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History Vocab ch 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| President Warren Harding's old poker playing friends who created white house scandals | Ohio Gang |
| was a famous pilot who crossed the Atlantic on a solo flight in 1927 | Charles Lindbergh |
| was a member of the Ohio Gang who sold scarce medical supplies he took from veterans' hospitals | Charles Forbes |
| the world's most famous female pilot. Crossed the Atlantic, but disappeared on a flight in 1937 | Amelia Earhart |
| created by an American Banker that offered loans to Germany and negotiated deals with France and Britain to accept less on reparations payments so war debts could be paid | The Dawes Plan |
| was the first automobile mass produced in America. Cost $850 originally. Nicknamed the "Tin Lizzie" | Model T |
| allowed for the mass production of consumer goods and perfected by Henry Ford in his factories | assembly line |
| took over as President after Harding died in office. Reporter joked, he could be silent in 5 languages | Calvin Coolidge |
| saw the first Cabinet member go to prison after Secretary Fall took bribes from private interests | Teapot Dome scandal |
| the U.S. invited 8 major world powers to discuss disarmament. A 10 year moratorium on naval warship creation. Japan was angry as they were required to keep a smaller Navy | Washington naval conference |
| was signed by the U.S. and France initially, but eventually ratified by 62 nations to outlaw war | Kellogg-Briand Pact |