Calvin Coolidge was the 29th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. His administration eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a federal budget system, and imposed limitations on immigration, representing a return to normalcy after World War I. Coolidge believed that "the business of America is business," focusing on expanding business to help the economy. However, the stock market crashed months into his presidency, contributing to the Great Depression for which some blamed Hoover.

1. 1920’s presidents
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2. • He was the 29th president
• Republicans in Congress easily got the President's signature
on their bills
• His Administration eliminated wartime controls and slashed
taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high
protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon
immigration.

3. Return to Normalcy
• A return to the way of life before World War I.

4. • On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president
to make a public radio address to the American people.
• “His great task was to restore the dignity and prestige of
the Presidency when it had reached the lowest ebb in our
history ... in a time of extravagance and waste...." -Alfred E.
Smith
• Coolidge was both the most negative and remote of
Presidents, and the most accessible.

5. The Business of America is
Business
• The meaning behind this statement is that the one thing
America needed to focus on at the time was business and
how to expand it.

6. • Months into his presidency the stock market collapsed.
• He was used as a scapegoat or the depression.
• He was badly defeated in 1932.

7. "Hoovervilles"
• These were camp like towns built on the outskirts of large
cities. They were built by people effected by the depression.