Why was there a rise in republicanism in the 1920s?
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- Created on: 23-02-17 21:31
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- Why was there a rise in republicanism in the 1920s?
- personality/ approach
- Harding's conservative and less interfering approach contrasted Wilson
- Coolidge restored confidence after Harding's teapot dome scandal and the Ohio gang
- Harding died in office which gained much sympathy
- Hoover lacked appeal but was running against Democrat Roman Catholic Al Smith
- foreign policy
- After ww1 Harding promised return to normalcy, isolationist
- America first
- Neutrality acts
- Kellogg Briand pact 1928
- rugged individualism
- economic policies
- Hoovers slogan 'Less government in business and more business in government
- Laissez faire
- Budget bureau streamlined wasteful gov spending
- unemployment dropped by 1/2
- United states revenue act 1924 cut federal taxes
- revenue act of 1926 cut personal taxes
- Economy boomed for 8 yrs under republicanism
- Hoovers slogan 'Less government in business and more business in government
- social policy
- Urged equal political rights for African americans
- spoke out against lynching
- immigration act 1921 - 3% immigrants
- coolidge echoed many of Harding's policies
- Urged equal political rights for African americans
- personality/ approach
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