Question

directions: identifying supporting details read each main idea. use your textbook to supply the details that support or explain each main idea.
★ main idea: the presidency of warren harding was marred by scandals.

1. detail: harding made several distinguished appointments to his ______, including charles evans hughes, herbert hoover, and andrew mellon.
2. detail: harding also gave high - level jobs to his ____ and ____ from ohio.
3. detail: hardings head of the veterans’ bureau sold scarce ____ from veterans hospitals and kept the money at a cost to the taxpayers of about ____.
4. detail: harding’s secretary of the interior was secretly bribed by ____, in an incident that became known as the ____.
5. detail: attorney general harry daugherty participated in a bribe involving a german - owned american company and its valuable ______.
6. detail: rather than testifying under oath, daugherty claimed ______ on the basis of his confidential dealings with the president.

★ main idea: during the 1920s, the united states sought to promote peace and stability using economic policies and arms control agreements.

1. detail: treasury secretary andrew mellon convinced congress to create the ______ in order to track government spending.
2. detail: the idea that lower taxes cause the economy to grow by increasing consumer spending is known as ______ economics.
3. detail: herbert hoover sought to promote economic growth with his philosophy of ______, which encouraged businesses to form trade associations.
4. detail: in 1921, representatives from eight nations came to the ______, to discuss how to end their costly naval arms race.
5. detail: one of the most notable foreign policy achievements of the coolidge administration was the ______, which stated that all signing nations would settle disputes by peaceful means.

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Explanation:

These questions are about U.S. history, specifically the Harding presidency and 1920s U.S. policies. To answer, we recall historical facts:

1. Harding’s distinguished cabinet appointments.
2. His “Ohio Gang” (friends from Ohio) got high - level jobs.
3. Veterans’ Bureau head sold medical supplies, costing taxpayers ~$250 million.
4. Secretary of Interior (Fall) bribed by oil companies in Teapot Dome Scandal.
5. Daugherty bribed over company’s patents.
6. Daugherty claimed executive privilege.
7. Mellon created Bureau of the Budget.
8. Lower taxes - growth idea is supply - side (or trickle - down) economics.
9. Hoover’s “associationalism” philosophy.
10. 1921 Washington Naval Conference.
11. Kellogg - Briand Pact for peaceful dispute settlement.

Answer:

s:

1. cabinet
2. friends, political allies (or “Ohio Gang” members)
3. medical supplies, $250 million
4. oil companies, Teapot Dome Scandal
5. patents
6. executive privilege
7. Bureau of the Budget
8. supply - side (or trickle - down)
9. associationalism
10. Washington Naval Conference
11. Kellogg - Briand Pact