I.+Warren+Harding+-+Part+I

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 * **1920s**
 * President Warreng G. Harding - Part I**
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 * Summary: Hardings presidency during the 1920s was corrupt and filled with scandals. Many poor decisions were made like the people he appointed. His attempts at being a president he wanted to be for the people did not turn out the way he expected it to be. || Summary Statement: Warren G Harding attempted to be a good president, however he was not as intelligent as the smarter colleagues he surrounded himself with. Harding's easy-going and kind personality was not one that was common within politics, and it proved to be a burden to him when his peers used it to take advantage of him. || Summary Statement: During the 1920's the government was dominated by republicans. Harding, being the first in line had to deal with many scandals involving Harding Limitations that made him unable to stop self-governing preditors which enraged the American society. ||
 * Supporting Details/Key Terms:
 * __Warren G. Harding__ - President.
 * __Charles Evans Hughes__ - Secretary of State.
 * __Andrew W. Mellon__ - Secretary of Treasury.
 * __Albert B. Fall__ - Secretary of Interior, deceived Harding for his own selfish needs.
 * __Harry M Daughtry__ - Attorney General who also deceived Harding. Died before his trial when he didn't punish criminals fairly.
 * __Colonel Charles R. Forbes__ - Head of Veterans Bureau, skimmed from hospitals and taxpayers, "Forbes Scandal."
 * __William Howard Taft__ - one of four Supreme Court Justices.
 * __Harding Administration__ - Privotized railroads and merchant marine which struggled without government help.
 * __Teapot Dome__ - Navy reserves were signed over to Doheny and Sinclair.
 * __Esch-Cummins Transportation Act__ - Consolidation of rail lines under private ownership and ensure railroads would remain solvent with Interstate Commerce Commission.
 * __Merchant Maine Act 1920__ - Allowed government to divest itself of warbuilt cargoships at auction.
 * __Adkins v. Children's Hospital__ - Revised women's special protection in workplace and guarenteed minimum wage. || Supporting Details/Key Terms:

**Forbes Scandal-** Colonel Charles R. Forbes was caught skimming money from funds meant for veteran's hospital, they stole $200 million dollars from taxpayers

**Attorney General Harry Daughterty-** A member of Harding's Ohio Gang who took bribes from criminals in return for not prosecuting them.

-Harding signed leases that said Harry Sinclair and Albert Fall could have the teapot dome despite the fact that it had been set aside for navy use.

-Under Harding's administration the Railway Labor Board forced a 12% wage cut on railroad workers that began a two month long strike.

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 * __ Esch-Cummins Transportation Act __ provided for consolidation of rail lines under private ownership and ensured that the railroads would remain solvent with the assistance of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
 * __Merchant Marine Act__ allowed government to divest itself of most of it's 1,500 war-built cargo ships at auction.
 * In less than three years of Harding's administration, he appointed four supreme court justices. The supreme court of the 1920's was unsympathetic to labor, resisted government involvment in the economy, and overturned progressive legislation that had earlier been passed, including child labor legislation.
 * __Attorney General Harry Daugherty__ failed to prosecute criminals consistently, and he ws accused of selling pardons and liquor permits. he was sent to trial in 1927.
 * __Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall__ persuaded secretary of the Navy, Edwin Denby to allow oil magnates, Harry F. Sinclair and Edward Doheny to lease Teapot Dome in Wyoming, and Elk Hills in California. Fall had taken a $100,000 bribe from Doheny, and a $300,000 bribe from Sinclair. Court revoked it and gave back to the Navy.
 * Chief Justice was William Taft
 * __Adkins v. Children's Hospital__ (1923) the supreme court reversed its earlier ruling in Muller v. Oregon that had given women special protection in the workplace and guranteed them a minimum wage.
 * __Forbes Scandal, Colonel Charles Forbes__ was caught skimming from appropriations earmarked for construction of veterans hospitals. ($200 million was stolen)