The Roarin' 20s

Presidents

Period: Jan 1, 1913 to Apr 12, 1945

Woodrow Wilson gets elected

Mar 4, 1913

Wilson wins 435 electoral votes and 42% of the popular vote.

Re-Election

Jan 1, 1916

Wilson coins the term "he kept us out of war" and shortly after his close re-election, enters the U.S. into WWI

Wartime President

Apr 6, 1917

Wilson enters the United States into the Great War to make the world "safe for democracy"

Fourteen Points

Jan 1, 1918

Wilson introduces his "Fourteen Points" to Congress

Warren G. Harding is Elected

Mar 4, 1921

Harding won the election with 404 electoral votes and 60% of the popular vote.

Newspapers

Jan 1, 1923

Newspapers praised Harding and used his campaign slogan "Less government in business and more business in government."

The Ohio Gang

Apr 30, 1923

Word had reached Harding that his administration was corrupt and using their political positions for their own interests.

Harding Dies

Aug 2, 1923

Harding dies of a stroke in San Francisco.

Calvin Coolidge is appointed

Aug 2, 1923

Coolidge is rises to the presidency after Harding dies of a stroke.

Isolationism

Dec 1, 1923

Coolidge calls for isolation in foreign policy, and for tax cuts, economy, and limited aid to farmers

Calvin Coolidge is Elected

Mar 4, 1925

Coolidge wins election on his own accord with 382 electoral votes and 54% of the popular vote

Herbert Hoover is Elected

Mar 4, 1929

Hoover is elected for the presidency with 444 electoral votes and 58% of the popular vote,

Stock Market Crashes

Oct 29, 1929

Hoover announced that while he would keep the Federal budget balanced, cut taxes and expand public works spending

Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected

Mar 4, 1933

Roosevelt is elected president with 472 electoral votes and 57% of the popular vote.

"Hundred Days"

Apr 22, 1933

FDR proposed a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and home

New Program

Aug 14, 1935

Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls over banks and public utilities, and an enormous work relief program for the unemployed

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

FDR enters the U.S. into WWII, directing organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war.

FDR dies

Apr 12, 1945

Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrage in Warm Springs, Georgia.