Guided Reading Activity
The Jazz Age, 1921-1929
Lesson 1 The Politics of the 1920s
Review Questions: Outlining
DIRECTIONS: Read the lesson and complete the outline below. Refer to your textbook to
fill in the blanks.
I. The Harding Administration
A. Warren Harding appointed several distinguished people to his cabinet, such as
as secretary of state.
B.
C.
D.
B.
C.
Harding gave appointments to
and
from Ohio, which led to corruption and numerous scandals.
II. Policies of Prosperity
A.
The secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon, had three major goals under Harding
and successive presidents:
and
B.
networks
C.
D.
The most famous scandal, the
leasing navy oil reserves in Wyoming and California.
When Harding died,
believed prosperity depended on
Scandal, concerned bribes for
became president. The new president
Mellon's idea that lower tax rates grow the economy and result in the government
collecting more taxes is known today as
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover encouraged economic growth through his
He believed it would
idea of
and
promote
III. Trade and Arms Control
A.
By the end of World War I, the dominant economic power in the world was the
It tried to promote peace by using
agreements.
American banks lent money to Germany to help
.
and
Through the
it pay its war reparations.
The Washington conference proposed a 10-year halt on
A further step to end all wars,
war and settle disputes peacefully.
.
Con The Compan
called for nations to abandon