1. Warren G. Harding
• Under his term, he was persuaded to eliminate wartime controls and
slashed taxes.
• He established a Federal budget system.
• Harding restored the high protective tariff, and imposed limitations on
immigration.
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2. Return To Normalcy
• This quote explains Harding’s want for U.S.
life to return to its original state, pre-WWI.
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3. Calvin Coolidge
• Refused to use Federal economic power to check the growing boom.
• Refused to ameliorate the condition of agriculture and other industries.
• His first message to Congress called for isolation of foreign policy, tax cuts,
economy, and limited aid for farmers.
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4. The Business of
America is Business
• A famous quote by Calvin Coolidge, which
to me, means that we are constantly
concerned with overstimulating ourselves
with the idea that we need to thrive.
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5. Herbert Hoover
• He was appointed head of the Food Administration by President Wilson,
where he cut consumption of food needed overseas and avoided rationing at
home, but fed the Allies.
• The stock market crashed under his term, even though he believed America
was closest to triumphing over poverty at this time.
• After the crash, Hoover stated that he would keep the Federal Bidget
balanced and would expand public works spending.
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6. Hoovervilles
• Names of towns built by the homeless
during the Great Depression, which
President Hoover was widely blamed for.
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