AP US History 2 Chapter 32 People Flashcards

8536804078	Warren G. Harding	He was one of the best-liked men of the generation. He was spineless, though, and a bad judge of character. He is often compared to Grant because his term in office was scandalous.	0
8536804079	Charles Evan Hughes	He was the Republican governor of New York who ran for the presidency in 1916. He lost to Wilson. He was a strong reformer who gained his national fame as an investigator of malpractices in gas and insurance companies. In 1921 he became Harding's Secretary of State. He called together the major powers to the Washington Disarmament Conference in 1921.	1
8536807060	Andrew Mellon	He was the Secretary of the Treasury during the 1920s and under Harding. He had the theory that high taxes forced the rich to invest in tax-exempt securities rather than in factories that provided prosperous payrolls. So, the government should decrease taxes to increase economic activity. He helped engineer a series of tax reductions and reduced national debt by $10 billion. He was accused of indirectly encouraging the bull market and starting the descent into the stock market crash.	2
8536807061	Herbert Hoover	He was a Republican who ran on a campaign of prohibition and prosperity. The early years of his presidency brought about a great deal of prosperity for the United States. Many people blamed him for the stock market crash and the start of the Great Depression.	3
8536810364	Harry M. Daugherty	He was Attorney General during the 1922 strike against the Railroad Labor Board. The strike ended when he stopped the strikers in one of the most sweeping injunctions in American history. He was a member of Harding's "Ohio Gang." He was accused of the illegal sale of pardons and liquor permits. He was forced to resign.	4
8536811820	Charles R. Forbes	In 1923, he resigned as head of the Veteran's Bureau. He swindled $200 million from the government in building Veterans' hospitals. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. This was part of the Harding scandal and the "Ohio Gang."	5
8536811827	Calvin Coolidge	He became president when Harding. He was known for advocating a strong economy, in money and words, and acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken. He was a true Republican and industrialist. He believed in the government supporting big business, saying, "The business of America is business."	6
8536814576	John W. Davis	He was the Democratic convention nominee for president in 1924 against Coolidge. He was a wealthy lawyer connected with J.P. Morgan and company.	7
8536845440	Robert LaFollette	He was a senator from Wisconsin who ran for the presidency of 1924 on the Progressive party's ticket. Their platform called for government ownership of the railroads and relief for farmers and it lashed out at monopolies.	8
8536846669	Alfred E. Smith	He ran for president in the 1928 election for the Democrat party. He was known for his drinking and he lost the election to Herbert Hoover. He was the first Roman Catholic to run for president, and it was during a time many people were prejudiced toward Catholics.	9