| A | B |
|---|
| nativism | prejudice against foreign-born people |
| isolationionism | policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs |
| communism | economic and political system based on a one party government ruled by a dictatorship that equalized wealth and power by ending private property and having the government take ownership of factories, railroads, and other businesses |
| anarchists | people that opposed any form of government |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | were arrested for robbery and murder and were sentenced to death, protests against this because people believed that the reason they were convicted was that they were immigrants and anarchists. |
| quota system | established the maximum number of people who could enter the US from each foreign country. It was done to reduce European immigration to the US. It was establlished in 1921, which was called the Emergency Quota Act. |
| John L. Lewis | United Mine Workers of America leader. Called for a strike due to low wages and long workdays. Eventually got a 27% wage increase. |
| Charles Evans Hughes | urged no more warships be built for 10 years and scrap battleships, cruisers, and aircraft carriers. |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff | raised taxes 60% on imports - the highest level eve, which helped chemical and metal industries |
| Ohio gang | presidents poker-playing cronies, who caused a lot of embarrassment |
| Teapot Dome scandal | government set aside oil rich public lands at Teapot Dome for use by US Navy Secretary of Interior ALBERT B. FALL, then he secretly transfered the oil reserves to private companies |
| Calvin Coolidge | President was pro business, placed high tariffs and helped manugacturers |
| Urban Sprawl | workers live miles from their jobs which was able due to automobiles |
| Installment plan | people can buy goods over an extended period, without having to put down much money when they buy things. |
