US History › Section L · The Great War and the 1920s › Topic L.8
Republican politics in the 1920s
Three Republican presidents, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, led the country through the 1920s with a promise of limited government and close partnership with business. Their era brought tax cuts, scandal, arms control and booming markets, but also hidden weaknesses that the decade's prosperity concealed.
In this topic
- The Republican ascendancy
- Harding's cabinet
- Harding's policies at home
- Peace through treaties
- Worked example: the Teapot Dome scandal
- Harding's death and "Silent Cal"
- Coolidge and business
- The election of 1924
- Worked example: the election of 1928
- Beneath the boom
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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