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Disarmament-act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons.
Isolation-policy of isolating one’s country from relations of other nations by not making alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc; make all efforts to one’s country’s own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
Warren G. Harding-29th president of U.S. protected alcohol interests and moderately supported woman suffrage. First incumbent U.S. senator and first newspaper publisher to become president.
Teapot Dome Scandal-bribery incident that further destroyed public reputation of Harding administration
Calvin Coolidge-republican lawyer, conduct during boston police strike of 1919 gave him reputation of a man of decisive action. Soon after elected as 29th president to succeed Harding in 1923, gained reputation as a small-government conservative, and also a man who said very little.
Herbert Hoover-republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929, promising Americans prosperity and attempted to deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.
“rugged individualism”-moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that promotes the exercise of one’s goals and desires and so independence and self-reliance.
Republican Decade-The decade after WWI where there were 3 Republican presidents: Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
Laissez-faire-the type of economy where government does not interfere because the businesses are supposed to know what’s best for the economy; businesses do their own thing and government does not interfere.
Great Crash-book written by John Kenneth Galbraith depicting the economic lead up to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Argues that the market crash was able to be seen by the rampant speculation in the stock market,