Exam 31: The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

Senator Robert La Follette's Progressive party advocated all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Dawes

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nine-Power Treaty

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert La Follette

____ was/were adversely affected by the dismantling of government regulations and the withdrawal of government assistance by the federal government at the end of World War I.

President Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be ended by doing all of the following except

During Coolidge's presidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of

In what ways did Herbert Hoover, in his actions as Secretary of Commerce and as president, combine the values and beliefs of an older, traditional nineteenth-century America with the experience and the outlook of the modern corporate economy? Why was President Hoover's decision to maintain many of his traditional nineteenth-century American values prove to be problematic when the cataclysmic depression had become a national calamity by 1930? How was Hoover's business experience and acumen helpful and/or limiting in his efforts as president to battle the Great Depression?

President Hoover was criticized for his handling of the Great Depression, but some historians consider this unfair for all of the following reasons except

All of the following were political liabilities for Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith in 1928 except his

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Legion

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Washington Disarmament Conference

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Mellon

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Manchuria

In the years 1900-1920 progressivism enjoyed widespread support among the American public. Why were progressives of the 1920s, including La Follette's Progressive party, so ineffective and uninfluential? What happened to the once-powerful progressives and their ideals?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McNary-Haugen Bill

The impact of the Great Depression on American resulted in all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Evans Hughes

​What were the political and economic policy and program options at President Hoover's disposal to help the millions of American living in dire misery during the early years of the Great Depression that President Hoover consider? Which policies and programs did President Hoover pursue and which ones did he reject for political, economic, or philosophical reasons? Did any of Hoover's political and economic policies and programs during the early years of the Great Depression set the stage for the policies and programs of President Franklin Roosevelt and New Deal? If so, which ones?