Presidents of the 1920s Directions: Place a check in the box that matches the description of the different Presidents of the 1920s. Harding Coolidge Hoover 1. Republican President 2. Created the Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounced the war as a national policy 3. Won the Election of 1928 4. Believed in “rugged individualism”- the idea that people should succeed through their own efforts 5. Ran against James M. Cox 6. Signed the Dawes Plan which loaned2.5 billion to Germany to pay back France and Britain 7. Died in office 8. Limited immigration with the Emergency Quota Act 9 The Stock Market Crashed when he was in office 10. Had a “pump –priming” ideology 11. Had a corrupt group of friends known as the Ohio Gang 12. Domestic policy included the limit of the role of the government 13. Major scandal involving Albert Fall leasing govt. land to private oil companies (Teapot Dome) 14. Refused Republican nomination in 1928 15. “Good Neighbor” Policy reduced political and military interference in Latin America 16. Domestic policy included the weeding out of the “Ohio Gang” 17. Held the Washington Naval Conference in which nations agreed to disarm 18. Glass- Steagall Act changed the Federal Reserve and gold reserve to loosen credit 19. Became President after Harding's Death 20. “Return to Normalcy” was his goal 21. Hawley Smoot Tariff (highest protective tariff) was passed under him 22. Wanted to keep taxes down and give businesses credit to expand 23. Helped restore the peoples faith in their govt. 24. “We in America are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before” 25. “I have no trouble with my enemies… But my … friends, they’re the ones that keep me walking the floor at night” 26. Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent $2 billion to large businesses and companies
Presidents of the 1920s Directions: Place a check in the box that matches the description of the different Presidents of the 1920s. Harding Coolidge Hoover 1. Republican President 2. Created the Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounced the war as a national policy 3. Won the Election of 1928 4. Believed in “rugged individualism”- the idea that people should succeed through their own efforts 5. Ran against James M. Cox 6. Signed the Dawes Plan which loaned2.5 billion to Germany to pay back France and Britain 7. Died in office 8. Limited immigration with the Emergency Quota Act 9 The Stock Market Crashed when he was in office 10. Had a “pump –priming” ideology 11. Had a corrupt group of friends known as the Ohio Gang 12. Domestic policy included the limit of the role of the government 13. Major scandal involving Albert Fall leasing govt. land to private oil companies (Teapot Dome) 14. Refused Republican nomination in 1928 15. “Good Neighbor” Policy reduced political and military interference in Latin America 16. Domestic policy included the weeding out of the “Ohio Gang” 17. Held the Washington Naval Conference in which nations agreed to disarm 18. Glass- Steagall Act changed the Federal Reserve and gold reserve to loosen credit 19. Became President after Harding's Death 20. “Return to Normalcy” was his goal 21. Hawley Smoot Tariff (highest protective tariff) was passed under him 22. Wanted to keep taxes down and give businesses credit to expand 23. Helped restore the peoples faith in their govt. 24. “We in America are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before” 25. “I have no trouble with my enemies… But my … friends, they’re the ones that keep me walking the floor at night” 26. Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent $2 billion to large businesses and companies