U2 lesson 1 and 2 Politics and Society in the 1920s

what was Hardings political philosophy

normalcy

what was the first policy of normalcy

lower taxes

what was the second policy of normalcy

less government role in business and society

the Ohio gang

hardings cabinet made up of corrupt cronies

what did the Ohio gang do

take advantage of Hardings lack of knowledge to take bribes and undo reforms

what was one political accomplishment by harding in 1920s

the kelogg Briand pact

what was the kelogg Briand pact

15 world powers agreed to sign the pact by disarming their navies and outline war

why was the kelogg Briand act useless

there was no possible way to really stop war from occuring

what was the tariff act by hardng

the fordney mcucumber tariff

what did the fordney mcucumber tariff do

raise tariffs and protected us business in profiting more

what was the downside of Hardings tariffs

france and Britain couldn't sell and costing them profits not allowing them to pay their war debts

the Dawes plan

us investors loaned 2.5 billion to Germany for the war respirations towards England and France, and then England fance would use that money to pay back the us. (Us gets the money back at the end)

teapot dome scandal

commited by albert fall (cabinet member), he illegally sold oil rich lands to his friends for money

who was the next president

calvin Coolidge

the Coolidge presidency

followed Hardings policies, lower taxes, less gov, and higher tariffs

why were people scared of communism in the 1920s

they thought it would take over and overthrow the government

the red scare

anti communist hysteria

who led the palmer raids

mitchell palmer

what were the palmer raids

suspected red anarchists and deported/arrested them with little evidence

what is an example of the red scare violating peoples rights

sacco vanzetti trial

what was the significance of the sacco vanzetti trial

accused two Italian immigrants of being anarchists of murder, it was suspicious as the court seemed biased

what did the revival of nativism create

the quota system that created emergency quota acts against Jews, Catholics, asians, anyone from national origin

what was a group that was a reflection of anticommunism and nativism

the KKK

what did the kkk believe

believed that racial groups, immigrants, etc were taking jobs

what did the prohibition in America do

ban alcohol through the 18th amendment

what was the Volstead act

it made it impossible to enforce prohibition and didn’t allow manpower

speak easy

underground night club bars created by Americans

bootlegging

illegal smuggling of liquor

what was the signifigance of prohibition

it created more disrespect towards the law, led to the rise of crime and wealthy gangsters

what was Christian fundamentalism

the strict interpretation of the bible and went against change

what was an example of major clash of traditionalist vs modern thinkers

scope monkey trial

what was the scope monkey trial

a high school teacher named Mr scopes brought to trial in state law of teaching evolution in high school and lost the case