paymaster and his guard in South Braintree‚ Massachusetts. 6. Quota System- The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 set up. 7. John L. Lewis- In 1919‚ the United Mine Workers of America‚ organized since 1890‚ got a new leader. Section 2 Assessment 1. Warren G. Harding- Described as a good-natured man who “looked like a president ought to look.” 2. Charles Evans Hughes- Secretary of State‚ urged that no more warships be built for ten years. 3. Fordney- McCumber Tariff- America adopted‚ which raised taxes
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Born on July 4‚ 1872 in Plymouth Notch‚ Vermont‚ John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was the offspring of a successful farmer and small business man. Serving in the Vermont Senate and House of Representatives‚ his father‚ John Coolidge‚ later swore him in after the death of President Harding. At the age of twelve‚ he lost his mother. And‚ around several years later‚ his sister met the same fate. With little ambition other than to follow in his father’s footsteps‚ he managed to attend Amherst College in Massachusetts
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Patriotic feelings were obvious in the masses and the people as a nation had a new sense of pride being one of the strongest countries in the world. The start of the decade also brought with it the election of a new president. The two candidates were Warren G. Harding for the Republican nominee and James A. Cox for the Democratic nominee. Harding proved to be the superior politician with his talk of normalcy‚ a chance to repair economic damage and make rational choices for the new decade‚ for the nation
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the economy drives individuals independence. One is not strong‚ if one is not prosperous and one is not able to help others‚ if one is economically and politically powerless. In the 1920’s the shift to the right‚ on economic policies occurred when Warren G. Harding‚ Calvin Coolidge‚ and Herbert administrations allowed Big Business to take over the United States government. Through Harding’s “return to normalcy” policy‚ the pro-business ethos of the Harding-Coolidge administration and the Stock Market
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Fighting the War at Home Teaching German was outlawed in several states The invention of liberty cabbage “Liberty Streak” Remember Belgium by George Creel’s CPI It gets worse Espionage Act- Spys were put away for the was The Sedition Act- Can’t say anything bad about the war Schenck vs. United States- Can’t help people get out of being drafted Great Migration- blacks moving north (race riots) Slackers- Label people they don’t like and get rid of them The Palmer Raids Attorney General
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in the aftermath of the massive encroachment of German troops. My effectiveness prompted President Woodrow Wilson to appoint me head of the Food Administration‚ which diverted American agricultural products overseas to American troops. President Warren G. Harding then picked me to be his secretary of commerce‚ as did President Calvin Coolidge after him. When President Coolidge decided not to run for another term‚ I was nominated as the Republican candidate. I ran against New York governor Alfred
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that traditionalists would vote for him for obvious motives‚ but the most prevalent reason would be his religion. Catholicism was mainly frowned upon by the rural conservatives‚ most of which came from protestant backgrounds. Eight years prior‚ Warren G. Harding ran on a campaign for a “return to normalcy”. This normalcy he strove for made him very popular to the traditionalist who believed that he may fight against the immoral behavior of the urban dwellers. Sadly however‚ his cabinet had a number
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On August 2‚ 1923‚ Calvin Coolidge was vacationing at his father’s home at Plymouth‚Vermont when one night he was awakened by the tragic news of Warren Harding’s death. Harding ‚who had been on a public speaking tour of the West‚ when his health began to deteriorate‚ tried poorly to alleviate the scandal that have been plaguing his presidency. Praying by candlelight‚ Coolidge descended the stairs to the plain living room of his father’s house‚ lighted only by two kerosene lamps. Upon an old wooden
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love for Jesus Christ because he believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time 6. Demands of the Bonus Army demanded immediate payments of their government bonus money in cash. 7. Economic policies of Republican president Warren G. Harding sought to continue the same laissez-faire doctrine as had been the practice under William McKinley 8. George Creel- committee on public information‚ Herbert Hoover- food administration‚ Bernard Baruch- war industries board ‚ William
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amendment. This amendment had lead to an increase of organized crime nationwide. In that time span of these two prominent moments in American history was one of the most scandalous presidencies in American history. It came from no other than Ohioan Warren G. Harding. Harding can be considered one of the worst presidents of all time. He won the Presidential election of 1920 which made him officially the President in January of 1921. Once he became president‚ he immediately made up his cabinet
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