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maxush-20s politics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| return to "normal" life, simpler times before the war | normalcy |
| members of the Harding administration that used their government posts for profit | Ohio Gang |
| head of Veterans Bureau, could not account for supplies to be given to veterans, sold for his profit | Charles Forbes |
| became ill and dies in 1923, before scandals became public | Harding's death |
| Sec. of Interior that received bribes for leasing public lands | Albert B. Fall |
| oil reserves Fall leased to friends, in return for lavish gifts | Teapot Dome Scandal |
| Attorney General that refused to turn over files for a German owned company in US, large amounts of money appear in his accounts, would resign | Harry Daugherty |
| freedom from prosecution, what Daugherty claimed he had as Attorney General | immunity |
| Coolidge believed business could manage with little government interfence | business leadership |
| Dem. candidate in 1924 loses to Coolidge | John W. Davis |
| third party in 1924 | Progressive Party |
| Progressive candidate in 1924, offered republican and democratic voters a different choice | Robert La Follette |
| Sec of Treasury for Harding and Coolidge | Andrew Mellon |
| balanced budget, reduce debt, lower taxes | Mellon goals |
| overseas budget of the US government | Bureau of the Budget |
| agency that checks to see if government funds are being spent as they are allocated | General Accounting Office |
| economic theory that if taxes are reduced businesses and consumers will spend extra money and invest in the economy | supply side economics |
| Sec of Commerce, attempted to balance government regulation with cooperative individualism | Herbert Hoover |
| manufacturers and distributors formed trade associations and shared information with government | cooperative individualism |
| organizations of like businesses that shared information about their business | trade associations |
| government agency that maintains industry standards | Bureau of Standards |
| agency that oversaw commerce here in US and with foreign nations | Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce |
| sets standards for airplanes and new airline industry | Bureau of Aviation |
| government agency to regulate the new radio industry | Federal Radio Commission |
| avoiding involvement with other nations | isolationism |
| loans not repaid from war, some countries argued US should forgive did not fight as long, US argued we claimed no territory after the war | war debts |
| American diplomat and banker that develops a plan to get debts paid and stimulate economic growth | Charles G. Dawes |
| US to make loans to Germany, Germans to pay on reparations, Britain and France to lower reparations and pay on debts | Dawes Plan |
| meeting called by Sec of State Charles Evans Hughes to discuss post war naval arms race | Washington Conference |
| US Sec. of State, proposes a moratorium on construction of naval vessels | Charles Evans Hughes |
| halt to production | moratorium |
| agreement to restrict the size of navies, US GB equal, Japan approx half, Fr It half | Five Power Treaty |
| promise to respect rights in the Pacific | Four Power Treaty |
| agreement to protect China's territorial integrity | Nine Power Treaty |
| nations that signed agreed to outlaw war as a means of settling disputes, no means of enforcement | Kellogg-Briand Pact |
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