American Dream Topic 1 Flashcards
What is the difference between President and Prime Minister?
The term president usually refers to the head of state of a country that is a republic. A prime minister is the leader of the government of a country with a parliamentary system of government
Who were the 3 republican presidents from 1921 to 1932
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Why did the republicans stay in power for so long
People liked the laissez faire attitude
They boosted the economy and helped businesses grow due to cutting taxes
Gave people the freedom to work hard and do well
How did WW1 cause the democrats to fall out of power in 1921
Woodrow Wilson had taken them into war despite campaigning to keep out of it.
People believed that involvement in the war had been a mistake and liked it even less when President Wilson tried to involve USA more closely in international affairs once the war had ended
What promised did Harding make that made people pick him for the next election?
He promised a return to normalcy
Why was normalcy so wanted by the people?
Because after the war there being a short economic depression and unemployment rose from 950,000 in 1919 to 5,01000 in 1921 leading to protest strikes and riots
What were the first things Harding put in place to bring bring America back to normalcy?
Balance the government books
reduce taxation on American people
and introduced tariffs to protect US trade and industry
provide country wide radio to boost the US industry and as a method of communication
He also said there would be a committee set up to study the race question
How did Harding express many other peoples views after the war?
Believe US should be supportive of other nations but not entangled with them and that it should focus on itself meaning that by American became a significant word
What did isolationism mean?
Introducing trade tariffs that favoured the US businesses not joining the league of nation not setting up colonies it also meant cutting back in immigration
What did the 1921 emergency quota act restrict?
Immigration to 357,000 a year and was revised to 150,000 a year in 1924
What did the neutrality act between 1935 to 1939 do?
Restricted the help the USA could give to all the countries if they went to war however it still helped Europe rebuild economically and broken the Washington conference of 1921 to 22 which set limits on national Navy
Why didn’t people like Woodrow Wilson as a president?
People thought he took far too bigger apart in government decision-making and didn’t consult Congress about promoting the league of Nations. He also took America to war and believed that president should be involved in lawmaking. This was an unwelcome change in presidential behaviour
What was President Harding slogan?
Government in business and more business in government
What did laisser faire attitude believe that the government was for?
To keep its own spending under control rather than spending to help those who were failing
Why wasn’t there a Democrat leader after Harding?
The Democrats couldn’t agree on a candidate
