APUSH Ch. 32 – Flashcards
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The Ohio Gang
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Harry M. Daugherty, a small town lawyer but a big time crook in the "Ohio Gang", was supposed to prosecute wrongdoers as attorney general.
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Disarmament Conference
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1921-1922. Invitations went to all the major naval powers. The purpose was to address naval disarmament and the situation in the Far East.
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Five Powers Naval Treaty
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It embodied Hughes's ideas on ship ratios, but only after compensation was offered to the insecure Japanese nation.
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Four Powers Treaty
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It replaced the 20 year old anglo Japanese alliance, it bound Britain, Japan, France, and the U.S. to perserve the status quo in the pacific.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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A triumph of the 1920s peace movement. It linked sixty-two nations in the supposed "outlawry of war".
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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A bill passed to protect domestic production from foreign competitors. Consequently, many European nations were inclined to increase their own trade barriers.
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Involved the illegal lease of priceless naval oil reserves in Teapot Dome, Wyoming and Elk Hills, California. The scandal was one of several that gave President Harding's administration a reputation for corruption.
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Silent Cal Coolidge
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He was the vice President of Harding. Had the New England virtues of honesty, morality, industry, and frugality. He was known for his silence. He was the crystallization of the commonplace.
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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The highest protective tariff in the history of the United States. It passed as a result of horse trading.
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Black Tuesday
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The dark day of October 29, 1929 when over 16,410,000 shares of stock were sold on Wall Street. It helped to bring on the Great Depression.
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Hooversville
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Towns where impoverished victims of the Great Depression slept under newspapers and in tents. Their visibility ruined the reputation of the Hoover administration.
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Trickle Down Philosophy of Economics
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Idea that money for useful public works would benefit the poor and in return benefit the economy overall.
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Bonus Army
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A group of 20,000 veterans who marched on Washington to demand immediate payment of bonuses earned during World War I. General Douglas MacArthur dispersed them with bayonets and tear gas.
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Stimson Doctrine
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It declared that the United Stated would not recognize any territorial acquisitions which were achieved by force.
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"Good Neighbor" Policy
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It stressed nonintervention in Latin America. It was begun by Herbert Hoover.
