fiogf49gjkf0d "Normalcy" (pp. 1061–1065) |
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2. Summarize the passage in your own words. |
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3. fiogf49gjkf0d Why was America in the mood for "normalcy" and the presidency of someone like Warren Harding in the early 1920s? |
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4. Why did secretary of the treasury Andrew Mellon create the General Accounting Office, and why is that considered a perfect example of Progressive Era reform? |
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"Isolationism in Foreign Affairs" (pp. 1065–1069) |
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3. fiogf49gjkf0d Why did American banks have trouble getting their wartime debts from England and France repaid? |
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4. fiogf49gjkf0d What did President Harding do to improve relations with the nations of Latin America? |
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fiogf49gjkf0d "President Hoover, the Engineer" (pp. 1078–1092) |
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3. fiogf49gjkf0d Why did the Republicans win so convincingly in the 1928 elections? |
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4. fiogf49gjkf0d Define "rampant speculation" and explain its role in the stock market crash of 1929. |
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5. fiogf49gjkf0d What role did the gold standard play in keeping the economy from recovering from the recession? |
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