Chapter 31 Flashcards
29th president; remembered for scandals and surrounded himself with corrupt people
Warren G. Harding
Crash of the stock market; marked the start of the Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Stated that government would buy surplus crops from farmers and export them; farm products price also raised; vetoed by Coolidge
McNary-Haugen Bill
30th president; known for conservative style and supported laissez-faire
Calvin Coolidge
Reversed reasoning in Muller v. Oregon; no more special protection for women
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
Protective tariff; raised tariff rate to almost 60%
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Democratic candidate who lost to Coolidge in 1924 election; Wall Street lawyer
John W. Davis
A 1922 agreement to respect China’s independence and trade rights
Nine-Power Treaty
Helped banks, businesses, and railroads; lent money to the companies
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Shelters built by homeless people during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
Protected workers’ rights to strike; Made it harder for employers to get court orders to stop strikes or labor protests.
Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act
Secretary of the Interior under Harding; involved in Teapot Dome scandal
Albert B. Fall
Group of veterans from WWI who wanted their bonus payments early during the Great Depression; protested in Washington D.C.
Bonus Army
International agreement to outlaw war
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Helped Germany pay its WWI debts; U.S. investors gave money to the German government
Dawes Plan
Gave financial assistance to farm organizations; established the Federal Farm Board; accepted as law
Agricultural Marketing Act
A political scandal that occurred in the 1920s when the U.S. Secretary of the Interior leased federal oil reserves to private oil companies in exchange for bribes
Teapot Dome Scandal
Protective tariff; raised tariff rate to around 38.5%
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law
Democratic candidate who lost to Hoover in 1928 election; advocated for immigrant rights and urban reform
Alfred E. Smith
