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Chapter 21 A Return To Normalcy

Chapter 21 A Return To Normalcy. The Administration of Warren G. Harding. Characteristics of Harding and his administration. 1.Ran on the slogan: Return to Normalcy

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Chapter 21 A Return To Normalcy

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  1. Chapter 21 A Return To Normalcy

    The Administration of Warren G. Harding

  2. Characteristics of Harding and his administration

    1.Ran on the slogan: Return to Normalcy 2.Cabinet was known as the OHIO GANG. The Ohio Gang was made up of friends from Ohio. They smoked, drank, and played poker.3 Many Cabinet members used their positions for political corruption
  3. Harding said” I have no trouble with my enenimes,its my friends who keep me up at night” Charles Forbes. Sold scarce medical supplies from veterans hos hospitals and kept money (250 million) to himself Albert Fall . Allowed private interest to lease land containing navy oil reserves at Teapot Dome Wyoming. In return ,Fall received 300,000 in bribes. Fall is first cabinet officer to go to jail because of the Teapot dome Scandal.
  4. More Crooks Attorney General Harry Daugherty took bribes from a German agent to get the company back that the U. S. seiged during the war. All this corruption forced Harding to take a vacation (cruise) to Alaska where he died from a heart attack. Eleceted in 1920 0 factor curse? Calvin Coolidge takes over.
  5. President CoolidgeKeep Cool With Coolidge Nickname Silent Cal. Women bet him at a party that she could get him to say more than 2 words. His reply “you lose” Believed that the business of America was BIG BUSINESS. Believed in laissez- faire economic policy Said four-fifths of all our troubles in this life would disappear if we would only sit down and be still.
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