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UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS

As you read Section 2, fill in the blanks in the following section outline.

I. Harding and the Teapot DomeA. The three Republican who served in the White House

during the 1920s were all quite different in temperament and style.B. advocated a return to normalcy in his campaign

speeches, though he never defined what that meant.C. Harding’s administration was rife with corruption; he died soon after

the Affair brought scandal to his administration.

II. Silent Cal and Big BusinessA. President lacked his predecessor Harding’s personal

warmth, but he continued carrying out Harding’s programs.B. As secretary of the treasury under Coolidge, over-

turned many of the progressive tax policies of Wilson.

III. Herbert Hoover, the Wonder BoyA. expanded the Commerce Department to control

several industries and organized associations to mini-mize price competition.

B. Even so, when ended a few years later, heinherited the blame.

IV. Republican Foreign PolicyA. Although government shied from political intervention in Europe, it

encouraged American firms to expand their business.B. The Plan allowed for American banks to make loans

to Germany for war reparations, thus influencing economics without direct government intervention.

C. To stay clear of Europe’s power struggles, the United States advocateddisarmament and signed the Pact, which declared warillegal.

D. The United States stayed out of European politics but chose to protectits interests in , interfering in Nicaraguan affairs.

In the blank, write the word or words that best complete the sentence.

1. opposed the American Marines and was a hero in Nicaragua.

2. Harding surrounded himself in office with a group of old card-playing Ohiofriends nicknamed the ______________.

Section 2: The Republican InfluenceGetting on With

Business

Understanding Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks withvocabulary words fromthe section.

• internationalism• disarmament

1. Limitation or reduc-tion of weapons:

2. Cooperation and in-volvement with othercountries:

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B. Palmer, RussianC. William Allen WhiteD. Labor

III. A. African AmericansB. raceC. Back to Africa

IV. A. reformB. suffrageC. hostile

2.1. Felix Frankfurter2. Coolidge

CHAPTER 11 Section 2, page 34Understanding Vocabulary

1. disarmament2. internationalism

Understanding Concepts1.

I. A. PresidentsB. HardingC. Teapot Dome

II. A. CoolidgeB. Andrew Mellon

III. A. Hoover, tradeB. prosperity

IV. A. internationalB. Dawes, EuropeanC. Kellogg-BriandD. Latin America

2.1. César Augusto Sandino2. Poker Cabinet

CHAPTER 11 Section 3, page 35Understanding Vocabulary

1. c2. d3. b4. a5. e

Understanding Concepts1.

I. A. businesspeopleII. A. creditor

B. industrial productivityC. assembly lineD. automobileE. skylines, Empire State Building

III. A. corporationsB. utilityC. managerial (or manager)

IV. A. labor, rewardB. American PlanC. managementD. laborers, unions

2.1. Henry Ford2. Kiss Me Clubs

CHAPTER 11 Section 4, page 36Understanding Vocabulary

1. c2. a3. b

Understanding Concepts1.

I. A. money, $5B. massC. desire to workD. robotE. discipline

II. A. TaylorB. time-study or efficiency

III. A. white-collar workersB. salesC. pressureD. Advertising

IV. A. typistsB. poolC. storesD. higher

2.1. young, white college graduates2. 48

CHAPTER 12 Section 1, page 37Understanding Vocabulary

1. mass media2. standard of living3. flapper4. credit

Understanding Concepts1.

I. A. salariesB. electricity, glutC. one-third

II. A. automobileB. industries, mobileC. American, Model-TD. 4

III. A. raisingB. ChainC. advertising, informing

IV. A. youth, stylishness, modelsB. World War I, flappers

2.1. Gibson Girl2. Zenith

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