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Warren G Harding
Inaugurated 1921, best liked men of his generation, Ohio Gang
Charles Evans Hughes
Secretary of state, conservative
Herbert Hoover
wartime food administrator, secretary of commerce, president, blamed for depression, Hoover dam, rugged individualism
Albert B Fall
induced careless colleagues, transfer these valuable properties to the interior department, teapot dome
Harry M Daughtery
big time crook, guardian natural resources, prosecute wonders as attorney general
Charles R Forbes
head of veteran bureau, looted government tote tune of about 200 million dollars
Calvin Coolidge
silent cal, painfully shy, apostle of the status quo
John W. Davis
wealthy corporation lawyer,
Robert La Follette
gained the endorsement of the American Federation of labor, enjoyed the support of the shrinking socialist party
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Pact of Paris. was an agreement signed on August 27, 1928, by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Italy
Fordney-McCumber Tarriff Law
Raised average imported goods to a high 38.5 percent. Duties on farm products were increased
Teapot Dome
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.
McNary-Haugen Bill
Sought to keep agricultural prices high by jphaving the government buy on surplus and selling it abroad
Dawes Plan
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
Hawley-Smoot Tarriff
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.
Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929. 16,410,030 shares of stock were sold in a save-who-may scramble.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
(RFC)
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"
Bonus Army
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
Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
1932 declared that territorial aqusitins aquired by force wouldn't be recgonized
Alfred E Smith
Democratic candidate for election of 1928, "wet" catholic
Ohio Gang
Evil associates, cronies of Harding
Washington Conference
naval disarmament of far east, 5:5:3 ratio
Brain Trust
prized for their expertise in particular fields. The term is most associated with the group of advisors to Franklin Roosevelt during his presidential administratio
Federal Housing Authority
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.