1. Republican Presidents (Harding)

2. Republican Presidents (Harding)
Warren Harding
Republican President from
Ran on a Campaign of “Return to Normalcy”
Greater emphasis on maintain prosperity at home and a less ambition on foreign policy.

3. Republican Presidents (Harding)
Harding Domestic Policies
Increased Tariff
Passed the Ford-McCumber Act which increased the Tariff to 38.5%
He believed it would protect American Manufacturing
The increased in Tariff caused trade issues between the U.S. and other countries.
Lower Taxes on the Wealthy
Lowered the taxes on Wealthy because he believed they would reinvest money into American manufacturing
Lax Enforcement of Business Regulation
Harding didn’t remove business laws he just didn’t enforce them.

4. Republican Presidents (Harding)
Restriction on Immigration
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Restricted the number of immigrates that could enter in any one year to 350,000
U.S. attempted to restrict immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.

5. Republican Presidents (Harding)
Harding's Foreign Policy
Washington Naval Conference
Meeting of several countries to discuss reduction in navel power
Worlds first proposal for partial disarmaments
Made no attempt to regulate submarines
Four-Power Treaty
Treaty between Britain, Japan, France, and The United States to respect each other territories and to solves disputes at a joint conference.

6. Republican Presidents (Harding)
Allied War Debt and German Reparations
Dawes Plan
Encouraged Private investors to loan money to Germany to help them pay of their reparations.
Germany would pay reparations to England and France
England and France would use payments from Germany to pay back debts owed to the U.S.

7. Republican Presidents (Harding)
Tea-Pot Dome Scandal
Scandal involved the Harding administration over public land in Wyoming