Presidential Problems Presidential Problems Make America Safe Again Make America Safe Again We Want Prewar America We Want Prewar America Back Back What Normalcy did for What Normalcy did for America in the America in the 1920’s 1920’s
1929
Deregulation Is it good?
Jacob Norris Aiden Petersen Alexander Nelson Cole Tuttle
Table of Contents Pg. 5……………………..Turns Out, Deregulation isn’t so Great. Pg. 6…………………...Political Cartoon for Deregulation. Pg. 8……………………..We Want Prewar America Back. Pg. 9……………………..What Normalcy Did For America In the 1920’s Pg. 10……………………..Make America Safe Again. Pg. 11…………………...Kellogg-Briand Pact Political Cartoon Pg. 13…………………....Presidential Problems Pg. 14…………………….Presidential Problems (cont.) Pg. 15………………….. Vote for Coolidge! Pg. 16……………………...Bibliography
Republican Presidents: Good?
Have the Republican Era presidents of the 1920s been effective?
Associationalism promotes big business, and former presidents Harding and Coolidge also believe in this idea. President Hoover has been and is trying to use
Yes, they have. They have allowed our country’s citizens to return to a normal life before The Great War, allowed industries to flourish, and helped eradicate poverty. The decrease in regulations by republican presidents
associationalism to eradicate poverty. So far, this idea has helped everyone. With more money starting at the top, it has been moved down to the middle and lower class and reduced poverty in the U.S.
allowed businesses to
flourish. When the businesses are deregulated they
President Harding made normalcy. Normalcy
are able to make more products for cheaper prices in
affected the America in the 1920’s. Normalcy means
both materials and labor. The decrease in costs for
the return to life as it was in prewar America.
labor allowed the companies to make more products
President Harding had a speech to say to us as he was
for cheaper. Which allows for more profit, which can
running for office. It was a pompous style he called
be given to the employees, it’s great for everyone.
“Bloviating.” His inauguration began the Republican
Overall there decrease in regulation is great for all
Era.
employees. The Economist believes that our presidents of the Our president Herbert Hoover, who was
1920’s have been effective, particularly by instating
elected in 1928, was and is seeking to decrease and
normalcy, allowing industries to flourish, and, by
eventually get rid of poverty in America. He
doing so, helping eradicate poverty.
encourages “associationalism”, which means bringing leaders together to improve economic efficiency.
Turns Out, Deregulation of Businesses Isn’t so Great By Aiden Petersen
Deregulation is bad for this country and it’s getting
One example right now is that Ford, Chrysler and General Motors
worse. The creation of deregulation is making it so workers aren’t
manufacture 83% of the cars, which means they’re monopolizing
getting paid enough, it allows companies to have monopolies, and
the U.S. right now. Having monopolies means that companies can
it could lead to a stock market crash.
sell their products for a higher price, have workers work for a
Deregulation doesn’t benefit the working class people. When there is deregulation there isn’t much protection for
lower price, and have them work in worse conditions; that isn’t good for anyone except the large companies.
workers, causing the large corporations to get all the money and
Deregulation could cause the stock market to crash. If
leaving the working class people to be paid very little money for
the stock market crashed, it could cause a long economic
the long hours they have. From 1921 to right now, you needed
downturn which would heavily damage the country. We’re
about $2,500 for a family to live decently, but now, the problem
currently at risk of a stock market crash because of our large
is that more than 50% of the families live off of $15,000 or less, a
oversupply of products, and since we don’t have very many
bit more than half that. It may seem like everyone is happy
regulations the banks have a lot of money invested in the stock
because of the economic boom, but the problem is that most of
market, and that money is people’s money. If the market were to
the unskilled workers are being left out of the boom, and the
crash all the banks would lose the money that people have in the
unskilled workers are a large portion of the people in the United
banks. That means that people would lose all of their money
States.
because of a stock market crash. If we had regulations in Deregulation can create monopolies. Since we are
currently deregulating companies right now, there are monopolies
preventing banks from investing in speculative stock not of this would be possible.
since we aren’t enforcing the Clayton Antitrust Act, which basically prevents monopolies.
Overall, a lack of regulations hurt the working class people, it can help monopolies, and it could lead to a devastating stock market crash. Will you vote for a democrat at the next election?
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We Want Prewar America Back Jacob Norris President Harding wanted to go to
Why we thought that it is really a
the life as it was before WW1. All of us
fabulous century, Many of us reacted to
wanted normalcy and so did president
this unsetting new elements of the era by
Harding. Normalcy means the return to
affecting a kind of romantic cynicism. So
life as it was in prewar America. President
our women could be free and have their
Harding had a speech to say to us as he
own rights. People all around america
was running for office. It was a pompous
loves this new idea of president Harding.
style
His
America wants a fabulous century, then
inauguration began the Republican Era, as
that is what normalcy is trying to do. As
many americans wanted to be part of the
the time went on americas society is
Republican
getting better and we are getting more
he
called
party.
“Bloviating.�
This
was
what
Harding's concentration on world affairs would be replaced by a focus by a property at home.
population.
What Normalcy Did For America In The 20’s Jacob Norris
The life during the roaring twenties, the
The speech behind this is really the
twenties changed the world so much
thing that set normalcy in place. Harding
because people have invented lots of
said to us “America's present need is not
different things as in the car, airplane,
heroics, but healing.� This is so popular
electricity, telephones and the telegraph
people around the world were wanted to
and musical style as in Jazz. Houses had
come to america when they heard this.
electric lights, telephones on the wall,
President Harding cut taxes big time so
flushable toilets, and built in bathtubs.
people can get what they need and have a
This decade what known as the lawless
good home. Taxes went from 42% to 23%
decade, the flapper era, and the jazz age.
as he is serving his time as president.
But not everyone was able to enjoy the
When Harding entered the white house he
good times. Crop prices went so low
would open the front gates, remove the
priced that many u.s farmers went
blinds and he was welcoming the public.
bankrupt because they were not making
He is a very nice president.
much
money.
We
have
so
much
confidence in america that even our poor people thought their life was going to get better.
Make America Safe Again! By Cole Tuttle Right now America is a world power.
Presidents Harding and Coolidge want isolation.
America, despite being the most powerful country, is
Ways to do that was by not joining The League Of
trying to be isolated from other countries’ issues and
Nations. This isolated them from most of their issues.
economic problems. The U.S has made other
Both of the President's wanted war debts and
countries pay off war debts to get their money back.
reparations to be paid for as soon as possible so they
And the U.S is also trying to avoid world problems
wouldn’t have to deal with it anymore. They were
the best they can. The U.S is also trying to even out
successful.
their
military
compared
to
other
countries.
The U.S avoided foreign entanglements with
American’s foreign policy goals of the republican
other countries. The countries all agreed on laws on
presidents make America safer.
the country’s navy. They limited them to a certain
America’s effort to get everyone’s debts
amount of ships they could have. We limited the
diminished was phenomenal. The system they used
amount of the bigger more important ships but there
was very sophisticated . An american banker Charles
is no limit on smaller ships. America also found out
Dawes came up with the plan to get all the countries
Japan was using a lot of money on their air force. The
to finish paying their war debts. His plan was for U.S
U.S started putting more money into our air force so
banks to loan money to Germany so Germany can
it was more even.
pay war reparations to France and Great Britain.
By getting debts payed, being isolated, and
When France and Great Britain had the money they
avoiding foreign engagements. The foreign policy
paid the $11 billion they owed to U.S lenders so they
goals of the Republican Presidents has made America
could have their money. This system helped the U.S,
a safer place.
France, and Germany. Dawes Plan (picture to the left)
Kellogg-Briand Pact Political Cartoon
America
Presidential Problems Alexander Nelson The
Also, the infamous Sacco and Vanzetti trial in
been
1920 was unfair. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
overreacting to the Red Scare, the fear of Soviets (“Reds”),
were Italian immigrants who were both anarchists and
and have made bad decisions involving immigrants and
friends, were arrested on May 5, 1920 for the murder of a
radicals. They have had many issues with treating
Massachusetts paymaster and his bodyguard. While the
immigrants and radicals fairly, and have allowed the
bullets that killed the two men came from the same type of
government to take away these U.S. citizens’ civil liberties
gun Sacco was carrying, there was no solid evidence that
by “bringing them to justice”, such as in the Sacco and
showed it was his gun. In fact, there was hardly any
Vanzetti trial. Let’s face it: our presidents made mistakes.
evidence tying them to the murders at all, yet despite this
For one thing, they are too afraid of radicals and
flimsy evidence, they were still convicted, and were soon
immigrants, and overestimate their power. A “Warfare on
executed. There was no way the guilty verdict could have
Reds” poster from several years ago refers to the
come from anything but bias against anarchists and against
communists or “Reds” as “mostly all criminal”, simply
immigrants in this country.Other immigrants and radicals
because
than
were treated unfairly as well, and the police overstepped
native-born Americans. Anarchists are groups of radicals
their boundaries when they treated them this way. For
who were and are treated unfairly. Most radicals here in the
example, Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General, launched a
U.S. are peaceful, and they make up just 1% of the U.S.
campaign against subversives (people who were going to
adult population, and yet people still overestimate them
overthrow the government).
U.S. citizens, America has a problem. Republican
presidents
they
have
of
this
differing
decade
political
have
views
and associate them with violence, which many Americans have done ever since the Chicago
Haymarket Bombing
of 1886.
Symbol of the Soviet Union Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left) and Nicola Sacco (right).
However, the police overstepped their boundaries while attempting to find signs of violent activity. They would enter into immigrant and/or radical meetinghouses, homes and businesses without warrants and take files without permission. 6,000 ended up being arrested, while the only evidence of violent activity they ever found was 3 pistols. Also, Leonard Wood, who was a United States Army officer, gave an address several years ago saying, “There is no room for the red flag. It is opposed to everything we stand for.” This shows how differing political views were thought of as hostile and “un-American.” Our Republican presidents, since WWI, have been unnecessarily harsh with the immigrants and radicals of this country, while they are still U.S. citizens, and have the same rights the rest of us have. In the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, it was shown how anti-immigrant and anti-radical so many people in this country really are. In this decade, our Republican presidents and the government in general has been overstepping their boundaries and mistreating anyone with differing, “un-American” political views. We must stop this overreaction to the Red Scare in order to improve this country.
This decade has been filled with unfair, anti-communist emotions, as portrayed by this poster.
Presidential campaign ad (Alexander Nelson)
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