The American Nation A History of the United States, Combined Volume (14th Edition)

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Key Terms

Bonus Army A gathering of 20,000 Great War vet-
erans in Washington, DC in June 1932, to
demand immediate payment of their “adjusted
compensation” bonuses voted by Congress in

1924. Congress rejected their demands, and
      President Hoover ordered U.S. troops to drive
      them from the capital, 679
      “good neighbor” President Herbert Hoover’s pol-
      icy to promote better relations between the
      United States and nations in the Western

Hemisphere; it declared America’s intention to

disclaim the right to intervention pronounced in

thePlatt Amendmentand the Roosevelt

Corollary, 673

Teapot Dome scandal A scandal during the

administration of Warren Harding in which the

Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, accepted

bribes from oil companies that then leased the

Teapot Dome federal oil reserve in Wyoming, 670

Review Questions

1.The introduction draws a parallel between the
crash of the stock market in 1929 and the U.S.
mortgage market in 2008–2009 as explanations
of subsequent economic crises. What were the
main differences?
2.What were the similarities in the policies of
Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover? The differences?

3.What factors explained the prosperity of the

1920s? In what ways was that prosperity shaky?

4.During the 1920s and early 1930s, what role did

the United States play in Latin America? In the

worsening situations in Europe and Asia?

5.How did the election of 1932 constitute a politi-

cal“revolution”?

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Chapter 25

Purinton,Big Ideas from
Big Business, p. 667

Executive Orders and
Senate Resolutions on Teapot Dome, p. 667

A Heavy Load for Al (1928),
p. 675

Depression Breadlines in New
York City, p. 680

Burning Bonus Army Shacks,
1932,p. 680

Hoover,New York
Campaign Speech, p. 682

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Prosperity of the 1920s and

the Great Depression, p. 678

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