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16-1 Presidential Politics

The Harding Administration

  • Women can vote in the 1920 election. Harding wins
  • Harding promised normalcy (State or being normal)
  • Corruption: Harding assigned friends to his cabinet known as the Ohio Gang
  • Some friends used their power to sell government job
  • Teapot Dome Scandal: Albert B. Falls secretly allowed private interest to lease land with Navy Oil Reserves
  • Attorney General Harry Daughtery was under investigation for a German/American company bribing American politicians. Daughtery would not testify under oath claiming immunity.
  • Immunity: Freedom of prosecution
  • 1923 Pres. Harding passes
  • Calvin Coolidge becomes pres.

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Coolidge Adminstration

  • Coolidge quickly distanced himself from the Harding administration
  • Coolidge believed prosperity rested on business leadership
  • Coolidge wins reelection despite recent party scandals

Coolidge Adminstration

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Political Cartoon

Poltical Cartoon

Poltical Cartoon

Classwork

Complete the 16-1 Worksheet

Remember: CE and C.16 Review due Friday

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