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History II
Chapter 20 Section 2
Question | Answer |
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Warren G. Harding | Pres. of 1920, pledged 'return to normalcy' |
Calvin Coolidge | successor of Warren G. Harding and V.P. who became Pres. |
Andrew Mellon | Sec. of the Treasury or Harding's economic direction of his administration |
Herbert Hoover | Sec. of Commerce and worked with business and labor leaders=achieve voluntary advancements |
Ohio Gang | greedy simple-minded men who saw gov. as a chance to get rich at the expense of very citizens supposed to serve |
Charles Forbes | head of veterans' Bureau and practiced graft on an immense scale |
Attorney General Harry Daugherty | used his position to accept money from criminals |
Albert Fall | Sec. of the Interior and was involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal- sentenced to prison for a yr. |
Washington Naval Disarmament Conference | raised hopes that nations could solve disagreements without resorting to war |
Kellog-Briand Pact | 1928, attempt to prevent war |
Frank B. Kellogg | Sec. of State, drew up a treaty to 'outlaw war 'as an instrument of national policy' |
Aristide Briand | French Foreign Minister who helped Frank B. Kellogg |
Dawes Plan | arranged U.S. loans to Germany and enabled Germany to make reparation payments to Britain and France |
Teapot Dome Scandal | a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921 |