Grace Coolidge

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…

people and Calvin Coolidge was the man that led the country through most of the economic prosperity. Following Warren Harding, whose term was remembered for the Teapot Dome Scandal coming from one of Harding’s secretary, Coolidge “cleaned up the rampant corruption of the Harding administration and provided a model of stability and respectability for the American people in an era of fast-paced modernization.” (“Calvin Coolidge”) America remembers Coolidge’s term as the “Coolidge prosperity”…

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 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…

simply for learning’s sake, and he never believed that he was any worthier than the rest of America. These values would serve many modern politicians well, and are also constantly applicable in the regular life of myself and countless others. Calvin Coolidge went to school in order to become a lawyer, and he put as much time and dedication into his studies and his law firm as he did into his political career. Following his time as a lawyer, he eventually became governor of Massachusetts. He…

Section A: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will explore the question: To what extent did Hoover’s actions help America’s economy to begin recovering from the Great Depression? How Hoover took certain measures to pull the United States back up from its big fall will be the focus of this investigation to allow for an analysis of the U.S economic status from the Great Depression up until the end of Hoover’s presidency. The first source which will be evaluated in depth…

I hope all of the class knows at least something about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Great Depression and his New Deal. Considering we just learned about it and had a test on it. But hopefully I can go over some details that we did not go over in class and share my take on the New Deal and how it was very successful both at the time and for the future. This is because it made up for Herbert Hoover’s mistakes, provided indirect and direct relief to millions, got America out of the Depression and…

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.…

Starving refugees, tourists caught in the beginning of a war, and a badly timed depression gave Herbert Hoover the best and worst face in the eyes on the world. A small town boy made it on his own fortune, but what is the good in being rich while others are in need? Hoover realized all of the help he could give and decided to take action. With his courageous acts of good to the people in need, Herbert Hoover was and will forever be a well known humanitarian. Herbert Clark Hoover was born on…

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…