APUSH 698-725

Henry Ford

Introduced a Ford car model that came in various colors and played a significant role in raising the automobile industry's manufacturing wages.

Warren G Harding

Ohio senator and GOP conservative Presidential nominee for the 1920 election, known for his Bland oratory after the stress of War.

Charles Evans Hughes

Harding's Cabinet member, editor of an Iowa farm periodical, and secretary of agriculture.

Andrew Mellon

Harding's cabinet member, Pittsburgh financier, and treasury secretary.

Herbert Hoover

Harding's cabinet member, wartime food czar, and Secretary of Commerce.

Teapot Dome

A scandal involving the leasing of a government oil reserve in Teapot Dome, Wyoming, by interior secretary Fall.

Calvin Coolidge

Vice president to Warren Harding, former Massachusetts governor, and Republican vice president nominee for the 1920 election. was president after harding.

McNary Haugen bill

A price support plan vetoed thrice by Coolidge, aimed at purchasing surplus farm commodities at their average price and selling them at market price.

Washington Naval arms conference

A meeting where the US, Great Britain, and Japan agreed to halt battleship construction for 10 years and respect territorial holdings in the Pacific.

Shepherd-Towner Act

Funded rural prenatal and baby care centers staffed by public health nurses.

Alfred E Smith

New York's Governor and Democratic nominee in the 1928 presidential term, known for being Catholic and of immigrant origins.

Charles Lindbergh

A daredevil stunt pilot who flew solo around the Atlantic and became a victim of celebrity worship.

H.L

A journalist and critic who launched the iconoclastic 'American Mercury' magazine.

National Origins Act

Restricted annual immigration from any foreign country to 2% of the number of persons of that national origin in the US in 1980.

Saco Vanzetti Act

A Massachusetts murder case fueled by ethnic and anti-radical prejudices.

Fundamentalism

Evangelical believers who insisted on the Bible's inerrancy and literal truth, targeting Darwin's theory of evolution.

Scopes trial

A trial where John T Scopes was found guilty for teaching the theory of evolution, exposing fundamentalism to ridicule.

Marcus Garvey

Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, who advocated for black empowerment and encouraged the return to Africa.

Prohibition

A campaign to address alcohol abuse and control immigrant cities, which led to the passing of the 18th Amendment but eventually lost support and ended in 1933.