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Down: 2) the 1919 peace treaty at the end of World War I which established new nations, borders, and war reparations 3) all the banks were shutdown temporarily shutting down from getting withdrawls 4) the programs that FDR created for the New Deal 5) an involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large proﬁt 6) the policy of using the U.S. government to guarantee loans made to foreign countries by American businesspeople 7) the government does not get involved 8) two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in World War I 11) reorganize the federal judiciary and allow him to appoint six new Supreme Court justices 12) favored government policies that would keep taxes down and business profits up, and give businesses more available credit in order to expand. Their goal was to keep government interference in business to a minimum and to allow private enterprise to flourish 15) the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages 16) tried to reassure Americans that the nation’s economy was on a sound footing the important thing was for Americans to remain optimistic and to go about their business as usua 19) known popularly as FDR, the two-term governor of New York and a distant cousin of former president Theodore Roosevelt proved to be an effective, reform-minded leader, working to combat the problems of unemployment and poverty. Unlike Hoover, Roosevelt possessed a “can-do” attitude and projected an air of friendliness and conﬁdence that attracted voters 20) a law, enacted in 1890, that was intended to prevent the creation of monopolies by making it illegal to establish trusts that interfered with free trade 22) request for a declaration of war against Germanys spoke out against German atrocities and warned of the threat that the German Empire posed to democracy ruled out a military response in favor of a sharp protest to Germany 24) an artiﬁcial waterway cut through the Isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Paciﬁc oceans, opened in 1914 28) a provision in the Treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for World War I 30) the right to vote 31) a message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered World War I 34) overt favoritism toward native-born Americans

Across: 1) nauseated by Sinclair’s account Roosevelt saw the presidency as a “bully pulpit,” from which he could inﬂuence the news media and shape legislation. If big business victimized workers, then President Roosevelt would see to it that the common people received what he called a Square Deal. 9) An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or ﬁnancial support 10) what goes into making a product 13) the purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest 14) became head of Tammany Hall, New York City’s powerful Democratic political machine, in 1868 17) the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories 18) when a company buys out the competition 21) authorized a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on candidates’ performance on an examination 23) a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe in 1823 25) radio talks about issues of public concern, explaining in clear, simple language his New Deal measures. These informal talks made Americans feel as if the president were talking directly to them 26) the United States went to war to help Cuba win its independence from Spain.27) As ﬁghting on land continued, Britain began to make more use of its naval strength. It blockaded the German coast to prevent weapons and other military supplies from getting through 29) the belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal 32) America wanted the Philippines but they wanted their own dependence 33) spending more money than the government receives in revenue 35) the giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected 36) an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, announced by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, under which the United States claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations 37) investigative reporter who exposed corruption and injustice (one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900s)38) a group of World War I veterans and their families who marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of a bonus they had been promised for military service 39) opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries ( policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs)40) prejudice against foreign-born people, swept the nation 41) a law, enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military service 42) an arrangement in which a purchaser pays over an extended time, without having to put down much money at the time of purchase 43) the region, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the 1930s 44) described as a good-natured man who “looked like a president ought to look.” When the silver-haired Ohio senator assumed the presidency in 1921, the public yearned for what Harding described as “normalcy,” or the simpler days before the Progressive Era and the Great War. His words of peace and calm comforted the healing nation 45) a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 46) the compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inﬂicted during a war 47) a situation where there is only one provider of a particular product or service... get rid of all the competition, quality of product can go down 48) the principles making up President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace following World War I 49) one of the free-thinking young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920s

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