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Fourteen Points- post war speech which amied to bring peace
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Passed the 19th Amendment that gave the right for women to vote
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Helped establish the Leauge of Nations
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Received a Noble Peace prize for his efforts to include Convenant of Leauge of Nations in the Treaty of Versailles
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Kellogg-Briand Pact - re-announced war as a national policy but this pact was futile as it provided no means of enforcement.
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Established the Federal Budget System
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The Fordney-McCumber Tariff - This raised taxes on some US imports to 60 %. It also protected US business from foreign competition but made it impossible for Britian and France to sell enough goods in the US to repay their debt.
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Teapot Dome Scandal is where Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior, set aside oil-rich public land for 2 private oil company to make money and got caught. President Harding was upset about the corruption within government.
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Vice President Coolidge was sworn in as President following the sudden death of President of Warren G Harding.
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His first message to Congress called for isolation in foreign policy and for tax cuts, economy and limited aid to farmers.
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Established the Immigration Act of 1924, restricting immigration from southerna and eastern European countries
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Signed the Indian Citizenship Act, granting full citizenship to all Native Americans while permitting them to retain tribal land rights
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He vetoed two farm relief bills and killed a plant which produced cheap electrical power on the Tennessee River.
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Did not seek a second term for President
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Hoover became President.
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8 months after being elected, the stock marked crashed which kicked off the beginning of the Great Depression.
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President Hoover offered tax cuts and public works projects to keep more money in the American People's pockets and keep people working.
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He established the charity March of Dimes. He earned 2, 680,000 dimes in donations
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Herbert Hoover lost his bid for reelection. Congress told the American people Hoover was a terrible President because Hoover thought Congress was sabotaging him.
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Franklin Roosevelt was sworn into office
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Brought Americans out of their rut and regained their faith and hope through his inagural address where he said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
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In his first 100 days in office he proposed to Congress and they followed through with a program that would bring businesses and families back to life. But the banks didnt think it was a good idea. They feared it was an experiment.
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By 1935 the banks did not like his "New Deal" program, so he came out with a new program called of reform called Social Security. The weatlthy got heavier taxes and the banks/public utilities got new controls and the unemployed received large work relief programs.
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Franklin Roosevelt was reelected President for a second term.
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He pledged the US to the "Good Neighbor" policy transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual actions against aggressors. Wanted to keep the US out of war in Europe.
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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the US entered into WWII
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WWII ended
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