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Calvin Coolidge- The Man

Political Career-

Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Governor of Massachusetts

Vice President of the U.S.


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Calvin Coolidge- The Man

Characteristics-

Plain

Thrifty

Quiet (aka- Silent Cal)

Pro-Business (Less Government Interference)

Follower of Jeffersons belief that the

government is best which governs the least


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Presidential Election of 1924

Republican National Convention- 1924

Cleveland, Ohio

Nominated Calvin Coolidge and CharlesDawes as his running mate


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Democratic National Convention- 1924

Madison Square Garden, New York City

Nominated John W. Davis and Charles W.Bryan as his running mate


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Republicans and Democrats bothexperienced a split within their parties

City Dwellers vs. Country Dwellers


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Progressive Ticket, 1924

Robert Battling Bob La Follette

Believed that they had turned their backson the farmers of America

Ran for the presidency on the newProgressive ticket

Republicans and Democrats attacked him

as a radical


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Calvin Coolidge won the election

Surprising Outcome-

123 women won seats in state legislatures 2 women were elected governors of their states

Miriam Ma Ferguson (Texas)

Nellie Ross (Wyoming)


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Government Helps Business

Coolidge believed-

Free Enterprise = Freedom of business from government

rules

Government regulations = Less profitable business Profitable businesses = A happy and prosperous nation

Factories = Temples

Workers = Worshippers


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Government Helps Business

Federal Trade Commission and FederalReserve Board take on new roles

Aided the companies they weresupposed to be regulating

Allowed for the development of trustsand monopolies again


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Supreme Court Aids Big Business

Example- US Steel was ruled as not amonopoly even though it controlled40% of the steel industry in 1920


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McNary-Haugen Bill

Federal government would buy up the agriculturalsurplus

Hold it until the home market improved

or

Sell it abroad

Failed to pass Congress in 1924 and 1926

Passed Congress in 1927 and 1928

Vetoed by Coolidge both times


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Republicans- Secretaryof Commerce HerbertHoover Big Business

Small Town/Rural America

Protestantism

Prohibition

Humanitarian record duringthe war made him popular

Democrats- New YorkGovernor Alfred E.Smith Big City Politics

Roman Catholicism

Anti-Prohibition

Faced staunch opposition inthe South and Midwest from

the KKK


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Hoover won a close election

Democrats saw a positive in that they madeheadway into the twelve largest cities in

America A new trend that will affect future elections

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