Similarities Between Coolidge And Hoover

Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover The presidents of the roaring twenties were Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. All of the presidents during the 1920s were republicans. They also pro-business and they felt no need to regulate businesses in American. They wanted to keep taxes down and business profits up. They helped the American manufactures by imposing a high tariff on imported goods. The economy was rolling strong during the twenties which made it easy for these presidents. They all rode the American boom into the ground. This is way the Great Depression follows the roaring twenties. Most of the historians claim that the presidents of the twenties were just mediocre. This would be a tough opinion to argue considering what is in store down the future
President Harding was our 29th president of the United States of the America. He was elected in 1920. He won the Presidential election by a landslide. He took 60 percent of the popular vote. The next close vote getter, James M. Cox, was only at 34 percent of the popular vote. Warren Harding was extremely conservative, affable, and “make no enemies” campaign strategy got him in as the republican nominee. However when Harding made it into office, he hired his Ohio Gang (friends and political contributors). The hiring of his Ohio Gang lead to scandals and corruption when he was President. One of the scandals was the Bonus Bill. The Bonus Bill scandal was a bill for the veterans of the World War One to get 2,000 dollar bonuses. President Harding would veto this bill and this caused the scandal. Warren Harding’s body eventually gave into the pressures of being president of