?
1932
What financial scheme in the 1920s made it easier for consumers to buy goods over a period of time?
Hire purchase
The 1929 Agricultural Marketing Act set up which organisation/board to buy key crops and stabilise prices?
Federal Farm Board
How many supposed communists were arrested in the Palmer Raids?
6000
When were the Palmer Raids
1919
Out of the suspected communists arrested in the Palmer Raids how many were then concluded to deserve deportation?
556
Which president’s administration was involved in the Teapot Done scandal?
Warren G. Harding
What were the shanty towns that sprung up in the Great Depression nicknamed?
Hoovervilles
Which president introduced the idea of ‘Rugged Individualism’
Herbert Hoover
What was President Harding’s campaign promise to the American people?
Return to normalcy
What year was the Emergency Quota Act first introduced?
1921
How many people per year did the Emergency Quota act restrict the number of immigrants to?
357,000
When was the Washington Conference?
1921 - 1922
When was the Fordney - McCumber Tariff Act?
1922
What tariff act encouraged people to ‘buy American?
The Fordney - McCumber Tariff Act in 1922
What is Laissez-faire French for?
‘Leave well alone’
What did the policy of Laissez-faire encourage?
Minimal government interference with the economy and social problems
When was the First Red Scare?
1919 - 1920
Define Anarchist
A person who believes in letting people run their own lives without formal government
Define Isolationism
A political philosophy that advocates for the avoidance of political and economical entanglements with other countries
When was the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) founded?
1919
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign slogan?
Happy days are here again
When was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency?
1933 - 1945
When was Roosevelt’s First New Deal?
1933
When was Roosevelt’s Second New Deal?
1935
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