AMSCO AP US History Chapter 23
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Warren Harding - ✔✔In November 1920, he was elected the 29th president of the
United States. He was a Republican whose slogan was: "Return to Normalcy". His term
was marked by scandals and corruption, although he was never implicated in any of
the scandals. In August 1923, he died while traveling in the West. (p. 475-476)
Charles Evans Hughes - ✔✔A former presidential candidate and Supreme Court justice
who was appointed secretary of state by President Warren G. Harding. (p. 476)
Andrew Mellon - ✔✔A Pittsburgh industrialist and millionaire who was appointed
secretary of the treasury by President Harding in 1921 and served under Coolidge and
Hoover. (p. 476)
Harry Daugherty - ✔✔Attorney General under President Harding who accepted bribes
for agreeing not to prosecute certain criminal suspects. (p. 476)
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, Albert Fall - ✔✔Secretary of the Interior during Harding's administration. He was
convicted of accepting bribes for granting oil leases near Teapot Dome, Wyoming. (p.
476)
Teapot Dome - ✔✔A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil
reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921. (p. 476)
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act - ✔✔This tariff passed in 1922, raised tariffs on foreign
manufactured goods by 25 percent. It helped domestic manufacturers, but limited
foreign trade, and was one cause of the Great Depression of 1929. (p. 476, 488)
Bureau of the Budget - ✔✔Formed in 1921, this bureau created procedures for all
government expenditures to be placed in a single budget for Congress to annually
review and vote on. (p. 476)
Calvin Coolidge - ✔✔As vice president, he became president when Warren Harding
died in August 1923. He won the presidential election of 1924, but declined to run in
1928. He was a Republican who believed in limited government. He summarized his
presidency and his era with the phrase: "The business of America is business". (p. 477)
Herbert Hoover - ✔✔When Calvin Coolidge decide not to run for president in 1928, he
was the Republican presidential nominee. He promised to extend "Coolidge
Prosperity", and won the election. (p. 477)
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Exam Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
Warren Harding - ✔✔In November 1920, he was elected the 29th president of the
United States. He was a Republican whose slogan was: "Return to Normalcy". His term
was marked by scandals and corruption, although he was never implicated in any of
the scandals. In August 1923, he died while traveling in the West. (p. 475-476)
Charles Evans Hughes - ✔✔A former presidential candidate and Supreme Court justice
who was appointed secretary of state by President Warren G. Harding. (p. 476)
Andrew Mellon - ✔✔A Pittsburgh industrialist and millionaire who was appointed
secretary of the treasury by President Harding in 1921 and served under Coolidge and
Hoover. (p. 476)
Harry Daugherty - ✔✔Attorney General under President Harding who accepted bribes
for agreeing not to prosecute certain criminal suspects. (p. 476)
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, Albert Fall - ✔✔Secretary of the Interior during Harding's administration. He was
convicted of accepting bribes for granting oil leases near Teapot Dome, Wyoming. (p.
476)
Teapot Dome - ✔✔A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil
reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921. (p. 476)
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act - ✔✔This tariff passed in 1922, raised tariffs on foreign
manufactured goods by 25 percent. It helped domestic manufacturers, but limited
foreign trade, and was one cause of the Great Depression of 1929. (p. 476, 488)
Bureau of the Budget - ✔✔Formed in 1921, this bureau created procedures for all
government expenditures to be placed in a single budget for Congress to annually
review and vote on. (p. 476)
Calvin Coolidge - ✔✔As vice president, he became president when Warren Harding
died in August 1923. He won the presidential election of 1924, but declined to run in
1928. He was a Republican who believed in limited government. He summarized his
presidency and his era with the phrase: "The business of America is business". (p. 477)
Herbert Hoover - ✔✔When Calvin Coolidge decide not to run for president in 1928, he
was the Republican presidential nominee. He promised to extend "Coolidge
Prosperity", and won the election. (p. 477)
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