Chapter+32+Reading+Objectives

__**After reading this chapter, you should be able to:**__ 1. Analyze the domestic political conservatism and economic prosperity of the 1920s. 2. Explain the Republican administrations’ policies of isolationism, disarmament, and high-tariff protection. 3. Compare the easygoing corruption of the Harding administration with straight-laced uprightness of his successor Coolidge. 4. Describe the international economic tangle of loans, war debts, and reparations, and indicate how the US tried to address it. 5. Discuss how Hoover went from being a symbol of twenties business success to a symbol of depression failure. 6. Describe the stock market crash of 1929, and explain the deeper causes of the Great Depression. 7. Indicate how Hoover’s response to the depression reflected a combination of old-time rugged individualism and the new view that the federal government had some responsibility for the economy.

Doughboys Teapot Dome Scandal Andrew Mellon Black Tuesday Hoovervilles RFC
 * Terms/concepts/names from this chapter that you MUST know:**

Adkins v. Children's Hospital Nine Power Treaty McNary-Haugen Act Hawley-Smoot Tariff Good Neighbor Policy
 * Terms/concepts/names from this chapter that would be GOOD to know:**

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