Warren G. Harding Flashcards
Term
March 4,1921- August 2,1923
Return to Normalcy
-Brinkley 630
Warren G. Harding an Ohio senator whom party leaders chosen confidently.
He offered a promise of a return to “normalcy” and won in a landslide as the new Republican president.
What did that phrase “a return to normalcy” mean?
“The American Plan”
-Brinkley 637-638
After the turmoil of 1919, corporate leaders spread the doctrine that unionism was riotous and that instead democratic captialism was the protection of open shop.
That crusade of the open shop was called “the American Plan” which recieved endorsement of the National Association of Manufacturing in 1920.
“Welfare Capitalism”
-Brinkley 635
Employers in the 1920’s adopted paternalistic techniques that became known as “welfare Capitalism”, this happened because of most workers standard of living rising during the decade with improved working conditions and other benefits. One example of this was how Henry Ford shortened the work week, raiseed wages and instituted paid vacations.
Radio
-Brinkley 634
Radio began to become a popular technology during the 1920’s as it went from Morse code technology to the theory of modulation allowing it to transmit speech and music.
Once commercial broadcasting began, 2 million American homes flocked to buy their own radio set.
Sheppard Tower Act
-Brinkley 645
Woman won this significant triumph in 1921 being a step towards feminist goal of securing “protective” legislation for women.
It provided federal funds to states to establish prenatal and child health-care programs. (Was this a feminist goal?)
Harlem Renaissance
-Brinkley 647
In postwar Harlem located in New York city, a new generation of black artists created an African- American culture known as the “Harlem Renaissance.”
It consisted of night clubs with jazz musicians, musical comedies, but mostly it centered around literature, poetry and art (which drew from African roots).
Teapot Dome Scandal
-Brinkley 654
It was the most scandal involved the rich naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming as well as Elk Hills, California where senators like Albert B. fall and Harry Daughetry were engaged in a fraud.
Washington Conference
-Wikipedia (The textbook describes the Washington Conference)
It was a military conference held in Washington from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922.
It was attended by none nations (the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal) to discuss interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia and to attempt to prevent a costly naval armaments race between America, Britain and Japan.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
-Brinkley 711
High tariff barriers erected by the Repulican Congress in 1922 creating problems such as European nations finding it difficult to earn the money necessary to repay their loans.
Death in office
-Wikipedia
In August 1923, Harding collapsed and died on his way to California from Alaska and was succeeded by vice president Calvin Coolidge.
