Coolidge+Notes

XXX Calvin Coolidge ( 1923 to 1929) A. Calvin was visiting his father 1. A telegram arrives 2. Calvin then asks 3. When they are done B. Events 1. 122,000,000 people in the U.S. 2. 1924- 2 U.S. Army Airmen fly a Biplane around 3. 1926- Richard Byrd flies over the 4. 1927- There is a prize for the 1st plane to fly from N.Y. City to Paris Non-Stop. a. Charles Lindbergh flies in the plane The _ b. It is 3200 miles. Takes off from Roosevelt Field N.Y. City to _Airport Paris c. Takes him hours 5. 1927- Radiotelephony connects N.Y. City & C. Early Life 1. Born on 1872 in Plymouth Notch Vermont. 2. His nickname is 3. Graduated Cum Laude at Amherst College, an then became a 4. Married Grace Anna Goodhue on October 4th, 1905. They had D. Domestic Affairs 1. Harding Scandals a. Interior Secretary Albert Fall took bribes & went to b. Charles Cramer of the Veterans Bureau ___ c. Charles Forbes of the Veterans Bureau sent to__ d. Jesse Smith of the Justice Department took Bribes and he then e. All of these scandals broke after Harding’s death. 2. Roaring 20’s a. Name of the Era between 1920 & October 1929 b. The stock market is surging upward c. People were making more money as they moved from the to work in d. Income taxes were _ making the economy to surge upward. e. Farms were still in _ f. Lawlessness was breaking out due to __1.__ 2. __3.__ 4. g. Entertainment 1. Dance Marathon- _ 2. Motion Pictures- 3. Radios-_ 4. Speakeasies- _

3. Congress passed a World War Bonus Bill a. Coolidge _ b. Congress _ c. Each World War Veteran is given a certificate to be cashed in

E. Election of 1924 1. Coolidge’s campaign slogan,: _” 2. Democrats nominate John Davis 3. Popular Vote Electoral Vote John Davis (D) _ _ Calvin Coolidge (R) _ _ 4. Calvin’s Inaugural Address 1st on F. Foreign Affairs 1. Kellogg Peace Pact- Outlawed _ 2. Relations with Mexico improved. G. Personal life impacts the Presidency 1. 1924 his son Calvin is 2. 1926 his 3. Later he would say that the 4. 1927 Calvin announces, H. Election of 1928 1. Democrats nominate Alfred Smith the governor of _ the 1st to run for president, and he wanted to repeal _ 2. G.O.P. nominates Herbert Hoover. His campaign slogan is, “2 _ 3. The country wanted to keep going with prosperity. Al Smith (D) _ Herbert Hoover (R) _