The return to 'normalcy', 1919-32 key individuals- only from hodder book Flashcards
Name the three Republican presidents of this era
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Hebert Hoover
Who was president 1921-23
Warren Harding
who’s campaign did harding ignore
James M cox- the democrat candidate who was a newspaper publisher and governor with an energetic campaign against Harding
Who did Harding campaign against instead of Cox (he ignored Cox)
Woodrow wilson
Who did Harding make Secretary of State
Andrew Mellon
Who did Harding make Secretary of commerce
Hebert Hoover
Who did Harding make Secretary of State
Charles Hughes
Who was involved in the secret leasing of federal oil reserves during Harding’s presidency (The teapot dome scandal)
Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall
Who did Albert Bacon Fall grant exclusive rights to the Teapot dome (Wyoming) reserves?
Harry F Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company
Who was president during 1923-29
Calvin Coolidge
Who was the Democratic candidate during Coolidge’s presidential election
John W davis
Who ran as the candidate of the progressive party
Robert M. LaFollette
Who did Harding leave foreign affairs in the control of
Charles Evans Hughes- his secretary of state who was a keen supporter of disarmament
Who was the US Secretary of State and the French Foreign Minister who set up the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928?
Frank B. Kellogg and Aristide Briand
What was the full name of the man behind the Dawes plan of 1924
Charles G Dawes
What was the full name of the man behind the Young plan of 1929
Owen Young
Which economist did the US State Department hire?
Edwin Kemmerer
Which economist did the US State Department hire?
Edwin Kemmerer
Who was the US diplomat that organised the Peace Treaty of Tipitapa
Henry Stimson
What did the Peace Treaty of Tipitapa lead to in 1928? (the election of who)
The election of Juan Bautista Sacasa in 1928
Who was Hardings Secretary of the Treasury whose tax reform scheme (the mellon plan) reduced taxes for business
Andrew Mellon
Who was Frederick Taylor?
A mechanical engineer and one of the first management consultants. He believed in the theory of time and motion and his scientific ideas underpinned the use of the assembly line, especially in the car industry
Who created the Model T
Henry Ford
Which two women became stars of silent movies in the jazz age
Mary Pickford
Clara Bow
Which three women became stars of the talkies and role models for many younger girls
Mae West
Gloria Swanson
Jean Harlow
Who became the first woman to be elected governor in 1924
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Who became the first female mayor of an American city, Seattle, in 1926
Bertha Knight Landes
Who was the most popular sporting star of the 1920s
Babe Ruth
(for baseball)
Who was Babe Ruth’s new york yankee team mate
Lou Gehrig
Which 1927 boxing match between who and who did 50mn people listen to on the radio
Gene Tunney vs Jack Dempsey
Name a big action hero in film in the 20s
Douglas Fairbanks
who was the ‘vamp’ exuding a dangerous sexuality in the 1920s
Theda Bara
Name the two main comic geniuses in the 20s
Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin
Who was the democratic presidential candidate in 1928 who advocated the abolition of prohibition
Al Smith
Who was the mayor of chicago who did little or nothing to control gangsters in his city
‘Big Bill’ Thompson
Who was the famous italian criminal in the 1920s
Al Capone
Who did Al Capone succeed who had run the illegal alcohol business in chicago
John Torrio
What were the full names of the two italian labourers in the sacco and vanzetti case 1920
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Who was Sacco and Vanzetti arrested and charged with the murder of
Fred Parmenter
Who founded the second KKK in Atlanta
The methodist preacher, William Simmons
Who led the new KKK
Hiram Evans- also known as the imperial wizard
Who did the KKK accuse of being a foreigner bc his parents were greek in 1921
Chris Lochan
Which one of the klan’s leaders was convicted of a sexually motivated murder after 1925
Grand Wizard David Stephenson
Who refused to pardon David Stephenson (one of new KKK leaders in early 1920s)
The Governor of Indiana
Six states led by who decided to ban the teaching of darwins theory of evolution
William Jennings Bryan
What was the name of the biology teacher who decided to challenge this ban on teaching religion and creation story instead evolution
John Scopes
In the early 20s, who was the former vegetable seller who conned thousand of gullible people into investing in his ventures
Charles Ponzi
Who followed similarly conservative economic policies in the 1980s as president
Ronald Reagan
Which british historian suggested hoover should not have done more but less and that the economy would have righted itself had he done so
Paul Johnson
What was the name of the leader of the armed forces who razed the Hooverville to the ground in 1932
Douglas MacArthur, Army Chief of Staff
