Calvin Coolidge

The 1920s were an eventful decade. While the ’20s may have seemed like a carefree, fun, creative time that made the '20s roar, many social and economic issues transpired during that time, which also made the '20s roar. After WWI, there was a widespread fear of immigrants, which was referred to as the Red Scare. Immigrants are getting blamed for many things out of their control, such as taking jobs from Americans and raising the unemployment rate. Americans started to equate anarchy and…

society earned the same total income as the bottom 42 percent.6 This imbalance, combined with production of more and more goods and rising personal debt, would soon doom our country. When giving his state of the union address in 1928, President Calvin Coolidge remarked that "America had never been met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears at the present time.”7 The next year, Economist Irving Fisher claimed "stock prices have reached what looks like a permanent plateau."8 These…

Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam, a magnified national recognition of engineering completed in four years became one of the greatest man made structures compared to the great pyramids of Egypt as it stands at the height at 726 feet, and holds back 10 trillion gallons of the Colorado River. The Hoover Dam led to be a poised symbol of hope during the Great Depression, and into the light of hope had brought life into many Americans awaiting to grasp the motive of building the Hoover Dam. At the event of…

The disintegration of American capitalism was as gradual as it was consequential. Through their laissez faire policies, three successive Republican administrations cumulatively escalated the volatility of the capitalist ideology. However, their inability to leverage any government action deferred the unprecedented economic deterioration to the presidency of Franklin D Roosevelt. His revolutionary implementation of the New Deal constructed an economic scaffold that established unparalleled…

“Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.” The woman who said this quote has a name known all over the world: Amelia Earhart. She went from a fairly simple childhood to becoming the first woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic. For someone who hadn’t even reached her 40th birthday, she accomplished much in her adventurous life. Earhart is a historical role model for all ages with her flight skills, a brief practice in medicine, and her determination and…

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to define and explore the socioeconomic changes of Roaring 20s, and reveal its prevalence in modern day America. In order to better comprehend the topic discussed, the analysis will divided into five subsections of study: 1) The New World of the 1920s and the Government System, 2) The Affection of economic to Urbanization and City Life, 3) How the Harlem Renaissance affected racial tension in America, 4) The Party Atmosphere during the 1920s, and 5) The…

Baseball is America’s favorite pastime. Calvin Coolidge even said, “Baseball is our national game!” The history of baseball and the history of the United States go hand-in-hand. In 1860, during a pickup game of baseball, Abraham Lincoln was approached by a messenger with important pre-election news. Abe simply asked him to wait as he did not want to miss his turn at bat! The north and south would even play games of pick-up baseball during the Civil War after a long day of fighting. Now-a-days,…

Our Nation’s 30th president, Calvin Coolidge said “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent”. There are various interpretations in today’s world about what it means to be intelligent. A common misconception is that intelligence is interchangeable with intellect. Intellect is, of course, the measurable faculty of abstract or academic matters, which is easily defined by the…

Calvin Coolidge had once said, “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been given for what he gave.” I believe that this quote truly defines one point the National Honor Society is trying to get across to young students. That is to serve others before yourself and to give help to others where help is needed. The National Honor Society nominee should show excellent leadership, serve the community and his or her school, and finally display exquisite character at all times. I…

During the late 1880’s to the early 1900’s, the United States began to look overseas to expand their territorial control through imperialism in order to gain economic growth, military strength, political power, and social expansion. Imperialism is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories and was occurring as a major global trend around this time. There were a multitude of politicians, industrialists, historians, and even…