2. 1920s Politics, Foreign Policy, and Economics Unit 8, Lesson 3

3. Essential Idea In the 1920s, the government pursued pro- business domestic and foreign policies.

4. Republicans in Control Progressive Era ends Warren G. Harding Pro-business politics

5. Harding’s Presidency Debs pardoned The “Ohio Gang” Teapot Dome Scandal (1924) Harding dies Scandals

6. Coolidge as President Calvin Coolidge Vetoes Election of 1924

7. 1920s Economic Conditions Business prosperity Productivity Technology Government policy

8. 1920s Economic Conditions Farm problems Labor problems Coolidge’s Presidency

9. Foreign Policy Tensions InterventionismDisarmament Collective security Collective security “Wilsonianism” “Wilsonianism” Business interests Business interests Isolationism Isolationism Nativists Nativists Anti-War movement Anti-War movement Conservative Republicans Conservative Republicans

10. Foreign Policy Isolationism Washington Conference (1921) –Five-Power Treaty –Four-Power Treaty –Nine-Power Treaty Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) Postwar Foreign Policy

11. Business and Diplomacy Latin America Middle East Raising tariffs

12. Addressing War Debts From debtor to creditor Europe’s economy Dawes Plan (1924)

14. Hoover Becomes President Election of 1928 Herbert Hoover Results