AP US History: Roaring Twenties - Flashcards
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1928. US and 14 other nations agreed to outlaw war as a use of foreign policy
Elected 1929, promised American's prosperity and attempted to deal with the Depression. Administratively successful.
Raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels
1921. Stated the maximum number of people per year that could enter US from each country. Total number of people allowed in a year to 150,000. In general, described the Immigration Restriction Acts.
Georgia O'Keefe described all the American writers that went to live overseas as this.
America's plan for Germany and France to pay them back for WWI debts. Followed by the Young Plan.
Reduced Germany's reparations and extended payment period to 1988.
Charles Darwin's book that set off Evolutionism v Creationism argument
Attourney in charge of Palmer Raids during Red Scare
Created a federal farm board to purchase surplus farm production at pre-WWI prices. Recrafted in 1927, extended to help tobacco and cotton farmers
