P.636
1923 ­29
1921­23
President Harding
President Coolidge
Background
Background
Political philosophy
Political philosophy
Administration
Administration
Nov 19­5:23 PM
You are to pick one of the scandals of Pres. Harding's administration and create a political cartoon to illustrate the event.
20pts. DueTuesday
end of class
Nov 19­5:49 PM
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Nov 21­9:54 AM
21.1: Presidential Politics
1920s ­ The Republican Decade
Warren G. Harding ­ return to normalcy 1921­1923
­­foreign policy reflected Americans postwar desire to return to Isolationism = policy of avoiding political and economic alliances with foreign nations
­Americans wanted to be left alone to pursue prosperity. ­US, however, was too impt after WWI in international affairs.
­­also limited immigration with increase in nativism ­­Harding = scandalous administration . . . .
­­Teapot Dome scandal ­ government officials gave rights to oil company to drill on federal land in exchange for part of the profit. ­­Died in office, strain of corruption may have led to heart problems
Nov 16­8:05 AM
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21.1:
Presidential politics
Calvin Coolidge ­ The business of America is business. 1923­1929
­­Distanced himself from Harding s administration
­­promised to give America the normalcy Harding had not
­­Laissez­faire business policies of Republicans
­­Tried to make government smaller
­­Kellogg­Briand Pact ­ was attempt to end war (b/c US was not in League of Nations); ­60 nations agreed not to use threat of war in international relations ­ no way to enforce it though, so was unrealistic
Herbert Hoover (1929­1933) Coolidge declared he would not run for second term, Hoover was elected with expectation that good times would continue under more Republican leadership. Nov 16­8:06 AM
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