P OLITICS IN THE 1920 S J’na Jefferson, Kristina Owens, Chris Conway, and Asdrid Vasquez

P RESIDENTS OF THE 1920 S Woodrow Wilson ( ) League of Nations Warren G. Harding ( ) Major Scandals- tarnished presidency Calvin Coolidge ( ) Private business and spending low Herbert Hoover ( ) Great Depression

W OODROW W ILSON 28 th president Leader of the Progressive Movement Key points in Presidency Fourteen Points: America’s war aide League of Nations introduced Inflexible, stubborn, and a passionate reformer Death: Suffered a stroke (1919), and died February 3 rd, 1924

W ARREN G. H ARDING 29 th President from Died in 1923, leaving Coolidge to become President. Corrupt administration filled with scandals: Teapot Dome – Secretary of Interior was bribed into leasing government oil reserves (Teapot Dome in Wyoming) to oil companies. The oil reserves were meant for the United States Navy. Veterans Bureau – Charles Forbes, Director of Veterans Bureau, scammed the U.S. out of $250 million by raising construction prices of veteran hospitals. The Attorney General’s, Harry Daugherty, friend took bribes from bootleggers and income tax evaders.

C ALVIN C OOLIDGE 30 th president after Harding’s sudden death Content to let things take course Prosperity during his term due to Sec. of Treasury policies Cut excess government spending (war), and cut income taxes (wealthy) Called greatest Treasurer after Hamilton “Roaring Twenties,” civil rights and promoted private businesses

H ERBERT H OOVER 31 st President from The stock market crashed Hoovervilles- shanty towns for people with no homes

I MPORTANT EVENTS IN THE 20’ S 19 th amendment ratified into the U.S. Constitution (1920). The Red Scare : Fear of radicals and foreigners combined affected how the United States viewed immigration. Harding’s campaign slogan, “Return to Normalcy,” aptly describes the tone of the American politics of the time.