A Republican DecadeChapter 21 Section 1

Thoughts to Ponder…

• How did Republican leadership during the Harding and Coolidge presidencies shape the 1920s?

• What issues influenced the presidential election of 1928?

“Return to Normalcy”-Warren G. Harding

• Looked like a __________

• Wise______ choices• Ex: Herbert _______,

Sec. of Commerce• Foolish ___________

• Positions to _________ friends

Foreign Policy

• Americans favored isolationism• Harding’s Plan

• Stay out of the League of _______• Promote ____________ • Protect American Economics

• Fordney-McCumber Tariff• Work to help ________ with war debt

• Dawes Plan

Domestic Issues

• Isolationism brought on __________• Post WW1 Factors:

• Patriotism• Religion• Urban Conditions• Jobs• Red Scare

Immigration Restriction

• 1921: imposed a ______ on immigrants• Annual limit: 3% of groups US

population from the 1910 census• _______ Origins Act (1924)

• ___ of 1890 pop. From Italy, Russia, Poland, and SE Europe

• Prohibited “_______ ineligible to citizenship” (Japanese)

Scandal Under Harding

• The ________ Dome Scandal• Corruption among Harding’s

administration• Stolen ______ funds• ______ for passing contracts• Allowing private companies to drill Gov’t

Oil fields• ________ was not involved

Summary:

• In 10 words or less…

• What evidence can you give to prove Harding might not have been the best choice for America President?

“Keep Cool with Coolidge”• Harding died of a ______

______• VP Calvin _______ became

President• Coolidge was fit to

President• ________, well respected,

and level headed• Ran for Pres in _____, won

The Coolidge Presidency

• Economics: ________ ____• 1. Lower Income ___• 2. ______ Tariffs that benefited

domestic manufacturing• 3. Minimal role of the gov’t

• Did not limit the buying of ______• No help for the victims of the

__________ Flood

• The Kellogg-Briand Pact• 15 nations pledged not to use the ______ of

_____ in their dealings with one another

• The ______ Election• Herbert Hoover v. Alfred E. Smith

Can you make War illegal?

HOMEWORK!!!

• How did the “Red Scare” affect the US?• Read pages 712-717• In your notebook:

• 1) Summarize the Key Points from these pages• 2) Answer questions 1 and 2 from pg. 721