Chapter 33.0 Flashcards
Secretary of State for Harding
Charles Evans highes
Secretary of treasury
Andrew Mellon
Sec. of commerce
Hoover
Sec. of the Interior
Albert B fall
Atty. Gen.
Harry m Daugherty
Harding appointed him as Chief Justice
Taft
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
Reversed reasoning and Muller v Ogden invalidated a minimum-wage law for women
Esch cummins transportation act
Encourage private consolidation of the railroads and pledged interstate commerce commission to guarantee the profitability
Merchant Marine act
Authorized the shipping board to dispose of much of the hastily built wartime fleet at bargain basement prices
La follette Seamans act
American shipping drive and competition foreigners to provide crews with bad food and starvation wages
Veterans Bureau
Authorized to operate hospitals and provide vocational rehabilitation for the disabled
American legion
Founded by Teddy Roosevelt in Paris wanted more benefits for veterans
Adjusted compensation act
Every former soldier got it paid up insurance policy to 20 years adding 3.5 billion to the cost of the war Coolidge Fiege Congress override it
Hughes
Secured American right to share in exploitation of oil in Middle East
Disarmament conference
Address Naval disarmament and situation in the far east