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Politics in the 1920s

Politics in the 1920s . J’na Jefferson, Kristina Owens, Chris Conway, and Asdrid Vasquez. Presidents of the 1920s. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) League of Nations Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) Major Scandals- tarnished presidency Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Private business and spending low

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Politics in the 1920s

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  1. Politics in the 1920s J’na Jefferson, Kristina Owens, Chris Conway, and Asdrid Vasquez

  2. Presidents of the 1920s • Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) • League of Nations • Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) • Major Scandals- tarnished presidency • Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) • Private business and spending low • Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) • Great Depression

  3. Woodrow Wilson • 28th president • Leader of the Progressive Movement Key points in Presidency • Fourteen Points: America’s war aide • League of Nations introduced • Inflexible, stubborn, and a passionate reformer • Death: Suffered a stroke (1919), and died February 3rd, 1924

  4. Warren g. Harding • 29th President from 1921-23. • Died in 1923, leaving Coolidge to become President. • Corrupt administration filled with scandals: • Teapot Dome – Secretary of Interior was bribed into leasing government oil reserves (Teapot Dome in Wyoming) to oil companies. The oil reserves were meant for the United States Navy. • Veterans Bureau – Charles Forbes, Director of Veterans Bureau, scammed the U.S. out of $250 million by raising construction prices of veteran hospitals. • The Attorney General’s, Harry Daugherty, friend took bribes from bootleggers and income tax evaders.

  5. Calvin Coolidge • 30th president after Harding’s sudden death • Content to let things take course • Prosperity during his term due to Sec. of Treasury policies • Cut excess government spending (war), and cut income taxes (wealthy) • Called greatest Treasurer after Hamilton • “Roaring Twenties,” civil rights and promoted private businesses

  6. Herbert Hoover • 31st President from 1929-1933 • The stock market crashed • Hoovervilles- shanty towns for people with no homes

  7. Important events in the 20’s • 19th amendment ratified into the U.S. Constitution (1920). • The Red Scare: Fear of radicals and foreigners combined affected how the United States viewed immigration. • Harding’s campaign slogan, “Return to Normalcy,” aptly describes the tone of the American politics of the time.

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