1. 1920s Elections & Foreign Policy

2. Election of 1920 Democrats James M. Cox Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor of Ohio
Newspaper Editor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
VP Candidate

3. Election of 1920 Republicans Warren Gemaliel Harding Calvin Coolidge
Ohio Senator
Newspaper editor
Chosen in back room deal
“Front Porch Campaign”
Calvin Coolidge
Governor of Massachusetts
VP Candidate

4. Election of 1920
Socialists
Eugene Debs

5. Issues League of Nations Postwar Recovery
Wilson makes election of 1920 referendum on Treaty of Versailles
Role of Irish-Americans
Harding a “mild reservationist”
Postwar Recovery
Return to “normalcy”

6. Results

8. Harding’s Foreign Policy
Knox-Porter Resolution, 1921
Formally ended war with Central Powers
Washington Naval Conference,
Disarmament
Tensions in East Asia
Some positive steps, but no long-term solutions

9. Harding’s Death

10. Election of 1924 Republicans Coolidge handily wins nomination
Charles Dawes, VP
Businessman

11. Election of 1924 Democrats Drys v. Wets John W. Davis
West Virginia
Charles Bryan, VP
Nebraska

12. Election of 1924
Progressive Party
Robert LaFollette
Wisconsin

13. Results

14. Coolidge’s Foreign Policy
Immigration Act of 1924
Dawes Plan, 1924
Geneva Naval Conference of 1927
Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928
Red Line Agreement, 1928

15. Election of 1928 Republicans Herbert Hoover Charles Curtis, VP
California
“Great Engineer”
Charles Curtis, VP
Kansas

16. Election of 1928 Democrats Al Smith Joseph T. Robinson, VP New York
Governor
Catholic
Joseph T. Robinson, VP
Arkansas

17. “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.”

18. Results

19. Hoover’s Foreign Policy
Young Plan,
London Naval Conference, 1930
Stimson Doctrine,
Smoot-Hawley Tariff, 1933

20. FDR and the Election of 1932

21. FDR’s Early Life Distant cousin of Teddy Roosevelt
Married Teddy’s niece, Eleanor
State Senator in NY
Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Wilson

22. FDR’s Early Life In 1921, FDR is stricken with Polio
He was paralyzed from the waist down
Hid the extent of his disability the rest of his life
Was never again able to walk unaided

23. FDR as Governor In 1928, FDR was elected Governor of New York
Known for developing innovative social programs
A reformer
Tense relationship with Tammany Hall
Elected to second term in 1930

24. Democratic Nomination, 1932
Three-way race
FDR
Al Smith (1928 candidate)
John Nance Garner (House speaker)
Roosevelt appealed to many different groups; seen as a populist
Smith and former Treasury Secretary McAdoo fight dirty campaign

26. Democratic Nomination, 1932
At convention, Roosevelt is front runner but does not have enough delegates
Makes Garner his VP choice
Secures Southern vote as Garner is from Texas
Wins nomination on 4th Ballot

27. 1932 Election Results

28. President Roosevelt High expectations
Refuses to meet with Hoover prior to Inauguration
Lets Hoover twist in the wind
Assassination attempt in February 1933
Miami Florida
Giuseppe Zangara, Italian anarchist from NJ
Mayor of Chicago is killed