Provide a definition for all of the following. (definition - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase) Vocabulary:
Presume: To assume true without proof; To give some evidence of; To dare without permission; To take liberties; Normalcy: Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning Immunity: Unsusceptibility: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" Integrity: An undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" Percent: per one hundred, as in: The unemployment rate went down one percent.
People and Terms:
Ohio Gang: was a group of politicians and industry leaders who came to be associated with Warren G. Harding, the twenty-ninth President of the United States of America.
Albert B. Fall: November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944 was a United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.
Teapot Dome scandal: was an unprecedented bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G. Harding.
Robert M."Fighting Bob" La Follette: "Fighting Bob" (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), was an American Republican (and later a Progressive) politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925).
QUESTIONS
How would you describe (Give an account in words of someone or something, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events) the current president of the United States? I believe that the current president has no idea what he is doing. He just wanted the image and has no idea what his responsibilities are.
What style of leadership does the president have? The president doesn't have a very strong leadership in my opinion. There are so many rules now that just weakens the president. I believe the president is more an image now and not a position
Do you think his style appeals to most Americans? (provide a reason for you opinion) Well yes i do believe his style appeals to many american because if it didn't than why would he be president.
What problems did President Harding face in his administration? Evening News, contemplating the staggering array of problems, domestic and foreign, political, financial, industrial, and commercial, that is President Harding's heritage. "With the single exception of Lincoln, probably no President in our national history has taken office with as pressing a burden of unsolved questions," avers the liberal New York Nation
Why did some people form a new Progressive Party? was a four-way contest. Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican Party with the support of the conservative wing of the party.
How did the Democrats lose the chance for victory in the election of 1924? The Democratic vote in 1860 was split between the Southern Democrats, who were staunchly pro-slavery, and the Northern Democrats, who were less so. Each faction had its own convention and ran its own presidential candidate.
Section 2
Provide a definition for all of the following. (definition - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase)
Vocabulary:
mass production, produce large quantities of (a standardized article) by an automated mechanical process : [as adj. ] ( mass-produced)cheap mass-produced goods
innovation,the action or process of innovating.
assembly line,a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled
consumer,a person who purchases goods and services for personal use
structure,the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
welfare capitalism,refers either to the combination of a capitalist economic system with a welfare state or, in the American context, to the practice of businesses providing welfare-like services to employees. Welfare capitalism in this second sense, or industrial paternalism, was centered in industries that employed skilled labor and peaked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
open shop,a system whereby employees in a place of work are not required to join a labor union.Compare with closed shop , union shop .
QUESTIONS
How important is the automobile today to American life? (give two examples that support your opinion)Trucks bringing all our goods all over the america and getting people from point A to point B, And being able to drive places supplies jobs for our country and people.
How important is it to your life? (provide an example for your answer) The automobile is very important in my life because it provides transportation to many places that i need to go. For example to get to my job I have to drive to it so the car make it really easy to get to where i need to go.
The automobile greatly changed American life in the 1920s. Describe (Give an account in words of someone or something, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events) 5 different changes. It allows People to get to jobs that are farther away from home. I also allows more jobs in the factories. Another thing it changed is our society It allows more advances in the world due to the fact that people could get together easy to build stuff. Also it gives us a a better advantage in the war because we can get more troops farther in the battlefield faster.
What was the effect of using mass production in making goods?Faster and cheaper and made jobs for people
How did manufacturers make people aware of their new products?sent people from house to house to tell about it and convince to tell.
Why did American farmers have difficulty selling their products overseas after World War I?No one wanted to buy from americans after the war we were booming and they were not.
How did the United States government help spur the growth of the airline industry? they paid for it with our tax.
Section 3
Provide a definition for all of the following. (definition - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase)
Vocabulary: principle- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning supply-side economics- is a school of macroeconomic thought that argues that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce (supply) goods and services. philosophy- the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp. when considered as an academic discipline cooperative individualism- is a field of economics, socialist economics, co-operative studies, and political economy, which is concerned with co-operatives reverse- move backward isolationism- a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries. moratorium- a temporary prohibition of an activity
People and Terms:
Charles G. Dawes- was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, the first director of the Bureau of the Budget, and, in later life, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Charles Evans Hughes- was a lawyer and Republican politician from the State of New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925), and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941).
Kellogg- Briand Pact- was signed on August 27, 1928 by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, and a number of other countries. The pact renounced aggressive war, prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy" except in matters of self-defense.[1] It made no provisions for sanctions.
QUESTIONS
How is the United States involved in the affairs of other nations? (This is an opinion question - write one paragraph giving your opinion) The united states gets involved in affairs of other countries because we are trying to keep nations free and help them so they will help us.
Do you think the United States could avoid being involved? Why do you think so? (provide a one paragraph response to support your answer) Yes i believe the US could avoid being involved because all we have to do in ignore them and continue doing our own thing.
The United States continued to be involved in world affairs during the 1920s, signing several treaties. Explain the conditions of each of the treaties listed.Five-Power Naval Limitation Treaty- which was signed by the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy on Feb. 6, 1922,Four-Power Treaty-signed on 13 December 1921 by the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan. It was one of seven treaties that emerged from the Conference on Limitation of Armaments held in Washington from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922, Nine-Power Treaty-r elationship became significant because of the expansion of the Sino–Japanese War in July 1937. Chiang Kai-shek appealed to the signatories of the Nine-Power Treaty to help resist Japanese aggression, Kellogg-Briand Pact-signed Aug. 27, 1928, condemning “recourse to war for the solution of international controversies.” It is more properly known as the Pact of Paris.
Provide a definition for all of the following. (definition - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase)
Vocabulary:
Presume: To assume true without proof; To give some evidence of; To dare without permission; To take liberties;
Normalcy: Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
Immunity: Unsusceptibility: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust"
Integrity: An undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"
Percent: per one hundred, as in: The unemployment rate went down one percent.
People and Terms:
Ohio Gang: was a group of politicians and industry leaders who came to be associated with Warren G. Harding, the twenty-ninth President of the United States of America.
Albert B. Fall: November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944 was a United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.
Teapot Dome scandal: was an unprecedented bribery scandal and investigation during the White House administration of United States President Warren G. Harding.
Robert M."Fighting Bob" La Follette: "Fighting Bob" (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), was an American Republican (and later a Progressive) politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925).
QUESTIONS
Section 2
Provide a definition for all of the following. (definition - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase)
Vocabulary:
mass production, produce large quantities of (a standardized article) by an automated mechanical process : [as adj. ] ( mass-produced)cheap mass-produced goods
innovation,the action or process of innovating.
assembly line,a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled
consumer,a person who purchases goods and services for personal use
structure,the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
welfare capitalism,refers either to the combination of a capitalist economic system with a welfare state or, in the American context, to the practice of businesses providing welfare-like services to employees. Welfare capitalism in this second sense, or industrial paternalism, was centered in industries that employed skilled labor and peaked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
open shop,a system whereby employees in a place of work are not required to join a labor union.Compare with closed shop , union shop .
QUESTIONS
Section 3
Provide a definition for all of the following. (definition - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase)
Vocabulary:
principle- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning
supply-side economics- is a school of macroeconomic thought that argues that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce (supply) goods and services.
philosophy- the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp. when considered as an academic discipline
cooperative individualism- is a field of economics, socialist economics, co-operative studies, and political economy, which is concerned with co-operatives
reverse- move backward
isolationism- a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries.
moratorium- a temporary prohibition of an activity
People and Terms:
Charles G. Dawes- was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, the first director of the Bureau of the Budget, and, in later life, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Charles Evans Hughes- was a lawyer and Republican politician from the State of New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925), and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941).
Kellogg- Briand Pact- was signed on August 27, 1928 by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, and a number of other countries. The pact renounced aggressive war, prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy" except in matters of self-defense.[1] It made no provisions for sanctions.
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