1. Topic: Evaluating the Conservative Shift of Harding and Coolidge
Do Now:
“Americans gave up on Progressivism because they saw that these programs had worked. The Progressives had attained their goals; therefore, the drive for Progressivism died down and the nation moved in a conservative political direction”
Defend or Refute This Statement

2. The Presidency of Warren Harding
Won 1920 Election
Old Guard Republican
Post-War Rapid Demobilization
Recession
“Return to Normalcy”
Friendly policy toward big business (less regulation)
1922 Tariff
Ignoring anti-trust legislation
Sec. of Treasury A. Mellon
Business Tax Cuts
Supreme Court reaction
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (overturns Muller v. Oregon)
Rulings against some Progressive legislation
Harding Administration Scandals
“Ohio Gang” cronies
Tea Pot Dome Scandal (Albert Fall)
Foreign policy issues:
Five Power Naval Treaty (Japan)
Nine Power Treaty (China)

3. Harding Scandals

4. Calvin Coolidge Harding dies in office Coolidge as Pres
“The Business of America is Business”
Laissez Faire policies
Coolidge keeps farm prices down (angers farmers)
Foreign Policy
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Dawes Plan
1924: Coolidge wins 3-way election
“Stay cool w/ Coolidge”
Defeats LaFollette Progressive Party and Dems
No one wants Progressivism –too much prosperity

5. Dawes Plan

6. 3…2…1… List 3 major policies of the 1920s
List 2 scandals/failures of the 1920s
Do you thing the gov’ts policies towards business were good or bad? Explain your reasoning…