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32 The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920 - 1932

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  1. 1All of the following are among Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president EXCEPT:
    1. Aa lack of political experience
    2. Ban inability to detect moral weaknesses and ethical lapses in his associates
    3. Can unwillingness to hurt people's feelings by saying "No"
    4. Dadministrative and executive management shortcomings
  2. 2Which of the following best describes the Republican economic policies implemented under President Warren G. Harding?
    1. AA continuation of the same laissez-faire doctrine practiced by President William McKinley's Republican administration
    2. BA modification of laissez-faire economic doctrine that included using the courts and administrative agencies to maximize the profits of the business sector
    3. CThe institution of many government regulatory schemes to curb the exploitative economic and labor relations practices of big business
    4. DThe development and implementation of economic policies that aided small business at the expense of big business
  3. 3Which of the following best characterizes U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 1920s?
    1. AExtremely hostile to progressive social reform legislation enacted during the progressive era
    2. BOverall, hostile to progressive social reforms, with the exception of maintaining workplace protections for women
    3. CAttempting to strike a fair balance between labor and business over collective-bargaining, union-organizing, and right-to-strike legal issues
    4. DUpholding antitrust and government regulatory schemes designed to expand government intervention in the economy
  4. 4As president, Warren G. Harding proved to be:
    1. Athoughtful and ambitious but rather impractical
    2. Ban able administrator and diplomat but a poor politician
    3. Cpolitically competent and concerned for the welfare of ordinary people
    4. Dweak-willed and tolerant of corruption among his friends
  5. 5The general policy of the federal government toward industry in the early 1920s was:
    1. Aa weakening of federal regulation and encouragement of trade associations
    2. Ban emphasis on federal regulations rather than state and local controls
    3. Can emphasis on vigorous antitrust enforcement rather than on regulation
    4. Da turn toward direct federal control of key industries like the railroads
  6. 6Two groups who suffered severe political setbacks in the immediate post-World War I environment were:
    1. AProtestants and Jews
    2. BOrganized Labor and Blacks
    3. CSmall Businesses and Farmers
    4. DWomen and City Dwellers
  7. 7Two terms that describe the Harding and Coolidge administrations' approach toward foreign policy are:
    1. AInternationalism and moralism
    2. BInterventionism and militarism
    3. CIsolationism and disarmament
    4. DBalance of power and alliance-seeking
  8. 8The proposed ratio of "5-5-3" in Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921-1922 referred to:
    1. Athe allowable ratio of American, British, and Japanese troops in China
    2. Bthe number of votes Britain, France, and the United States would have in the League of Nations
    3. Cthe allowable ratio of battleships and carriers among the United States, Britain, and Japan
    4. Dthe number of nations from Europe, the Americas, and Asia respectively, that would have to ratify the treaties before they went into effect
  9. 9The very high tariff rates of the 1920s had the economic effect of:
    1. Astimulating the formation of common markets among the major industrial nations
    2. Bcausing severe deflation in the United States and Europe
    3. Cturning American trade away from Europe and toward Asia
    4. Dcausing the Europeans to erect their own tariff barriers and thus reduce international trade
  10. 10The central scandal of Teapot Dome involved members of Harding's Cabinet who:
    1. Asold spoiled foodstuff to the army and navy
    2. Btook bribes for leasing federal oil lands
    3. Cviolated prohibition by tolerating gangster liquor deals
    4. Dstuffed ballot boxes and played dirty tricks on campaign opponents

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