US History Chapter 17

What name was given to the group of politicians and industrial leaders closely surrounding President Warren G. Harding while he was in office?

• the Ohio Gang

• the Harding Crew

• the Teapot Tribe

• the Presidential Clique

What took place at the November 1921 gathering known as the "Washington Arms Conference"?

• a peace treaty was signed ending a war of words with the Soviet Union

• a discussion of disarmament between the United States and representatives from eight countries

• delegates gathered to helped to promote women's contribution to the anti-war movement

• general concerns about the growing presence of American fleets in the Pacific were discussed with the Japanese and Australians

Which of the following best defines isolationism?

• a national policy of increasingly hostilities toward foreign nations

• not helping or supporting either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.

• a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs

• a policy of remaining neither positive nor negative

Although many of President Harding’s appointments were disastrous, he did appoint several distinguished cabinet members including the Secretary of the Treasury...

• Andrew Mellon.

• Harry Daugherty.

• Herbert Hoover.

• John W. Davis.

The chief architect of economic policy promoting growth by encouraging trade associations in the United States during the 1920's was Secretary of Commerce...

• Herbert Hoover.

• Charles Evan Hughes.

• Warren Harding.

• Calvin Coolidge.

Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall, secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves, causing a scandal that came to be known as the...

• Elk Hills scandal.

• Forbes scandal.

• Teapot Dome scandal.

• Fall scandal.

According to supply-side economics, consumers will benefit from a greater supply of goods and services at lower prices, employment will increase, and the government will...

• be forced to "supply" more workers for government-related jobs such as the military.

• need to increase the tax rate to stimulate economic growth.

• supply more aid to those in need of government services.

• collect more taxes at a lower rate than it would if it kept tax rates high.

In which international agreement did nations promise not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be"?

• the Kellogg-Briand Pact

• the Dawes-Hughes Protocol

• the Cooperative Compact

• the General Treaty

In 1924, American diplomat Charles G. Dawes negotiated an agreement with France, Britain, and Germany permitting loans to Germany that would...

• hinder their ability to pay back war debts to the Allies.

• jump-start the German economy a cause an instant recovery.

• enable them to make reparations payments.

• maintain a strict control over the German economy.

In the run-up to the 1924 election, the Republicans campaigned using the slogan...

• “Keep Cool with Coolidge.”

• "Honest Days With Coolidge."

• "Silent Cal - He's our Pal."

• "Who but Coolidge?"