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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Term: 1913-1921
Inaugurated at age 56
Won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 for the contibution of ending WWI
Famous Quote " Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting"
Created the League of Nations (like United Nations)
Initially opposed WWI
Led the USA into war
19th amendment- Women recieved right to vote
1st president to hold regular news conferences -
Warren G. Harding
Republican
Age inaugurated: 55
Term 1921- 1923
1st election in which women voted
Regarded as the worst president
Died as the Teapot Dome Scandal took place
Harding believed african americans should be treated fairly and fought for them
Famous Quote" Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything"
Signed Emergency Quota Act -
Calvin Coolridge
Republican
Term 1923- 1929
Inaugurated at age 51
Economic prosperity during his term
Known as silent Cal
Ignored signs of collapsing stock market
Kellogg-Briand Pact was agreed on during his presidency
Was in retirement when Great Depression hit the US
Famous Qoute " No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."
Dawes Plan signed -
Herbert C. Hoover
Republican
Term 1929-1933
Became an orphan when he was 9
Was a self-made multi millionaire
Stock market crahsed
Blamed for The Great Depression by some Americans
Famous Quote " Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity." -
Theodore D. Roosevelt
Democratic party
Term 1033-1945
Inaugurated age 51
1930s- Led nation during Great Depression
WWI (1941-1945)
Signed Social Security Act
Expanded size of federal government
Famous Quote " The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
