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Chapter 21

Chapter 21. Politics and Prosperity . Warren G. Harding. 29 th President of the United States “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy…” He won the election by 60% of the popular vote.

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Chapter 21

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  1. Chapter 21 Politics and Prosperity

  2. Warren G. Harding • 29th President of the United States • “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy…” • He won the election by 60% of the popular vote. • His administration had a false perception, because of the national prosperity after the war. • Teapot Dome Scandal

  3. Calvin Coolidge Harding’s Vice President, eventually became the 30th President of the United States. Advocated for Laissez-Faire politics Didn’t use Federal economic power to check the growing boom. “You lose.”

  4. “Red Scare” Americans feared the spread of communism following their successful revolution in Russia. People resented Europeans, they felt that they started WWI. There was a growing movement of nativism in America. Sacco and Vanzetti. Palmer Raids.

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