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Presidential Politics

Honors American History. Presidential Politics. Warm-up. Thinking back to the previous lesson, describe the Harlem Renaissance. Please give specific examples. . Harding. Just like William Howard Taft, Harding felt that he was not fit to be President

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Presidential Politics

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  1. Honors American History Presidential Politics

  2. Warm-up • Thinking back to the previous lesson, describe the Harlem Renaissance. Please give specific examples.

  3. Harding • Just like William Howard Taft, Harding felt that he was not fit to be President • Harding stated that “I have such a sure understanding of my own inefficiency.” • The Harding philosophy fit well with Americans of the time • Harding stated that the United States needed a return to normalcy. • This referred to the United States going back to its pre-war policies of isolationism.

  4. To the victor • Harding made many mistakes when it came to appointing his cabinet. • He gave many cabinet posts and other high ranking government positions to his poker friends known as the Ohio gang. • These individuals used their power for profit. • They sold government jobs, pardons, and protection from prosecution.

  5. Tea anyone? • The Teapot Dome scandal involved President Harding’s secretary of the interior Albert B. Fall. • Fall leased navy oil reserves to private companies in Teapot Dome, Wyoming, and Elk Hills, California. • Fall received bribes of $300,000. • He became the first cabinet member in the United States to go to prison.

  6. Changing of the guard • After Harding’s death, Calvin Coolidge took over the Presidency. • Coolidge was the exact opposite of Harding, calm, quiet and confident. • Coolidge believed that the government was simple. • He believed that our future rested on business leadership. • He believed it was his duty to make sure that government interfered with business and industry as little as possible.

  7. Ideals • Just as Harding had promised Coolidge believed that the United States needed a return to normalcy. • Coolidge felt that by avoiding war, reform, and scandal, the United States could achieve the normalcy that Harding was unable to deliver.

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