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- Book written by President Hoover in 1920 - says with hard work and initiative, everyone could become rich just as he had:__________________
- President Hoover's idea that people should be responsible for their own welfare - the government should not solve people's problems: ______________
- Believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs: _________________
- The idea of giving money to banks and larger businesses, who would then lend to, and invest in, struggling businesses who would hire workers and thus end the depression: ___________________________
- President Hoover asked local and state agencies to address local needs - asked businesses to kep wages / employment / prices at current levels & asked wealthy to donate more money to charity: _____________________
- Hoover took this approach at the start of the economic downturn because it was thought that strong businesses would weather storms without the support of the government:_______________________
- What did Hoover say about prosperity: ___________________________________________
- how did the Napoleonic wars and French revolution impact industrial on the continent?
- what impacted technological advances have on the industry
- how did industrialization affect the relationships between industrialized and non-industrialized nations?
- What were the first two political parties established in the United States?
- Advantages of N:Larger Population More factoriesMore miles of Railroad More resources Advantages of the S:Had better trained generalsBetter marksmenPower of "King Cotton"Fighting for the homeland
- Who was President of the United Stats during the Batle of Fallen Timbers and the Whiskey Rebellion?
- Disadvantages of N:Weak indecisive generalsWeak marksmenNo incentive (until Jan. 1863)Disadvantages of S:Smaller population Fewer factories Lesser miles of railroad
- Who was President of the United Sites during the XYZ Affair and the Alien and Sedition Acts?
- California would be added as a free state. Slavery in the western territories would be determined by popular sovereignty which means the people living there would vote and decide
- What three things did George Washington warn Americans of in his farewell address speech?
- Maine would come in as a free state, and Missouri would come in as a slave state. The Missouri compromise line was at *36° 30N latitude and ran West through the Louisiana territory
- What was the nickname about whether a state is free or not
- What's the nickname for the success of cotton