Transcript The Harding Presidency pages(419-421)

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Normalcy: It means a return to the
economical and political isolation that
characterizes the United States before it
entered World War I in 1917.
Tea pot dome scandal: Is a reference to
an oil field on public land in the U.S state
of Wyoming, the name comes because of
a massive boulder that looks like a teapot
overlooking the field.
1865: He was born 1923: He died in
office.
1921: elected president of the United
States
1923: He visited Alaska was first
president to do that.
 Warren Harding was elected president
on 1921 of the United States
He was ranked one of the worst
presidents of all time.
His administration is chiefly remembered
for the teapot dome scandal it was a
messy oil reserves.
 After world war I, problems surfaced relating to arms
control, war, debts, and the reconstruction of war-ton
countries.
 On domestic issues, Harding favored a limited role for
government in business affairs and in social reform. He
still set up the bureau of the budget to help run the
government more efficiently.
 The biggest example of corruption was the teapot
dome scandal.
 When Harding died, Americans sincerely mourned their
good-natured president. The next year, Calvin Coolidge
was elected president.
The government must guard
against scandal and
corruption to gain the public’s
trust.
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 Warren G. Harding - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amerpres/presidents/pres29/main_pres29.html
 Danzer, G Klor de Alva Krieger, L.,
Wilson, . Woloch, N. (2003). The
Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st
century. Evanston : IL: McDougal-Litell
.