Lesson 27 (2)

What did Warren Harding mean by his campaign phrase, "normalcy"?

• a move to expand the U.S. international presence

• a return to the prosperity of pre-World War I

• a re-examination of the colonial American ideals

• a shift toward increased government presence

What economic model did Warren Harding support as president?

• communist system

• free enterprise system

• antitrust system

• government regulated system

Harding's fiscal policy caused taxes to _____ and government spending to _____.

• increase; increase

• increase; decrease

• decrease; increase

• decrease; decrease

What illegal activity by Harding's cabinet was eventually uncovered in the Teapot Dome Scandal?

• soliciting bribes for favors

• ordering warrantless seizures

• aiding communist interests

• suppressing freedom of speech

What was Calvin Coolidge's primary economic policy?

• increasing government spending

• improving welfare programs

• reducing taxes

• raising taxes on the wealthy

Why did Herbert Hoover advocate the business policy of "associationalism"?

• He believed that successful monopolies could benefit the American economy and public.

• He believed that the best way to build competition was to keep business leaders apart.

• He believed that bringing industry leaders together would improve economic efficiency.

• He believed that a president's role was to reduce associations between big businesses.

How did Hoover plan to eliminate poverty in the United States?

• promoting American business

• expanding welfare benefits

• improving public education

• ending entitlement spending

The horror of World War I caused many Americans to support the policy of

• interventionism

• imperialism

• isolationism

• militarism

What international plan was outlined in the Washington Naval Conference?

• military alliances

• World War I reparations

• Kellogg-Briand Pact

• naval disarmament

What was the main objective of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

• encouraging international trade with England

• outlawing war between the U.S. and France

• retrieving wartime loans from France and England

• loaning money to the German government