Ch 33 Q's (35-37)

35. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law established the tariff rate of 38.5%. The president was authorized to reduce or increase detuties.

36. The high tariff course of Rep, Harding and Coolidge Administrations, set off a chain reaction. They only reduced the rate 5 times but increased it 32 times!!!

37. In response to the American high-tariff walls, Europe built higher barriers. These walls and barriers deepened the international economic crisis. Hitler would use this to his advantage.

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More GANGSTERISM!!!!

Golden Age of Gangsterism!!!!

America in the 1920s had a golden age. This golden age was not exactly the best. Prohibition was taking place at this time and people were starting to get restless. Gangs started to get into illegal alcohol and that soon led to bribery of the cops. But soon cities broke out in violence.

In 1925 in Chicago, a man by the name of "Scarface" Al Capone began a six years of gang warfare. Al Capone was a cold blooded killer, but never could be convicted. He served in a state penitentiary for eleven years but was then released.

Gangs had other profitable and illegal activities such as: prostitution, gambling, and narcotics. Organized crime had become one of the most gigantic businesses. By the 1930s, the underworld annually was "taking" in about $12 million to $18 million, which was more than the Washington Government.

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Chapter 31 Study Guide # 1-6

1. Germany responded to make the decision to wage unrestricted submarine warfare and sinking all ships, including American ships, in the war zone.

2. The fact that a group of Midwestern senators filibustered this request demonstrated the isolationist state of mind of most Americans.

3. When Americans intercepted the Zimmerman telegram on March 1, 1917, they caught Germany in the act of proposing an alliance between itself and Mexico.

4. The Americans had a reason for not joinig the war which was because Russia was currently under a despot, the Czar, and the Americans did not want to fight with a despot.

5. Wilson asked and was given permission to go to war on April 2, 1917.

6. In later years, a myth developed. People started to say that America was dragged into the war by Wall Street bankers. This was incorrect because it really was dragged into the war from trading with the people already in the war.

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Jones Act of 1916

The Jones Act gave the Philippines territorial status. Later the United States said they would be granted independence once a "stable government" was established.

Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1912

The Panama Canal Tolls Act was repealed by Wilson because Britain was getting angry because American shippers could use the canal to pass through without paying a toll, and other nations had to.

Newlands Act of 1902

The Newlands Act gave the federal government to use the money earned by the selling of the western lands to fund irrigation projects.