Chapter XXXIII: The Politics of Boom and Bust

REVISED

  1. In what ways was the "new Old Guard" even more effective in achieving their objectives than the "Old Guard" had been?
  2. How did Theodore Roosevelt help secure the Adjusted Compensation Act?
  3. What was the final outcome of the Washington Disarmament Conference?
  4. How was the Kellog-Briand Pact an unrealistic treaty?
  5. How did Calvin Coolidge contrast with Warren Harding in their presidential roles?
  6. How would the McNary-Haugen Bill have helped farmers? Why did Coolidge veto it?
  7. How come the war debt controversy was so insoluble? What eventually happened with regards to the debts?
  8. What kinds of political handicaps did Al Smith have in his race for the presidency?
  9. How did the Great Depression unfold? Why were its effects so much more severe in the United States than in every other modern industrialized country in the world(except Germany)?
  10. Why were Hoover's early solutions to the problems of the Depression inappropriate? What
    conclusions did he come to which contradicted his earlier philosophy?
  11. Why was the Stimson Doctrine so ineffective?
  12. Identify:
    • RFC
    • Teapot Dome
    • Manchukuo
    • "Battle of Anacostia Flats"
    • Hoovervilles
    • the Great Crash
    • Fordney-McCumber
    • Hawley-Smoot.
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