APUSH Chapter 32
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a | lack of political experience |
| Charles Evans Hughes | naval arms limitation |
| Andrew Mellon | taxes and tariffs |
| Herbert Hoover | foreign trade and trade associations |
| Albert Fall | naval oil reserves |
| Harry Daugherty | justice and law enforcement |
| During the 1920s the Supreme court | often ruled against progressive legislation |
| _____ was/were adversely affected by the demobilization polices adopted by the federal government at the end of WWI | Organized labor |
| In the adkins case, the supreme court ruled that | women were no longer entitled to special protection in the workplace because they now had the vote |
| The great event that essentially crippled organized lab or throughout the 1920s was | the federal governments antilabor intervention that broke the 1919 steel strike |
| the nonbusiness group that realized the most significant., lasting gains from WWI was | veterans |
| veterans organizations like the american legion succe3ssfully lobbied congress to give them | a bonus insurance policy to compensate them for lost wages during their military service |
| one exception to Presidetn warren g. harding's policy of isolationism involved the middle east, where the united states sought to | secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies |
| The primary reason that warren g harding was willing to seize the initiative on the issue of international disarmament was that | businesspeople were unwilling to help pay for a larger United States Navy |
| The forney-mccumber and hawley-smoot tariff laws had the long-term effect of | shrinking international trade and making it impossible for Europe to repay American war loans |
| which of the following was not a consequence of the American policy of raising tariffs sky-high in the 1920s? | The American economy slipped into recession |
| the teapot dome scandal was centered around corrupt deals and bribes involving | naval oil reserves |
| during coolidge's presidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of | the business community |
| After the initial shock of the Harding scandals, many Americans reacted by | excusing some of the wrongdoers on the grounds that they had gotten away with it |
| one of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was | overproduction |
| In the mid 1920s president coolidge twice refused to sign legislation proposing to | subsidize farm prices |
| the McNary-Haugen Bill passed by congress and vetoed by president coolidge was aimed to assist Amerian farmers by | having the federal governmnet buy farm surpluses and sell them abroad |
| Senator Robert la follette's progressive party advocated all of the following except | increased power for the supreme court |
| in 1924, the democratic party convention defeated by only one vote a resolution condemninng | the ku klux klan |
| the progressive party did not do well in 1924 election because | too many people shared in the general prosperity of the time to care about reform |
| America's European allies argued that they should not have to repay loans that the United States made to them during WWI because | they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives, so it was only fair for the US to write off the debt |
| as a result of America's insistence that its Allies' war debts be repaid in full, the | French and british demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany |
| America's major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the dawes plan which | provided a solution to the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations payments |
| the most colorful presidental candidate fo the 1920s was | Alfred E Smith |
| All of the following were political liabilities for alfred e smith except | failure to win the support of American labor |
| one of Herbert Hoover's chief strengths as a presidential candidate was his | talent for administration |
| When elected to the presidency in 1928, Herbert Hoover | combined small-town values with wide experience in modern corporate America |
| When he was elected president, herbert hoover's previous experience in elected office was | that he held no elected office |
| The federal farm board, created by the Agricultural Marketing Act, lent money to farmers primarily to help them to | organize producers' cooperatives |
| As a result of Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 | the worldwide depression deepened |
| in america, the great depression caused | a decade-long decline in the birthrate |
| President Herbert hoover believed that the great depression could be ended by doing all of the following except | providing direct aid to the people |
| President hoover's approach to the great depression was to | offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not to individuals |
| The major new agency established by the hoover administration to address the deepening depression was the | reconstruction finance corporation |
| The reconstruction finance corporation was established to | make loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments |
| The bonus expeditionary force marched on washington dc in 1932 to demand | immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to world war i veterans |
| President hoover's public image was severly damaged by his | use of harsh military foce to disperse the Bonus Army from Washington |
| In responce to the league of nations investigation into Japan's invasion and occupation of Manchuria | it initiated a boycott of japanese goods |
| the 1932 stimson doctrine | declared that the united states would not recognize any territorial acqusition achieved by force of arms |
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