1920s APUSH Study Set

1923-1929, replaced the corrupt Harding, restoring honesty to the presidency. He was a pro-business president, and continued the laissez-faire policies of Harding. This allowed for short-term prosperity from 1923-1929. He also accelerated tax cuts and wanted to keep tariffs in place.

• Calvin Coolidge

• John Calvin

• Harry Daugherty

• Grover Cleveland

Was the US Attorney General during the Harding Administration. He faced a controversial three years in office and saw his name surface in connection with the veterans bureau irregularities.

• Harry Daugherty

• Joseph Smith

• Woodrow Wilson

• Oscar Wilde

Between 1921 and 1922, the world's largest naval powers gathered in ---- for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia. In the wake of World War I, leaders in the international community sought to prevent the possibility of another war.

• Mississippi Conference of 1921

• Louisiana Conference of 1921

• Washington Conference of 1921

• Texas Conference of 1921

The president of the United States from 1929 to 1932 He was a republican who ran on a campaign of prohibition and prosperity. The early years of his presidency brought about a great deal of prosperity for the United States. Many people blamed him for the stock market crash.

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry Daugherty

• Harry Truman

Increased tariffs made it difficult for European nations to conduct trade in order to pay off war debts; protected US industries from foreign competition: pushed tariff rates on manufactured goods to an all-time high, helped US manufacturers by enabling them to keep prices high and increase profits.

• Revenue Act

• Selective Service Act

• Expediting Act

• Fordney-McCumber Act

People would purchase things and make partial payments on set intervals: installment plans, led to a lot of debt: to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day. THIS WAS ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THE 1929 STOCK MARKET CRASH.

• Loan wolves

• Bank Loans

• Buying on Credit

• Checks

What group of people faced a great amount of overproduction, debt, and depression in the 1920s?

Briefly explain what it was like to be a woman in the 1920s.

Concentration on producing and distributing goods for a market which must constantly be enlarged.

• Capitalism

• Industrialism

• Consumerism

• Nativism

What were the people in the 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values and often chose to flee to Europe (could also be referred to writers who wrote about how depressing the 1920s was in America) called?