| A | B |
|---|
| Warren G. Harding | Pres. early 1920's. Promised a "return to normalcy", laisezz faire administration |
| Adkins v Children's Hospital | overturned Muller v. Oregon which had given women protection in the workplace |
| Nine Power Treaty | Agreement by 9 countries to abide by Open Door in China |
| Calvin Coolidge | Pres. after Harding died. Industrialist, supported big business. |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | 928 pact linked 62 nations in supposed "outlawry of war" |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law | comprehensive bill passed to protect domestic production from foreign competitors |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | Harding cabinet scandal, awdry affair involving the illegal lease of priceless naval oil reserves in Teapot Dome, Wyoming |
| McNary-Haugen Bill | farm-relief bill that was championed throughout the 20s and aimed to keep agricultural prices high |
| Robert La Follette | Progressive republican leader in senate, targeted railroad industry, taxes railroad property |
| Dawes Plan | Dawes, a banker-A plan to revive the German economy |
| Albert Smith | Proposed idea of Natural History Museum in New York City |
| Agricultural Marketing Act | established the Federal Farm Board, a lending bureau for hard-pressed farmers |
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff | charged a high tax for imports thereby leading to less trade between America and foreign countries |
| Black Tuesday | dark, panicky day of October 29, 1929, when over 16,410,000 shares of stock were sold on Wall Street |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) | prop up faltering rairoads, banks, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions |
| Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injuction Act | Outlawed anti-union contracts and forbade the federal courts to issue injunctions to restrain strikes |
| Albert B Fall | Harding Cabinet member who profited from and was convicted for the Teapot Dome Scandal |
| Francis E Townsend | promoted a plan, popular with senior citizens, to pay every person over sixty $200 a month. Controversial! |
| Robert F. Wagner | responsible for the passage of some of the most important legislation enacted through the New Deal. |
| Immigration Act of 1924 | limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States as of the 1890 census. |
| Eighteenth Amendment | prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages |
| Volstead Act | Bill passed by Congress to enforce the language of the 18th Amendment. |
| Racketeers | person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings |
