American Political History Jim Jones Test 2

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Harding Administration
(main)

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- elected overwhelmingly in 1920
administration was a disaster
- "normalcy": "America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration"
- cabinet would be made up with the best minds

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Harding Administration

"Best Minds"

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Charles Evans Hughes

Herbert Hoover

Harry Daughtery

Albert B. Fall

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"Best Minds"

Charles Evans Hughes

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-Secretary of State
-Very effective in his position

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"Best Minds"

Herbert Hoover

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-Hero of WWI who never even put a uniform on (helped feed troops overseas and keep food on the table on the homefront)
- would benefit from role in WWI
- Engineer (Graduated from Stanford)
- Reputation as one of the best known engineers around the world
- WWI : famine and dislocation
- Hoover became involved in efforts to feed people around the world
- Became secretary of Commerce under Harding Administration (good choice)

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"Best Minds"

Harry Daughtery

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- old crony of Harding
- "Best minds started to run low"
- Known for being crooked

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"Best Minds"

Albert B. Fall

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- Secretary of Interior
- Dealt with mineral reserved lands in the west
- Crooked Sec. of Interior
- Good friends with Harding from Senate
- Toss between the two who was most inept senator
- Close to very rich people in the petroleum industry
- Not long into admin. money gets exchanged between men

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Bureau of Veteran's Affairs

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- director: Charles Forbes
- one of Harding's cronies "Ohio Gang"
- attitude: "buck for the Vet's admin. and a buck for Charles Forbes"
- Harding did not directly profit from it, however knew about it

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Teapot Dome scandal
Albert Fall

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- Concerned oil field on public land in Wyoming
- Most colorful of all the scandals of Harding
- Fall leased the oil fields out to private businesses without competitive bidding, and accepted bribes and gifts on the side.
- Fall was convicted and sent to jail
- Revelations still coming to light with the election going on
-No real impact on next election, why?
-- no direct evidence that pres. knew what was going on and that he profited from it
-- very sad when Harding died, but is short lived, get over it

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Harding's Legacy

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- went from bad to awful
- one of most inefficient administrations ever

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Two books published after Harding's death

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- The President's daughter (written by mistress)

- Strange death of President Harding
(story of wife possibly murdering him: only other person with him)