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

It has been said that the 1920s saw a shift from the old Republican philosophy of small government to a new belief that government ought to actively aid big business. What evidence is there for this view? In what ways did Republican presidents of the 1920s continue to believe that government should keep hands off the economy? Is it reasonable to argue that the political and economic policy and philosophical shift of Republican presidents in the 1920s should be considered merely "old wine in new bottles"? Why or why not is this the case?

The nonbusiness group that realized the most significant, lasting gains from World War I was

Explain how American tariff policy and policy on war debts and reparations contributed to deepening the Great Depression, even if they did not cause it. Why were most Americans and many prominent and influential American political leaders so generally indifferent to the effects of their policies on Europe during these years? Why were millions of Americans and their political leaders on the Right and on the Left unable to discern and appreciate that the economic health and well-being of the United States was inextricably tied to that of key European nations such as Great Britain, France, and Germany?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hawley-Smoot Tariff

In 1924, the Democratic party convention defeated by only one vote a resolution condemning

One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Kellogg-Briand Pact

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry L. Stimson

One exception to President Warren G. Harding's policy of isolationism involved the Middle East, where the United States sought to

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. ​ ​ -The causes of the Great Depression included

The text authors state that during the 1920s "isolation [from foreign involvement] was enthroned in Washington." What evidence supports this view? What evidence would you cite to argue that American foreign policy was not really as isolationist as it first appears?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stimson doctrine

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Herbert Hoover

Explain Herbert Hoover's election victory in 1928. Consider the personal qualities and policies of the two candidates, the state of the economy, and the public mood. What were the campaign issues? Was Smith's defeat attributable to anti-Catholicism, or would even a different, Protestant Democratic candidate have gone down to defeat in 1928? For example, could New York Democratic Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt beaten Hoover in 1928 given the political and economic temperament of the times?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Good Neighbor Policy

President Hoover's approach to the Great Depression was to

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, established by Hoover to deal with the depression, was charged with

The Fordney-McCumber and Hawley-Smoot Tariff laws had the long-term effect of

In Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923), the Supreme Court ruled that

In America, the onset of the Great Depression in 1930 caused