The Changing Political Environment 1917-33 Flashcards

Question

What did the 1921 emergency quota act restrict?

Answer 1

Immigration to 357,000 a year and was revised to 150,000 a year in 1924

Answer 2

Restricted the help the USA could give to all the countries if they went to war however it still helped Europe rebuild economically and broken the Washington conference of 1921 to 22 which set limits on national Navy

Answer 3

People thought he took far too bigger apart in government decision-making and didn’t consult Congress about promoting the league of Nations. He also took America to war and believed that president should be involved in lawmaking. This was an unwelcome change in presidential behaviour

Answer 4

Government in business and more business in government

Answer 5

To keep its own spending under control rather than spending to help those who were failing

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The Democrats couldn’t agree on a candidate

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People were scared of the left-wing and of losing their freedom

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Poor and homeless or we can buy government support because it’s their self reliance the government should not interfere with anything USA should isolate itself from other countries USA should restrict immigration

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supervising and regulating banks

Answer 10

- it lasted a decade - people were evicted and shantytowns appeared - people looked to the federal government for assistance - Hoover was blamed for the intolerable social and economic conditions - shantytowns were nicknamed Hoovervilles - Hoover was defeated by Roosevelt in the 1932 elections and helped the USA get out of the depression

Answer 11

- the difficulties in the banking system became entangled with the international and financial crisis in 1931 - the banking system in the US was fragile in the extreme - the federal reserve was crucial in controlling the amounts of money in circulation but was inherently weak - there was a lack of bank regulation - no federal deposit insurance system existed to provide security and major banks operated independently - small banks lacked reserve to cope with the pressure - the federal reserve base in Washington not New York led to communication problems - the federal system was made up of private bankers who were a fan of the old system

Answer 12

- traditional industries eg coal mining began to decline - growing unemployment as consumers stopped consuming and added to problems - insufficient purchasing power in the economy for things such as cars -genaral electrics income fell from 60m in 1930 to 14m in 1932 - wages didnt rise fast enough for workers to become adequate consumers - coipition from Europe rose after ww1

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-farmers suffered fro debt after investment in new equipment/tech - prices for farming goods fell -as incomes fell farmers fell behind om mortgage repayments and tax debts increased - by 1929 the farmers annual income was an average of $273 whereas the national average was $750

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- people had strong belief in stability of the Stockmarket - many shares bought by ordinary people were bought on credit - $14 billion was wiped of shares and there was a 14% drop in the market - stock market corrupt - inside dealings - new technology and production techniques saturated the market

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the federal farm board system

Answer 16

helped famers that found it hard to sell their goods because of the governments isolation tariffs

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was a one off thing for show so that it looked like he was trying to help

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private charities set up by businesses and the wealthy to offer help on a local and personal level he felt all he could do was encourage people to do this

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the presidents emergency committee for employment

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a temporary organisation to find work projects for the unemployed and to persuade businesses to create more jobs on a local voluntary basis he encouraged business men to invest in the economy by setting up similar organisations

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he decided that federal intervention was needed

Answer 22

hoover moved from encouraging private help to federal help by first advising them on projects and then giving them money to fund some of the help

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he tried to put more federal measures in place but the congress rejected them. the ones he did manage to pass put the government into debt which was the opposite of his job in the last year of his presidency he had put the government into $3000 million worth of debt

Answer 24

in 1924 the government gave those who fought in ww1 a bonus payment calculated on the years of their service most of the money was put into a fund until 1945

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asked the government for their bonuses early as some of them were unemployed or homeless. however the government refused

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people were afraid of riots happening the police tried to break up the camps

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June 1932, marched on Washington to make demands in person with estimated number of 15000 to 200000 people and they camped around the city

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troops were sent in with tear gas bayonets cavalry and tanks and machine guns and the camps were dispersed

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suggested many were communist agitators or criminals in attempt to make it seem less blame worthy

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despite the fact he asked the commander of the 12th infantry to use restraint people didn't like the way he treated the veterans

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the democrats

Answer 32

- led to unprecedented and increasingly unpopular federal government intervention in the economy and society under Wilson -contriburted tp the rise of the republicans (HCH) - generated demand for a return for normalcy -ensured an introduction to the prohibition (1920-33) -contributed to the red scare (1919-20) - generated debate over how much USA should be involved with other nations