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Warren G. Harding “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums (fake cures) but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise (stability); not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality”

Americans returned to a policy of isolationism Return to Normalcy Americans were tired of Woodrow Wilson and his high ideals “Make the world safe for democracy” Americans returned to a policy of isolationism Causes: WWI Disillusionment and labor unrest/radicals Effects: No League of Nations, higher tariffs, less international trade, limit immigration

Return to Normalcy Reduced income, business, and inheritance taxes by 50% Lower taxes = more disposable income = more spending = better economy

Return to Normalcy cont. Change from wartime economy to peacetime economy Business Policies became more laissez-faire Stopped regulation policies started during the Progressive Era More laissez-faire – less government involvement (Gilded Age and Roaring Twenties) Examples? Less laissez-faire – more government involvement (Progressive Era)

Harding’s Cabinet He made some good choices Herbert Hoover – Secretary of Commerce Evans Hughes – Secretary of State Andrew Melon – Secretary of Treasury He also made some bad choices and placed friends and supporters in positions in which they were not qualified. Albert B. Falls – Secretary of Interior

Teapot Dome Scandal Scandal’s plagued Harding’s presidency Usually involved his appointees and not himself Fall secretly gave oil-drilling rights on government property in Teapot Dome, Wyoming to two private oil companies In return, Fall received more than $300,000 disguised as loans

Harding’s fakeTwitter Include the following on faketwitter page: An image of Warren Harding Bio statement (serious or fun) Username: @ _______________ Follow list Trends Photos (at least 4) You must have one tweet and/or retweet for each of these topics: Harding’s Return to Normalcy Business Policies Reduction of Taxes The Teapot Dome Scandal

Warren G. Harding Info Born in 1865 Died 1923 29th president of the United States Years in office – 1921-1923 Died in office Republican Elected from Ohio