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repulican control
republican presidents would control the executive branch . Congress too was solidly republican republican through a decade in which u.s business boomed -
business doctrine
unlike the war allowed the return of the old guard republicans unlike the republicans for the gilded age they did not preach laissez faire -
the presidency of warren harding
he was a ohio newspaper publisher before entering politics .his abilities as a leader were less than presidential the convention of 1920 dead locked -
domestic policy
harding did little more than signn into law the measures adopted by the republican congress . he approved a reduction in the increase tax and increase in tariff rates -
global economic problems
nations had become more independent because of international banking manufacturing and trade -
scandals and death
handings postwar presidency was marked by scandals and corruption similar to those that had occured under an earlier postwar presidency -
the election of 1924
coolidge was the overwhelming choice of the republican party as their presidential nominee in 1924 . la follette received nearly 5 million votes chiefly from discontented farmers and laborers -
wall street crash
the ever rising stock prices had become both a symbol and source of wealth during the prosperous in the 1920s a boom in the economy hit hard stock prices kept going up and kept increasing -
stock market speculation
many people in all economic classes believed that they could get rich by the playing the market -
uneven distribution of income
wages had risen relatively little compared to the large increases in productivity and corporate profits -
black thursday and black tuesday
although stock prices had fluctuated greatly for several weeks preceding the crash the true panic did not begin until the thursday in late october -
hoovers policy
since the stock market crashed no one could tell how long the downward slide would last . hoover urged businesses not to cut wages unions to strike and private charities to increase their efforts for the needy and jobless -
herbert hoovers foreign policy
hoover concurred with the prevailing opinion of the american people that the united states should not enter firm commitments to preserve the security of other nations -
the election of 1932
the depressions worst year 1932 happened to be a presidential election year . the disheartened republicans renominated hoover who warned that a democratic victory would only result in worse economic problems -
bonus march
in the desperate summer of 1932 a thousand unemployed ww2 veterans marched to washington dc to demand immediate payment of the bonuses promised them at a later date -
bank holiday
banks were failing at a frightening rate as depositors flocked to withdraw funds as many banks failed in 1933 -
good neighbor policy
this was the first inagural address , roosevelt promised a "policy of the good neighbor " toward other nations of the western hemisphere -
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franklin roosevelts policies
in his first term roosevelts concentration on dealing with the economic crisis at home lept him from giving much though to shaping foreign policy . he did however extend hoovers efforts at improving u.s relations with latin america by initiating a good neighbor policy -
spanish civil war
the outbreak of civil war in spanish in 1936 was viewed in europe and the u.s as an ideological struggle between the forces of fascism -
neutrality acts
isolationist senators and representatives in both parties held a majority in congress through 1938 . to ensure that u.s policy would be strictly neutral if war broke out in europe -
america first committee
after ww2 had began in Asia and Europe isolation's became alarmed by Roosevelt pro British policies