Calvin Coolidge

The era of "Roaring Twenties" in the United States often has another name - The Prosperity, and is characterized by rapid economic growth. The Roaring Twenties or The Jazz Age - French called it “années folles” (Crazy Years) – is a period of unprecedented change in all the spheres of life in North America and some European countries. During this period public life was to undergo dramatic changes: Victorian morality had become survival of the past, and America began to live according to new…

I like the quote "Expect to be called a stand patter, but don’t be a stand patter. Expect to be called a demagogue, but don’t be a demagogue," in the speech given by Calvin Coolidge at Massachusetts. It might have a different meaning but to me, it means not to be what people call us. This is a common problem in the world today. We live by what people call us; our every steps and breaths are determined by people. A few weeks ago in my Chem class, a friend of mine asked me a question. She said,…

690,000 bushels of wheat yearly, but by the war’s end they were producing 945,000 bushels per year.” This mass production kept up even after the war had ended and the European countries had restored most of their agriculture. However, President Coolidge failed to address the problems created by the farming surplus and vetoed the two suggested versions of the McNary Haugen bills that cleared congress. He then failed to come up with an alternative plan, which worsened the crisis in the 1920’s.…

prosperity President Coolidge was a part of creating except those of the farmers. Many of Harding’s policies were kept and reinforced with renewed acts and laws. For instance, the strict immigration quota Harding created that limited the amount of immigrants who came into America. Coolidge lowered the amount of immigrants who could enter the country from 700,000 per year to 300,000 per year in the Immigration Act of 1924(Burg). It showed how closely the morals and values of Harding and Coolidge…

In the words of President Calvin Coolidge, “The country can regard the present with satisfaction and anticipate the future with optimism,” (Doc B). Despite being President of the country, Coolidge was incredibly mistaken. Coolidge had no clue as to how far down their economy would plummet from 1929 to 1939. Coolidge had no clue that there would be thousands of homeless families and failing businesses in America’s not-so-distant future. Even John T. Raskob could not see this happening as he wrote…

The Great Depression is a time period in history in which the United States was faced with tragic economical crisis. It began in 1929 while President Herbert Hoover was in office. There is not one major cause of the Great Depression. During this blacks were moving from the south for a better way of life and more job opportunities in factories, this is called the Great Migration. Socialism v.s. Communism, socialist believed that everyone should depend upon the government while communist believe…

The Interwar Era was a time in where the American people experienced extreme highs; a time of recovery, optimism, luxury, and ease followed by a time of homelessness, hunger, fear, and dependence. Post WWI, there was an all-embracing shift from war to peace. This Interwar Era shift was predominantly seen in government and political reform, industry and the lives of workers, lifestyles and newly accepted social norms, and continued racism and segregation between blacks and whites. The…

The Great Depression of the 1930’s is an event in United States history that is forever remembered for the catastrophic effect it had on the American peoples’ financial, social, and psychological well being of the time. The vast and complicated nature of the economic downturn would take years to recover from, and is still being analyzed by historians and economists to this very day; as time has passed, the debate among experts on what caused the disaster has yet to settle. Just as the…

but would result in an individual who would leave a remarkable impact on the Office of the United States Presidency. Calvin Coolidge was born in the small, rural area of Plymouth Notch, Vermont on July 4, 1872 ("Miller Center."). The geographic location of his upbringing would greatly influence the political beliefs Coolidge would bring to the table in future years. When Coolidge was only twelve years old, his mother passed away, and just a years following this misfortune, his sister passed…

Presidential Report Card: Calvin Coolidge. Introduction Birth: Born on July 4,1872 Presidency Number: 30th President of the United States Years in office: August 2,1923- March 3, 1929 Political party: Republican Family information: Wife: Grace Goodhue Coolidge Children: Calvin Coolidge Jr. and John Coolidge Parents:John Calvin Coolidge and Victoria Moor Coolidge Occupational background: Law: Practiced Commercial Law in Massachusetts (1897) Politics: Was a representative in the Massachusetts…