Chapter 32 Flashcards
Warren G. Harding
He was spineless and a bad judge of character. His term is compared to Grant’s because his term in office was scandalous. Many corporations could expand antitrust laws were ignored and he achieved disarmament with the door open in China. The tariff increased and he died on August 2, 1923 of pneumonia and tuberculosis while making speeches.
Charles Evans Hughes
He was a Republican governor of New York who ran for the presidency in 1916 and lost to Wilson. He was a strong reformer who gained his national fame as an investigator of the malpractices in gas and insurance companies. In 1921 he became Harding’s Secretary of State and he called together the major powers of Washington Disarmament conference in 1921.
Andrew Mellon
He was the secretary of treasury during the 1920s and under Harding had a theory that higher taxes forced the rich to invest in tax exempt securities rather than in factories that provided prosperous payrolls. He had followers in this theory called mellonites. He helped engineer a series of tax reductions and reduced national debt by 10 billion. He was accused of indirectly encouraging the bull market and starting the descent into the stockmarket crash.
Herbert Hoover
He was president of United States from 1929 until 1932. He was a Republican who ran on the campaign of prohibition and prosperity. The early years of his presidency brought about a great deal of prosperity for United States but many people blamed him for the stock market crash.
Albert H Fall
He was secretary of the interior during Hardings administration and was a scheming anticonservationist. He was convicted of leasing naval oil reserves and collecting bribes which was called the teapot dome scandal.
Harry M Daughtery
He was an attorney general during the 1922 strike against the railroad labor board. The strike ended when Daughtery stop the strikers in one of the most sweeping injunctions in American history. He was a member of Hardings Ohio gang. He was accused of illegally selling pardons and liquor permits and was forced to resign. He was tried but a jury failed to convict him.
Charles R Forbes
In 1923 He resigned as head of the veterans Bureau. He swindled 200 million from the government in building veterans hospitals. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and was part of the Harding scandal and Ohio Gang.
Calvin Coolidge
He became president when Harding died of pneumonia. He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words and acquired name Silent Cal for being so soft-spoken. He was a true Republican and industrialist and believed in the government supporting big business.
John W Davis
He was the Democratic Convention nominee in 1924 against Coolidge. he was a wealthy lawyer connected with J.P. Morgan and Company. He was defeated by Coolidge.
Robert La Follette
He was a senator from Wisconsin who ran for the presidency in 1924 on the progressive party’s ticket. Their platform called for government ownership of the railroad and relief for farmers and it lashed out at monopolies. He was defeated by Coolidge.
Alfred E Smith
He ran for president in 1928 election for the Democratic Party. He was known for his drinking and he lost the election to Herbert Hoover because Prohibition was one of the issues of the campaign. He was the first Roman Catholic to run for president and it was during a time when many people were prejudiced towards Catholics.
Ohio Gang
A group of poker playing men that were friends of President Warren Harding. Harding appointed them to offices and they use their power to gain money for themselves. They were involved in scandals that ruined Hardings reputation even though he wasn’t involved.
Trade associations
It is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry. An industry trade associations participates in public relations activities such as advertising education political donations lobbying and publishing but its main focus is collaboration between companies or standardization
American legion
it is a social and mutual aid veterans organization including members of the united states Armed Forces. The organization was founded in 1919 by the veterans returning from Europe after World War I and was later charted as an official American patriotic society under title 36 of the United States Code.
