J.+Warren+Harding+-+Part+II

Each group should post his/her responses in the cells below.Make sure that both questions are answered fully. Include your first name + last initial at the bottom of your cell. || Mitsi Martin || **Period 3**  Greg Burton & Amanda Cefaratti ||  **Period 5**  Paige Pytel || President Warren G Harding was a president that focused on America in the worlds eyes.And making foreign affairs a priorety .Then he also focused on boosting the United States economy. || Summary Statement: Warren Harding was one of the most influential figures in the country after the end of World War I. His naval treaties and trade policies with foreign countries were able to change several key problems around the world. || Summary Statement: Warren G Harding had a very isolationist mindset but couldn't completely be an isolationist when it came to foreign policy and the economy. He was also overwhelemed with, but still attempted to solve, the corruption in his administration. ||
 * **1920s**
 * President Warren G. Harding - Part II**
 * **Period 2** Shawn Bergeron
 * Summary Statement:
 * Supporting Details/Key Terms:

__Foreign Policy:__
 * Bureau of the Budget- provided the government with an accurate accounting of its income and expenditures
 * Andrew Mellon: secretary of state who introduced tax laws that reduced taxes on individuals and businesses
 * Charles Evan Hughs- vied with Great Britain for oil drilling concessions in the region
 * oil pivotal for a nation to be powerful in the world
 * Disarmament Conference 1921-1922: Americans, French, and Japenese sign Four- Power Treaty agreeing to respect each others possesions in the Pacific
 * considered a diplomatic victoryfor world peace
 * Nine- Power Treaty: reaffirmed Open Door Policy and guarenteed China's independence
 * Harding was against KKK and organizations of hatred and violence and supporter of women's rights
 * Died on speaking tour 1925 in Seattle, WA due to stress from scandals in administration
 * || Supporting Details/Key Terms:
 * Herbert Hoover: Secretary of Commerce who proposed "voluntary cooperation" as a business policy
 * Bureau of the Budget (1921): an accounting system for the government's income and expenses
 * National debt: climbed from $2 billion to $24 billion in spite of a tax rate as high as 66%
 * Andrew Mellon: reduced taxes to reduce the national debt, Secretary of the Treasury
 * Mellon: reduced debt to $16 billion
 * Rejection of WWI: Harding and Senate reject Treaty of Versailles, and tried to reject League of Nations, but couldn't
 * Oil: Harding had to make sure the U.S. stayed on the good side of countries with oil
 * The Five-Power Naval Treaty (1922): U.S., Great Britain, France, Japan, Italy signed at the Disarmament Conference to reduce shipbuilding and competition
 * Four Power Treaty: U.S., Great Britain, France, Japan agree to respect Pacific
 * Nine Power Treaty: Open Door Policy with China re-opened
 * Fordnery-McCumber Tariff: raised tariff 27-38%
 * Rise of Facism: Because of failing economy in Europe, Germans couldn't pay French and British who needed that money to pay the U.S.
 * Harding: went on a speaking tour in Seattle and died in San Francisco in August 1923; spoke out against KKK and for women's rights || Supporting Details/Key Terms:
 * Rejected Leauge of Nations: said no to the proposal to join the Leauge of Nations
 * Sent unoffiicial observers to keep tabs on the Leauge of Nations
 * Disarmament Conference of 1921-1922: restrictions made on Britain, America, and Japan for shipbuilding and aircraft making. A 5:5:3 ratio respectively was choosen, and because Japan had the smaller portion they added in that America and Britain could not strengthen their army or holdings in foreign countries.
 * Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922: stated the new rules established at the Disarment Conference.
 * Four-Power Treaty: America, Britain, France and Japan agreed to respect each other's possessions in the Pacific.
 * Nine Power Treaty: backed up the Open Door Policy in China.
 * Let Navy Dwindle: America's navy ships began to get older but no new ones were made.

__Economy:__ __Harding's Specifically:__
 * 1921 Buerau of the Budget: made an accurate accounting policy of income and expidentures, and helped to compare the past economy to the present.
 * Great Britain oil-drilling concessions: got permission from Britain to drill oil there.
 * National debt: after WWI the debt was over $24 million.
 * Lowered taxes: thought lowered taxes would "free capital to be invested in production, which would eventually return a greater volume of tax revenue to the government due to an expanded economy."
 * Fordney McCumber Tariff Law: increased tarrifs between 27 to 38.5%
 * European Marketing Blocks: a response made by Europe to make up for high tariff's in America against Europe. The put up trade barriers against America.
 * Republican
 * Spoke out against KKK and other hateful organizations
 * Supported women's rights
 * tried to stop corruption in his administration
 * died on speaking tour to get away from the corruption in his office (scientists believe his death was affected by the stress of handling all that corruption.) ||