March Flashcards
1
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Warren Harding
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1921-1923 Republican - Normalcy period - political and personal scandals - 1st to speak on radio - died in office
2
Q
Calvin Coolidge
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1923-1929 Republican - pro- business - laissez- faire administration - Kellogg- Briand Pact
3
Q
Herbert Hoover
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1929-1933
Republican
- Great Depression strikes
- promoted attitude of rugged individualism
4
Q
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1933-1945 Democrat - New Deal reforms - World War II - elected to four terms - died in 4th
5
Q
Harry S. Truman
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1945-1953 Democrat - Fair Deal reforms - Cold War begins - upset victory in 1948 - Korean War
6
Q
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1953-1961 Republican - ended Korean War - maintained peaceful coexistence with USSR - established modern Republicanism