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Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia.
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Warren G. Harding was born on November 2, 1865 in Blooming Grove, Ohio.
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Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont.
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Herbert Hoover was born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York.
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Woodrow Wilson was the Democratic canidate in the 1912 election. He won this election on November 5, 1912, becoming the president.
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Wilson endorsed a progressive platform called the New Freedom. It demanded stronger antitrust legislation, banking reform, and reduced tariffs
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Woodrow Wilson was renominated as president in the 1916 election. He used "He kept us out of war" as the slogan for his campaign.
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United States entered World War I under Woodrow Wilson's presidency. This decison abandoned the nuetrality America had maintained for three years.
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Wilson proposed a fourteen point program for world peace. Some of these points included, freedom of the seas, reduction od tariffs, open table negotiations, self-determination of people, and the League of Nations. His goal was lasting peace.
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In 1920, the United States elected Ohio's U.S senator Warren G. Harding as president.
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Harding's words of peace calmly comforted the healing nation. His judgement turned out to be very poor. The discord among the major world powers and the conduct within the cabinet would test his character and politics.
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Harding proposed a program of lower taxes and "less government in businesses and more business in government." This group included extremely wealthy men such as Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover. The Ohio gang caused a great deal of embarassment.
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On August 2, 1923, Warren G. Harding died suddenly, probably due to a heart attack or stroke.
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Calvin Coolidge became president after the sudden death of Harding on August 2, 1923
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Coolidge favored policies that kept taxes down and profits up for businesses, His adminstration continued to place high tariffs on foreign imports People had more money in their pockets from reducing income taz. Wages and productivity were rising because of the new technology.
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This was one major peace effort made by Coolidge. This treaty was signed by 15 nations who pledged not to make war agaisnt one another except in self-defense.
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Hoover was the secretary of commerce under Harding and Coolidge. Hoover had an overwhelming victory in the election od 1928.
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When Hoover became president, the message was clear: most Americans were happy with the Repulican leadership. Many Americans believed Hoover when he declared, "We in America are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before."
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On October 29, 1929 the stock market crashed, causing the Great Depression. This stock market crash happened under Hoovers presidency.
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Americans were ready for a change in the 1932 election. Herbert Hoover was nominated again as the Republican candiate, but had iittle chance of winning. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president as the Democratic canidate.
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Roosevelt was proven to be an effective, reform-minded leader, working to combat the problems of unemployment and poverty. He had a "can-do" attitude and projected an air of friendliness.
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Roosevelt came up with a New Deal plan. There were three goals to this policy: Relief for the needy, economc recovery, and finacial reform.
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From Match 9- June 16, 1933, Roosevelts administration launched a period known as the Hundred Days.Congress passed more than 15 pieces of New Deal Legislation.
