Mr. Cook's Notes
APUSH 2010-2011
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| 141760142 | Three Republican Presidents | Harding, Coolidge, Hoover (in the 20's) | |
| 141760143 | Warren G. Harding | average intelligence had a hard time detecting moral weaknesses in associates had a hard time saying "No" because he didn't like hurting anyone's feelings Weak administrator | |
| 141760144 | Charles Evans Hughes | head of naval arms limitation | |
| 141760145 | Andrew Mellon | head of taxes and tariffs | |
| 141760146 | Herbert Hoover | head of foreign trade and trade associations | |
| 141760147 | Albert Fall | head of naval oil reserves *most corrupt* | |
| 141760148 | Harry Daugherty | head of justice and law enforcement | |
| 141760149 | progressive legislation | During the 20's the Supreme Court often ruled against this | |
| 141760150 | The American Legion | successfully lobbied Congress to give them a bonus insurance policy to compensate them for wages lost during the war | |
| 141760151 | Britain and US | two countries that scramble to take oil out of the Middle East | |
| 141760152 | Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) | officially outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry and conflict | |
| 141760153 | Fordney-McCumber | Protective tariff which was the highest at that time; encouraged consumers to buy American made products | |
| 141760154 | Hawley-Smoot Tariff | charged a high tax for imports thereby leading to less trade between America and foreign countries along with some economic retaliation; crushes international trade | |
| 141760155 | Teapot Dome scandal | Albert B. Fall convinces Harding to move the Teapot Dome (Wyoming) and Elk Hills (California) oil reserves to the department of the interior where it is then leased to oilmen Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny | |
| 141760156 | Calvin Coolidge | "Silent Cal" Takes over for Harding when he mysteriously dies | |
| 141770363 | 1924 Election | Democratic party was split on many issues Republican "Silent Cal" wins the election | |
| 141770364 | European allies | argued that they should not have to repay their WWI debts because they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives so it was only fair for the US to absolve the debt | |
| 141770365 | Election of 1928 | Republican Herbert Hoover vs Democrat Alfred E. Smith; Hoover wins in a landslide bringing small-town values with a wide experience in corporate America | |
| 141770366 | Agricultural Marketing Act | This act lent money to farmers to help them organize producers' cooperatives | |
| 141770367 | Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed. Lead to the Panic of 1929 | |
| 141770368 | Douglas MacArthur | is sent in to break up the Bonus army with bayonets and teargas | |
| 141770369 | Bonus Army | Marches on DC; they wanted the bonuses they were guaranteed for WWI | |
| 141770370 | Japanese | they saw the Depression in the West and decided that it's the perfect time to seize Manchuria in China (1931) | |
| 141770371 | 1932 Election | Republican Herbert Hoover vs Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt |
