Harding Domestic Policies Flashcards
What years was Harding president?
1920-23
Why did Harding win the 1920 election by a landslide?
4:1 ratio in spending on campaigns, return to normalcy slogan, Cox was viewed as the new Wilson
What was the “return to normalcy” slogan?
Going back to how things were prior to the war and a return to Laissez faire attitude
What did he do about government intervention?
Reduced it and relaxed federal regulations and followed the lead of big business Republican bosses
Budget and Accounting Act
Cut government spending from $5 billion in 1920 to $3.333 billion in 1922
Shepard-Towner Maternity Aid Act
Federal aid to states to encourage them to build infant and maternity health centres
Who was Andrew Mellon?
Secretary of the State for the Treasury
How much was tax cut by?
73 to 25%
Who was the secretary of commerce?
Hoover
What did Hoover do as the secretary of commerce and give an example?
Improved trade e.g. Rubber from Malaya
Which act in 1922 increased tariffs?
Fordney McCumber Tariff Act 1922
Emergency Quota Act 1921
A law which restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year and also set down a quota that only 3% of the total population of any overseas group already in the USA in 1910 could come in after 1921
What was his cabinet nicknamed?
Ohio Gang as they were disliked and full of big businessmen
Veteran’s Bureau scandal
Wasted $250 million and the Alien Property Custodian accepted bribes
Teapot Dome scandal
Albert Bacon Fall leases out federal oil reserves
