The Roaring 20s- President Chart

Question 0

political party of Coolidge

Answer 0

republican

Question 1

political party of Harding

Answer 1

Republican

Question 2

political party of Hoover

Answer 2

republican

Question 3

from Ohio

“pride of Ohio”

Answer 3

Harding

Question 4

owned newspaper

Answer 4

Harding

Question 5

U.S. Senator

Answer 5

Harding

Question 6

went to Ohio Central College

Answer 6

Harding

Question 7

Ohio Senator

Answer 7

Harding

Question 8

teacher

Answer 8

Harding

Question 9

died in office

Answer 9

Harding

Question 10

front porch campaign

Answer 10

Harding

Question 11

what is the front porch campaign?

Answer 11

campaign used because Harding was not well informed and his future cabinet didn’t want him talking in front of other people. he made speeches from his front porch

Question 12

what is normalcy?

Answer 12

campaign slogan used by Harding

He didn’t know exactly what it meant, but the American people felt it. They wanted to be “normal” after war

Question 13

Washington Naval Conference

Answer 13

Harding

achievement

Question 14

Veteran’s Bureau

Answer 14

Harding

achievement

Question 15

Budget & Accounting Act

Answer 15

Harding

achievement

Question 16

he was very likeable by the American people

Answer 16

Harding

Question 17

tax cuts for rich

Answer 17

Harding

Question 18

Immigration/Quota Act

Answer 18

Harding

Question 19

Ohio Gang

Answer 19

Harding

Question 20

what is the Ohio Gang?

Answer 20

Harding’s cabinet members. They were his close friends. They were not necessarily qualified for the jobs, but 4 of them are famous in history for being good cabinet members.

Question 21

what were Hardings three major scandals?

Answer 21

•Daugherty Scandal
•Forbes Scandal
*Teapot Dome Scandal

Question 22

what is the Daugherty Scandal?

Answer 22

Harry Daugherty, attorney general under Harding (and his bff), didn’t prosecute illegal gangsters. He instead took their bribes.

Question 23

what is the Forbes Scandal?

Answer 23

Charles Forbes, head of Veteran’s Bureau under Harding, took money from the Bureau’s budget & sold medical supplies and took the money for himself.

Question 24

what is the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Answer 24

Albert Fall, Secretary of the Interior, sold America's emergency oil supply in case of war, and kept the money for himself.

Question 25

big gambler. gambled away White House China

Answer 25

Harding. | folly

Question 26

had affairs

Answer 26

Harding. | folly

Question 27

Emergency tariff

Answer 27

Harding | folly

Question 28

Fordney McCumber Act

Answer 28

Harding | folly

Question 29

Bonus Bill

Answer 29

Harding. | folly

Question 30

from Vermont

Answer 30

Coolidge

Question 31

governor of Massachusetts

Answer 31

Coolidge

Question 32

Hardings Vice President

Answer 32

Coolidge

Question 33

coolidge's political party

Answer 33

republican

Question 34

US oil in Middle East

Answer 34

Coolidge achievement

Question 35

payed off $3B of our debt

Answer 35

Coolidge achievement

Question 36

president of great prosperity | out of office before crash

Answer 36

Coolidge achievement

Question 37

Kellogg Briand Pact

Answer 37

Coolidge achievement

Question 38

cut government spending

Answer 38

Coolidge

Question 39

Quota Law

Answer 39

Coolidge

Question 40

ultimate laissez faire president

Answer 40

Coolidge (Silent Cal)

Question 41

what was the Kellogg Briand Pact?

Answer 41

signed in Paris as a result of WWI, this outlawed war (to prevent another world war)

Question 42

Amhearst university

Answer 42

Coolidge

Question 43

refused to help farmers

Answer 43

Coolidge

Question 44

rejected mcNary Haugen Bill

Answer 44

Coolidge

Question 45

what was the McNary Haugen Bill?

Answer 45

(farm relief-to raise prices of farm products) the government buys the surplus wheat and stores it to export

Question 46

disaster of high tariffs with the Dawes plan

Answer 46

Coolidge folly

Question 47

didn't regulate stock market

Answer 47

coolidge

Question 48

tax cuts- helped wealthy *too* much

Answer 48

Coolidge

Question 49

many monopolies under him

Answer 49

Coolidge

Question 50

passive- ignore problems

Answer 50

Coolidge (silent Cal)

Question 51

very strange- wore costumes

Answer 51

Coolidge

Question 52

let scammy banks open and run

Answer 52

Coolidge

Question 53

from Iowa

Answer 53

Hoover

Question 54

political party of Hoover

Answer 54

republican

Question 55

rugged individualism- self made millionaire

Answer 55

Hoover

Question 56

head of food administration

Answer 56

Hoover

Question 57

went to Stanford

Answer 57

Hoover

Question 58

blamed for depression

Answer 58

Hoover

Question 59

stock market crashes under him

Answer 59

Hoover