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History
8th Grade
05/22/2012

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Term
Warren G. Harding
Definition
– President elected in 1920 (Republican)
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Tariff
Definition
– tax on imported goods
Term
Assembly line –
Definition
worker stay in one place as materials move along a conveyor belt
Term
Henry Ford –
Definition
created the assembly line to make automobiles
Term
Model T –
Definition
Ford’s first automobile for anyone to afford
Term
Credit –
Definition
buying something by delaying payment until a later date
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Installment buying –
Definition
paying some something in monthly payments over time
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal –
Definition
oil companies bribed Secretary of Interior or rights to drill for oil on government land in
Wyoming
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Calvin Coolidge –
Definition
became President in 1923 when President Harding died in office
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Laissez faire economics –
Definition
businesses are unregulated by the government; literally means “to be left alone”.
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Roaring Twenties –
Definition
time of increased growth, prosperity, and debt in America (from 1920 to 1929
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