Political Developments: Calvin Coolidge and the 1924 Election

Question 1

Who was Harding’s Vice President?

Answer 1

Calvin Coolidge

Question 2

What happened to Harding in August 1923?

Answer 2

He died from a heart attack

Question 3

Who became President after Harding died?

Answer 3

Calvin Coolidge

Question 4

When was Coolidge President from?

Answer 4

1923 to 1929

Question 5

What nickname was Calvin Coolidge given? Why?

Answer 5

‘Silent Cal’. He did not speak a lot

Question 6

Was Coolidge connected to the corruption in Harding’s cabinet?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

What actions did Coolidge take against the Ohio Gang when he became President?

Answer 7

He fired all of them

Question 8

Which member of Harding’s cabinet did Coolidge keep?

Answer 8

Andrew Mellon

Question 9

What percentage of the popular vote did Coolidge win in the 1924 election?

Answer 9

54%

Question 10

Why did the Democrats potential electoral vote count for the 1924 election get reduced?

Answer 10

The Progressive Party took some of their votes

Question 11

How many electoral votes did the Progressive Party get in the 1924 election?

Answer 11

13

Question 12

What did Coolidge manage to create with the government budget during his time as President?

Answer 12

Created a budget surplus

Question 13

What ideas of Harding regarding the economy did Coolidge continue?

Answer 13

Laissez-faire approach to the economy

Question 14

What year did Coolidge reduce income tax for the highest rate of earners?

Answer 14

1924

Question 15

What did Coolidge reduce income tax to for the highest earners in 1924?

Answer 15

Reduced it to 25%

Question 16

When was there a flood in Mississippi?

Answer 16

1927

Question 17

How did Coolidge respond to the 1927 Mississippi Flood?

Answer 17

He did not send any aid to them

Question 18

Why did Coolidge not send aid to those affected by the Mississippi flood?

Answer 18

He felt charities would need to deal with the flood

Question 19

What social policy did Harding advocate for that Coolidge did not?

Answer 19

Anti-lynching laws

Question 20

What did Coolidge do throughout the majority of days while President?

Answer 20

He slept

Question 21

How many hours a day did Calvin Coolidge sleep?

Answer 21

16 hours a day

Question 22

How many hours a day did Coolidge work when he was President?

Answer 22

4 hours a day

Question 23

What is a possible reason as to why Coolidge slept so much?

Answer 23

He suffered from depression

Question 24

What may have caused Coolidge to suffer from depression?

Answer 24

His son had died from blood poisioning

Question 25

When did his son die from blood poisoning?

Answer 25

1924

Question 26

What did Coolidge decide for the 1928 election?

Answer 26

He would not run in it

Question 27

Why did Coolidge possibly not run in the 1928 election?

Answer 27

He was depressed

Question 28

What pact did Coolidge make when he was President?

Answer 28

The Kellogg-Bryant Pact

Question 29

What did the Kellogg-Bryant Pact do?

Answer 29

Made it so that the USA would only get involved in wars if other prominent nations did

Question 30

Which region of the world did Coolidge implement a less aggressive foreign policy to?

Answer 30

Latin America