Roaring 20's

Why did people want a return to "normalcy?"

• WWI & strikes had scared people

• They thought that they wanted a normal president

• Normal sounded like a good idea

• They wanted a more progressive president

Why did Americans trust government less than they had before Harding?

• He led the country into another war.

• Many scandals had occured in his government.

• He called for higher taxes for all Americans.

Who benefited most from Coolidge's policies?

• Workers

• Corporations & the rich

• African Americans

• Farmers

The widespread use of credit and layaway buying plans meant that it was acceptable to go into debt to maintain what came to be seen as the American ...

• "Dream"

• "Economic Engine"

• "Economic Development"

• "standard of living"

Payments Germany was required to make as punishment for starting WWI

• Loan repayment

• Reparations

• Restitution

• Repai

Attempted to outlaw war

• Reparation

• Five Power Naval Limitations

• Kellogg-Briand Pact

• Restitution

Agreement to halt production on warships

• Reparations

• Five Power Navel Limitation Treaty

• Kellogg-Briand Pact

• Restitution

Enormously increased manufacturing efficiency

• Assembly Line

• Interchangeable parts

• Outsource production

• Vertical integration

Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans' desire to

• become a world power

• reform society

• repeal Prohibition

• return to life as it was before the war

Coolidge believed part of his job as president was to make sure the government

• became involved in social reform

• interfered with business and industry as little as possible

• participated regularly in world affairs

• regulated big business in order to stabilized the eonomy