Coolidge Is Elected President
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: November 4, 1924
Article abstract: A business-friendly administration triggers the Roaring Twenties.
Summary of Event
Calvin Coolidge’s famous statement, “The chief business of the American people is business,” and Warren Harding’s “Less government in business, more business in government,” captured the spirit of the United States after World War I. A nation weary of Woodrow Wilson’s idealistic crusade to “make the world safe for democracy” and of Progressive attempts to regulate business and individual life elected three consecutive Republican...
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