U11-Chapter 32: The Politics of Boom and Bust

List presidents in order from this chapter

President Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover

When was Harding inaugurated

1921

Which best describes Harding?

A. Soft

B. Straight headed

C. Did little to implement change

A

In the first years of the 1920s, the Supreme Court struck down progressive legislation. Where is this shown?

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)

The Supreme Court ruled that women did not deserve special protection in the workplace. They said that the 19th Amendment made women the legal equals of men

Corporations under President Harding could _______ without worries of antitrust laws

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Led by men who were sympathetic to the managers of hte railroads

Since President Harding hated the League of Nations and at first refused to support the League’s work health program, how did he obtain materials from other foreign nations?

Secretary Hughs secured the rights for American oil companies to share oil lands in the Middle East with Britain

Who took over rafter Hardings death

President Coolidge

Which best describes Coolidge?

A. Angry

B. Sympathized the poor

C. Shy

C

Did Harding change or not change the business-friendly policies that Harding created?

Did not change

What continued in Collidges second term?

A. Hollywood surplus

B. The poor getting richer

C. Isolationism

C

What happened in 1926 with the Mexican government?

The Mexican government declared control over its oil resources. Despite American oil companies support for war, Coolidge resolved the situation diplomatically

How did President Hoover become president after Coolidge?

When Coolidge decided to not run for re-election in 1928, the republicans chose Hoover

What was Hoover for?

Supported isolation, indivualism, free enterprise, and small government; he was a good leader; integrity, humanitarianism, passion for assembling the facts, efficiency, talents for administration, and ability to isnspire loyolaty in close accosiates

What technology helped Hoovers election campaigns

The radio was for the first time being used, helping Hoovers campaign

Agricultural Marketing Act

Passed in 1929, was designed to help the farmers (they were not getting rich in the growing economy) by setting up the federal Farm Board. Th e board purchased agricultural surpluses, hoping to stabilize agricultural t prices. The Board created the Grain Stabilization Corp and the Cotton Stabilization Corp, which also purchased surpluses. The corporations failed after farmers produced too much surplus, exceeding the budget of the Board

The Harley-Smoot Tariff of 1930

Intended to be a mild tariff, but Congress tacked on several amendments, Turing it into a bill that raised the tariff to 60%. This was the nations highest protective tariff during peacetime. The tariff deepened the depression that had already begun in America and other nations, and it increased international financial chaos

How was isolationism an example of America seeking “benefits without burden”

Because the Treaty of Versailles was rejected, the US had technically been at war with Germany, Austria, and Hungary for three years after the armistice

What did they do to fix this problem?

A. Congress passed a joint resolution in July 1921 that officially declared the war over

B. They tried to make a treaty called the treaty of Paris to continue peace

C. They went to war

A

Since isolationism was present in Coolidge’s second term, where was isolationism not present?

Caribbean and Central America because Americans participated in a few armed conflicts in Haiti and Nicaragua.

What was an example