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| 54417804 | Warren G. Harding | he had a mediocre mind and he did not like to hurt people's feelings; could not detect the corruption within his administration |  |
| 54417805 | Charles Evans Hughes | Secretary of State under Harding, Proposed a 10-year moratorium on the construction of major new warships at the Washington Conference | |
| 54417806 | Andrew Mellon | Secretary of the Treasury. Successfully pushed congress to lower taxes | |
| 54417807 | Charles R. Forbes | head of the Veterans Bureau, was caught stealing $200 million from the government, chiefly in connection with the building of veterans' hospitals. | |
| 54417808 | Herbert Hoover |  | |
| 54417809 | Albert B. Fall | Scheming anti-conservationist. Secretary of Interior who got oil reserves transferred to Interior Dept. (wolf hired to protect the sheep), corrupt. | |
| 54417810 | Harry M. Daugherty | Harding's Attorney Gen. was supposed to prosecute wrong dooers but instead was a big time crook in "Ohio Gang" accused of illegal sale of pardons & liquor permits. Forced to resign but not convicted. | |
| 54417811 | Calvin Coolidge | Became president when Harding died. Tried to clean up scandals. Business prospered and people's wealth increased. Shy, dour serious visage. Called "silent Cal" - known for brilliant flashes of silence. Mediocre leadership skills, boring speeches. High priest of the great god Business. |  |
| 54417812 | John W. Davis | Democratic - nominee for President. Wealthy corporation lawyer connecting with wall street banking house of JP Morgan & co. | |
| 54417813 | Robert La Follette | Progressive Wisconsin governor who attacked machine politics and pressured the state legislature to require each party to hold a direct primary | |
| 54417814 | Alfred E. Smith | Governor of New York who ran as a Democrat for the 1928 elections: a man who was blanketed by scandal (he drank during a Prohibitionist era,and was hindered politically by being a Roman Catholic). | |
| 54417815 | Douglas MacArthur | United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II | |
| 54417816 | "Ohio Gang" | accused of illegal sale of pardons & liquor permits | |
| 54417817 | Railway Labor Board | 1922 ordered 12% wage cut | |
| 54417818 | trade association | Set up by big industrialists, these agencies used to agree upon standardization of product, publicity campaigns and a united front in dealing with railroads and labor... ran counter to spirit of anti-trust legislation but creation was encouraged by H. Hoover. | |
| 54417819 | American Legion | World War 1 veterans group that promoted patriotism and economic benefits for former servicemen | |
| 54417820 | Adjusted Compensation Act | 1924; end of bonus debate; every soldier gets insurance policy due in 20 years | |
| 54417821 | Washington Conference | (1921) Conference of major powers to reduce naval armaments among Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, and the United States. | |
| 54417822 | Kellogg-Briand Pact | aka Pact of Paris. "outlawry of war" - quarreling nations should take a pledge not to use war as an instrument of foreign policy | |
| 54417823 | Fordney-McCumber Tariff | spurred by fear of flood of cheap foreign goods from Europe. raised tariff rates | |
| 54417824 | Teapot Dome | a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921 - led to conviction & prison for sec. of interior Albert Fall. | |
| 54417825 | McNary-Haugen Bill | Kept agricultural prices high by authorizing gov. to buy crops to sell to abroad - Coolidge vetoed the bill twice | |
| 54417826 | Dawes Plan | A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success. | |
| 54417827 | "Rum Romanism and Ruin" | x | |
| 54417828 | "Hoovercrats" | x | |
| 54417829 | Farm Board | Created in 1929 before the crash but supported and enacted to meet the economic crisis and help farmers. Authorized to help farmers stabilize prices by temporarily holding surplus grain and cotton in storage. | |
| 54417830 | Hawley-Smoot Tariff | raised tarriffs | |
| 54417831 | Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed. Lead to the Panic of 1929 | |
| 54417832 | Rugged Individualism | The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal. Popularly said by Hertbert Hoover. | |
| 54417833 | Muscle Shoals Bill | Bills that would allocate funds to dam the Tennessee River and provide employment, is vetoed by Hoover | |
| 54417834 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation | Congress set up $2 billion. It made loans to major economic institutions such as banks, insurance companies and railroads. | |
| 54417835 | Pump-Priming | Roosevelt's plan to improve the depression by pumping up money from the working people | |
| 54417836 | Yellow-Dog Contracts | employee forced to sign contract promising not to join union | |
| 54417837 | Bonus Army | WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before the 1945 due date. | |
| 54417838 | Manchuria | First area invaded by Japan in 1931 | |
| 54417839 | Stimson Doctrine | 1932, Hoover's Secretary of State said the US would not recognize territorial changes resulting from Japan's invasion of Manchuria | |
| 54417840 | Warren's Republican economic policies | Not Lassiez Faire - instead hoped gov't would help business earn more profits | |
| 54417841 | Muller v Oregon | 1908 - Supreme Court upheld Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women as justified by the special state interest in protecting women's health, 1908; | |
| 54417842 | Veterans Bureau | authorized to help veterans with hospital needs, food, etc | |
| 54436346 | Progressive Party - election of 1924 | La Follette - Platform: Gov't ownership of railroads, relief for farmers, anti-monolopy, pro labor, limit supreme court's power to invalidate laws already passed by congress |
