History Chapter 32-34
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- John T. Scopes
- biology teacher in Tennessee who was indicted for teaching evolution in the classroom, found guilty and paid a fine of $100
- A. Mitchell Palmer
- Attorney General during the “red scare†who rounded up nearly 6000 suspects, was known as the “Fighting Quakerâ€
- Sacco and Vanzetti
- two men convicted of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster because the jury and judge were racist, prejudice against Italians, atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers
- Warren G. Harding
- became president in 1921, was a nice easygoing man, but a horrible president, he could never tell who the liars were
- Albert Fall
- senator from New Mexico who became secretary of the interior, was bad because he was an anticonservationist
- Harry M. Daugherty
- was Attorney general who was a big time crook in the “Ohio Gang,†and was supposed to prosecute wrongdoers, but often did nothing
- Calvin Coolidge
- became president when Harding died, he was an old style president, but he also was pro-active business
- Herbert Hoover
- became president in 1928, who was a self made millionaire who was an ideal president for the businessperson
- Alfred E. Smith
- was 4 time governor of New York who was a democratic presidential nomination in the election of 1928, was an alcoholic and prejudice
- Hawley-Smoot Tariff
- was the highest protective tariff in the nations peacetime history that caused the average duty on nonfree goods to go from 38.5 % to 60%
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation
- established in 1932, was a government lending back aimed at providing indirect relief by assisting insurance companies, banks, agricultural organizations, and railroads, called “the millionaires dole†because it helped large corporations