Crisis of identity 1920-1945

• Hardings strengths 


  • Widely popular
  • Emphasized return to normalcy
  • Public appreciated his policies
• What shows Harding was widely popular?


  Harding won greatest popular vote margin at the time, with 60%.
• Whats years was Warren Harding president?

  1920 - 1923
• Why was Hardings public image liked?

  Emphasised a return to 'normalcy,' reassuring war-weary voters.
• What Hardings Maternity Act provide?

  Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act provided aid for infant and maternity health centers, reducing infant mortality.
• What year was the Sheppard - Towner Maternity Act made?

  1921
• What did Harding host in 1921?

  Hosted Washington Naval Disarmament Conference, halting the arms race in naval vessels production.
• Warren Harding supported an anti-lynching law
• What did Harding do in relation to spending and tariffs?

  • Cut gov spending
  • implemented high protective tariffs
• What did hardings reputation end up like?

  Tainted reputation due to scandals over personal morality and political corruption
• What did some of the Harding scandals include?

  • Extra-marital affair
  • Teapot Dome
  • Ohio gang
• Who was Charles Forbes?

  Charles Forbes was an American general who illegally sold gov medical supplies
• Why was the Charles Forbes case bad on Hardings part?

  Corruption, he allowed Forbes to leave the country escaping prosecution
• What year was the teapot dome scandal?

  1922
• What happened in the teapot dome scandal?

  High official accused of leasing oil reserves for bribes, exploitation
• In 3 different surveys Harding was ranked as the worst president ever
• Hardings administration accomplished little of lasting value and the scandals doomed his image after his death
• How much did Harding manage to cut gov spending by in two years?

  $2000
• Nevertheless, Harding was likely to have won the 1924 election in his seemingly strong position
• What years was Calvin Coolidge president?

  1923 - 1929
• Who was the president before Calvin Coolidge?

  Warren Harding
• What did Coolidge restore in the White House after Hardings scandals?

  respectability
• Who were the presidents in the 20s?

  Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge
• What did the public like about Coolidge?

  His air of efficiency = popularity
• How much did Coolidge cut income tax by?

  1/4
• What act in 1924 allowed for income tax cuts?

  Revenue Act
• What did Cooliges policies allow for?

  Economic growth for big businesses and affluence
• What was Coolidge remembered for?

  The economical prosperity
• When did the Great Depression begin?

  1929
• Why was the Great Depression bad for Coolidge?

  eroded his reputation and changed public opinion on his policies
• How many banks had to shut their doors due to bankruptcy during the Great Depression?

  5 Thousand
• Why did farmers lose land?

  Coolidge failed to aid the depressed agricultural sector
• What was debt in the Great Depression due to?


  Credit
• What did Coolidge tax cuts cause?

  • Uneven distribution of wealth
  • Overproduction of goods
• Why were the Dawes Plan and the Kellogg-Brian’s pact bad?

  Did little to prevent the spread of Nazism in Germany
• Why did Coolidge get depressed in 1924?

  Son's death
• What factor feeling did the majority of Coolidge presidency have?

  Feel good factor that accompanied 20s economic boom
• What does Nationalism mean?


  thinking the US is superior
• What countries agreed at the Washington conference in 1921?

  • US
  • Great Britain
  • Japan
  • France
  • Italy
• Why was Harding worried about revolution?

  Growing fear of communism was due to the Bolshevik revolution in Russia