HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Firebombing, Nipple, Executive Order 8802
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Chapter 26: republican resurgence/decline (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)"s politi(cid:272)s return to political conservatism. The political whirlwind is over, time to relax. In 1920, americans vote for: a (cid:862)(cid:396)etu(cid:396)(cid:374) to no(cid:396)(cid:373)al(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863, stability and order. Americans select republican warren g. harding: cha(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)g, pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)a(cid:271)le, affa(cid:271)le (cid:862)lo(cid:448)a(cid:271)le(cid:863, people loved him, somewhat like bill clinton, appeal to common man and friendly face, had child out of wedlock. The note was to his mistress, carrie philips (cid:862)the(cid:396)e is(cid:374)"t o(cid:374)e iota of affe(cid:272)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:373)(cid:455) ho(cid:373)e (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship,(cid:863) it is (cid:373)e(cid:396)el(cid:455) e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)(cid:455) fo(cid:396) appea(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e"s stake. (cid:863) Disarm: washington conference (1921, meeting amongst u. s. and european powers to reduce size of military, most dramatic moment in diplomatic history. Scandal - many people were misappropriating funds stealing: mi(cid:374)o(cid:396) go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:373)alfeasa(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d , teapot dome scandal. Secretly selling oil to private oil companies and keeping the money: 1923 food poison/heart attack? (harding dies, (cid:272)a(cid:374)dals (cid:396)e(cid:448)ealed . Silent cal takes over: gilded age throwback.
