Chapter 23 I.Ds APUSH
Henry Ford and Fordism- (Page 486) Fordism is the system of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford, principles based on assembly-line techniques, scientific management, mass consumption based on higher wages, and sophisticated advertising techniques
McNary-Haugen Bill- (Page 489) it sought to keep agricultural prices high by having the government buy surpluses to sell abroad, vetoed twice by Coolidge. In his 1927 veto he warned against the tyranny of bureaucratic regulation and control and denounced the bill for benefiting farmers at the expense of the general public welfare.
Teapot Dome and other scandals of the Harding Administration- (Page 489) In 1924 a Senate investigation exposed the full scope of the scandals. Charles Forbes was convicted of stealing Veterans’ Bureau funds and evaded prison by fleeing abroad. Teapot Dome scandal involved Interior Secretary Fall, who went to jail for secretly leasing government oil reserves in Elk Hills, Cali and Teapot Dome, Wyoming to two oilmen while accepting “loans” from them totaling $400,000.
Charles Evans Hughes and Washington Naval Arms Conference- (Page 488-489) President Harding's Secretary of state who proposed that the destruction of ships to achieve an agreed upon ratio of craft among the world’s naval powers. Naval arms conference called by Harding in 1921 when naval race between US, Britain, and Japan was a danger, they pledged to reduce battleships but failed to prevent war, US and Japan recognized each others territory in the Pacific and represented a pioneering arms-control effort.
F. Scott Fitzgerald- (Page 495) Was part of both the jazz age and the lost generation. Wrote books encouraging the flapper culture, and books scorning wealthy people being self-centered. He wrote This Side of Paradise where he romanticized interpretation of the affluent postwar young.
Ernest Hemingway- (Page 496) Innovative writer whose novels reflected the disillusionment of many Americans with propaganda
McNary-Haugen Bill- (Page 489) it sought to keep agricultural prices high by having the government buy surpluses to sell abroad, vetoed twice by Coolidge. In his 1927 veto he warned against the tyranny of bureaucratic regulation and control and denounced the bill for benefiting farmers at the expense of the general public welfare.
Teapot Dome and other scandals of the Harding Administration- (Page 489) In 1924 a Senate investigation exposed the full scope of the scandals. Charles Forbes was convicted of stealing Veterans’ Bureau funds and evaded prison by fleeing abroad. Teapot Dome scandal involved Interior Secretary Fall, who went to jail for secretly leasing government oil reserves in Elk Hills, Cali and Teapot Dome, Wyoming to two oilmen while accepting “loans” from them totaling $400,000.
Charles Evans Hughes and Washington Naval Arms Conference- (Page 488-489) President Harding's Secretary of state who proposed that the destruction of ships to achieve an agreed upon ratio of craft among the world’s naval powers. Naval arms conference called by Harding in 1921 when naval race between US, Britain, and Japan was a danger, they pledged to reduce battleships but failed to prevent war, US and Japan recognized each others territory in the Pacific and represented a pioneering arms-control effort.
F. Scott Fitzgerald- (Page 495) Was part of both the jazz age and the lost generation. Wrote books encouraging the flapper culture, and books scorning wealthy people being self-centered. He wrote This Side of Paradise where he romanticized interpretation of the affluent postwar young.
Ernest Hemingway- (Page 496) Innovative writer whose novels reflected the disillusionment of many Americans with propaganda