The USA Section one
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- Created on: 10-05-19 09:17
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- Impact of WW1
- Return to normalcy
- Harding, President in 1921, wanted to shift the focus back onto the USA after the war
- Black soldiers hoped normalcy meant greater equality.
- Harding, President in 1921, wanted to shift the focus back onto the USA after the war
- Isolationism
- 'Buy American' became a significant watchword.
- Tariffs on goods such as the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act did encourage people to 'Buy American'.
- Introduced tariffs that favoured American business
- Not Joining the League of Nations and not setting up colonies
- Tariffs on goods such as the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act did encourage people to 'Buy American'.
- Immigration reductions introduced
- 1921 Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants allowed into the USA to 357,000 a year
- Changed to 150,000 a year in 1924
- 1921 Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants allowed into the USA to 357,000 a year
- Congress passed Neutrality Act that restricted what help the USA could give to countries at war
- USA did help Europe rebuild economically and brokered the Washington Conference of 1921 - 1922, which set limits on national navies
- New technology produced consumer goods far more cheaply.
- 'Hire Purchase' allowed people to buy these goods over a period of time.
- All this contributed to a 'boom' period that suggested Republican policies were working
- 'Hire Purchase' allowed people to buy these goods over a period of time.
- 'Buy American' became a significant watchword.
- How did the presidency change?
- Many people came to feel that Wilson (who took the USA into the war) took too big a part in government decision-making.
- Wilson had campaigned to keep the USA out of the war and then took them into it + didn't consult congress about promoting the League of Nations.
- Wilson's behaviour for many politicians and Americans was an unwelcome change and came close to breaking the separations of powers principle.
- Wilson had campaigned to keep the USA out of the war and then took them into it + didn't consult congress about promoting the League of Nations.
- Wilson believed the president should be involved in law making.
- Wilson drafted his own bills and introduced them to congress himself
- Wilson's behaviour for many politicians and Americans was an unwelcome change and came close to breaking the separations of powers principle.
- Wilson drafted his own bills and introduced them to congress himself
- The Appeal of Republicanism
- Wilson's behaviour as president led people to turn to republican ideals.
- Wilson was replaced as president by Harding, who's slogan was 'less government in business and more business in government'
- It was not the job of the government to control the economy or to manage social problems - Laissez-faire
- A democrat might have been elected after Harding, but the Democrats could not agree on a candidate.
- During the Coolidge presidency, the US entered into a period of recovery and prosperity, people began to feel Republicanism was working.
- The 'boom' economy of the 1920's had serious flaws, but they were not clear at the time.
- By the time of the next Republican president, Herbert Hoover, it was clear to many people the problems of the US economy and social problems.
- Hoover's election campaign announced that the Republicans had eliminated poverty, encouraged equality and restored the economy.
- By the time of the next Republican president, Herbert Hoover, it was clear to many people the problems of the US economy and social problems.
- The 'boom' economy of the 1920's had serious flaws, but they were not clear at the time.
- During the Coolidge presidency, the US entered into a period of recovery and prosperity, people began to feel Republicanism was working.
- Wilson was replaced as president by Harding, who's slogan was 'less government in business and more business in government'
- Wilson's behaviour as president led people to turn to republican ideals.
- Many people came to feel that Wilson (who took the USA into the war) took too big a part in government decision-making.
- Return to normalcy
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