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24 Cards in this Set
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Warren G Harding
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Inaugurated 1921, best liked men of his generation, Ohio Gang
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Secretary of state, conservative
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Herbert Hoover
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wartime food administrator, secretary of commerce, president, blamed for depression, Hoover dam, rugged individualism
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Albert B Fall
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induced careless colleagues, transfer these valuable properties to the interior department, teapot dome
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Harry M Daughtery
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big time crook, guardian natural resources, prosecute wonders as attorney general
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Charles R Forbes
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head of veteran bureau, looted government tote tune of about 200 million dollars
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Calvin Coolidge
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silent cal, painfully shy, apostle of the status quo
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John W. Davis
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wealthy corporation lawyer,
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Robert La Follette
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gained the endorsement of the American Federation of labor, enjoyed the support of the shrinking socialist party
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Pact of Paris. was an agreement signed on August 27, 1928, by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Italy
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Fordney-McCumber Tarriff Law
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Raised average imported goods to a high 38.5 percent. Duties on farm products were increased
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Teapot Dome
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The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States in 1922–1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome and two other locations to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. In 1922 and 1923, the leases became the subject of a sensational investigation by Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Fall was later convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies.
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McNary-Haugen Bill
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Sought to keep agricultural prices high by jphaving the government buy on surplus and selling it abroad
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Dawes Plan
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attempt in 1924 to solve the reparations problem, which had bedeviThe overall level tariffs under the Tariff were the second-highest in U.S. history, exceeded by a small margin only by the Tariff of 1828.[3] The act, and the ensuing retaliatory tariffs by U.S. trading partners, reduced American exports and imports by more than half.lled international politics
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Hawley-Smoot Tarriff
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The overall level tariffs under the Tariff were the second-highest in U.S. history, exceeded by a small margin only by the Tariff of 1828.[3] The act, and the ensuing retaliatory tariffs by U.S. trading partners, reduced American exports and imports by more than half.
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Black Tuesday
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October 29, 1929. 16,410,030 shares of stock were sold in a save-who-may scramble.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Hoover's bloated appeal in 1932 to help the struggling economy. His agency became government lending bank. Provided indirect relief by assisting insurance companies, banks, agricultural, organza tigons and railroads. Wouldnt help individuals in the "billion dollar soup kitchen"
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Bonus Army
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American veterans who camped out on the Washington lawn. demand immediate cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. Its organizers called it the Bonus Expeditionary Force
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Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
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1932 declared that territorial aqusitins aquired by force wouldn't be recgonized
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Alfred E Smith
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Democratic candidate for election of 1928, "wet" catholic
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Ohio Gang
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Evil associates, cronies of Harding
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Washington Conference
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naval disarmament of far east, 5:5:3 ratio
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Brain Trust
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prized for their expertise in particular fields. The term is most associated with the group of advisors to Franklin Roosevelt during his presidential administratio
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Federal Housing Authority
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part of the National Housing Act of 1934. It insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. The goals of this organization are to improve housing standards and conditions, provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans, and to stabilize the mortgage market.
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