Question

1. warren g. harding won the presidential election of 1920 by promising

a. expanded foreign involvement
b. a return to normalcy
c. increased government regulation
d. immediate civil rights reforms

1. which scandal involved bribery and illegal oil leasing during the harding administration?

a. watergate
b. credit mobilier
c. teapot dome
d. whiskey ring

1. calvin coolidge became president after

a. harding resigned
b. harding lost reelection
c. harding died in office
d. harding was impeached

1. calvin coolidge believed the federal government should

a. closely regulate businesses
b. nationalize industries
c. control prices
d. stay out of business affairs

1. after world war i, many americans favored

a. imperialism
b. militarism
c. isolationism
d. expansionism

1. which agreement attempted to outlaw war?

a. dawes plan
b. kellogg-briand pact
c. washington conference
d. london naval treaty

Explanation:

1. Warren G. Harding campaigned in 1920 on the slogan of returning to pre-WWI "normalcy", rejecting the progressive era's reforms and foreign entanglements.
2. The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery scandal in the Harding administration involving illegal leasing of federal oil reserves.
3. Calvin Coolidge became president in 1923 after Warren G. Harding died suddenly in office.
4. Calvin Coolidge was a proponent of laissez-faire economics, believing the federal government should not interfere in business affairs.
5. After the devastation of WWI, many Americans favored isolationism, wanting to avoid foreign conflicts and focus on domestic issues.
6. The Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) was an international agreement that sought to outlaw war as a tool of national policy.

Answer:

1. B. a return to normalcy
2. C. Teapot Dome
3. C. Harding died in office
4. D. stay out of business affairs
5. C. isolationism
6. B. Kellogg-Briand Pact