Chapter 31 Flashcards
the republican old guard
harding not the best pres bc he was unable to detect moral corruption in hsi gov
charles evans hughes as secratary of state
andrew mellon for secretaty of treasyrt
herbert hoover as secretary of commerce
senator b fall as secreaty of interior
hary m daughtry as attorney general
economy under conservatives
harding apptd 4 justices
improve lassiez faire
killed a child labor law, stripped away workers’ fains, restried gov intervention in econnomy
adkins v children’s hospital
antitrust laws ignored
interstate commerce commission run by pro-business men
big industrieds set up trade associations encouraged by hoover
aftermath of the war
end of gov controls on the economy
not save people from the RR but save RR from the country
merchant marine act authorixed teh shipping board which contoled the 1500 vessels to get rid og the eartime fleet
steel strike nroken by ethnic and racial diviionsa amoong worksers
strike in 1922 when the RR ordered a 12% cut of wage and attorney gen clamped on stikers with one of the most sweeping injuctions in history
union membership shriveled
veterans bureau to operate hospitals and provide rehibilitioation
american legion
american legion
created by veterans
lobby adjusted compensation to make up thw wags they lost durin gthe wat
justice compensation act giving every fomer soldier pau dup insureance polity due in 20 yrs
ending the war
congress passed a joint resolution that declared the war officially over
stil did not approve of the league of nations
isolationism
argued w. eng over oil drilling concessions in the middle east
harding prodded by busniess people unwillling to give more to finance the naval building program
anti war sentiment
disarmament
conference
all major naval powers execpt bolsehcik russia
hughes proposes the sale down of navies of american
and british should enjoy paroty
battelships and aircraft carriers q/ japan on the small ened of a 5:5:3 ratio
4 power treaty found japan, biritain, france and us to preserve status quo in pacific
nine power treary included china
kellog briand pact
creating a higher tariff
businessmen wanted to keep the market to themselves
fodney-mccumber tariff
duties on farm produce or increase to generalize rates designed to equilize the const of A and forieng prodice
hardng and cooldige authorized 32 upward chateges whil gov only ordered 5 redutions
european producers felt the squeeze and A had to leanr that they cant sell to europe in quantity unless they nought from them in quanitity
inspired europe to create higher tariffs
corruption in the harding gov
charles forbes caught stealing 200 mil from gov and resigned
teapot dome scandal
attorney promoted a senate investigation in 1924 for the legal sale of af apartments and liquor permets
harding too weak to do anything abt the corruptiion
teapot dome scandal effects
worsened prestige of gov
aquittal of sincalir and dohney undermined faith in courts
pres collidge
harding died and coolidge took over
became known as silent call bc of his brilliant flahsed of silence
mediocre leadership qualities
crystillization of the commmonplace
known as cautious clay
thrifty beature causing sympathizers w/ melons efforts to reduce tazes and debts
let business have free reign
got rid of corruption
farmers
after war, famers no longer had gov protection on prices
machines created over abundant crops
could grow bigger crops on larger area q/ less horses and hands
wheat belt in upper midw
price dampening surpluses
agricultural depression in the 1920s
capper-volesead act exepmted farmers marketing copperatively from antitrust prosectusion
mcnary-haugen bill
election of 1924
repubs renominated coolidge
dems split b/w social groups and ideologies
tuned to john w davis
progressive party nominated robert la follette
supported by socialists, af of l, and poor farmers
platform supported gov ownershup of rr, relief for farmers, lashed out at trusts, urged const ammendment to limit ussc’s power to invalidate laws
W for coolidge
still isolationist
a tropps withdrawsn from dominican republic but remained haiti and termporarlity reomeved in nicaragua
coolidge diffsued crisis b/w a oil companies in mezico anf mexico
international debts
WWI reversed a status from debtor to creditor
a investors loaned 10 bil to foreigners in 20s
us treasury loaned 10 bil to allies during the war
french and brits demanded germany make reperation payments as compensation for war inflicted danages
allies pay thier debts w/ money gotten from germany
germany inflated currency and became near anarchy
dawes olan
money never was never gotton but harvested ill will
arguements against repaying debt
allies argued that while us was sending money they were the ones actually fighting and us should write off loans as war costs
said a was already booming from wartime economy
and said a was supposed to wirk but tariffs made it almiost impossivle from them to sell their goods and warn back money to pay thed debts
