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Adjusted Compensation Act Gave every former slave a paid-up insurance policy due in twenty years, Coolidge vetoed but congress overturned Joint resolution of 1921 Officially ended the war with Germany, Austria, and Hungary Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Disarmament The US sent out invitations to do so to all countries naval powers except Russia 5:5:3 ratio Proposed by Secretary Hughes that America and Britain should enjoy parity in battleships and aircraft carriers with Japan on the small end Five-Power Naval Treaty Put the 5:5:3 ratio into effect but the US and Britain had to give up their far eastern possessions Four-Power Treaty Replaced Anglo-Japanese Alliance, was to preserve status quo in Pacific between America, Japan, France, and Britain Nine-Power Treaty Agreed to keep open the open door china Frank B. Kellogg Believed that nations should pledge to foreswear war as an instrument of national policy Kellogg-Briand Pact AKA Pact of Paris followed a peaceful way of living and was ratified by 62 nations comprehensive Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law boosted tariff to an average of 38.5 percent Colonel Charles R. Forbes Looted the government 200 million in connection with the veterans hospital after resigning form the head of the Veterans Bureau Teapot Dome scandal Secretary Fall transfered valuable properties to the interior department and demanded loan of 100,000 dollars from the buyers Doheny and 300,000 from Sinclair Capper-Volstead Act exempted farmers' marketing cooperatives from antitrust prosecution McNary-Haugenn Bill Sought to keep agricultural prices high by authorizing the government to but surpluses and sell them abroad but was vetoed because it required a tax on farmers to make up government losses John W. Davis Democratic candidate against Coolidge La Follette Progressive, liberal candidate against Coolidge Intervention in the Caribbean and Central America withdrew from Dominican republic, remained in haiti and nicaragua and had problems with mexico over oil Dawes Plan rescheduled German reparations payments and opened the way for further American private loans to Germany Alfred E. Smith democratic nominee in the 1928 election against Hoover who was wet and Catholic Agricultural Marketing Act Designed to help farmers help themselves through producer cooperatives and set up the Federal Farm Board Grain Stabilization Corporation and the Cotton Stabilization Corporation Goal was to bolster sagging prices by buying up surpluses but failed as farm produce prices dropped Hawley-Smoot Tariff Protective measure designed to assist farmers that with added amendments brought the tariff to 60 percent Black Tuesday An effect of Britain's raised interest rates many sold stock and caused a Wall Street crash Great Depression Caused by overproduction of both farm and factory Hoover Dam and Colorado River created a lake for purposes of irrigation, flood control, and electric power set into motion by Hoover Reconstruction Finance Corporation Government lending bank, designed to provide indirect relief by assisting insurance companies, banks, agricultural organizations, railroads, and local governments Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act outlawed yellow-dog contracts and forbade the federal courts to to issue injunctions to restrain strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing Bonus Expeditionary Force/Bonus Army created riots of people demanding their entire bonus Japan Invasion of Manchuria Overran the Chinese province and proceeded to shut the Open Door policy