Warren G. Harding

Served as president from 1921-1923
Era: Roaring Twenties
American Identity and Culture
During Warren Harding’s presidency there were lots of advancements in the American culture. One advancement was the proposal of Wave mechanics by Schrodinger. In the science world, Schrodinger who is famous for his theory of the cat brought out wave mechanics, a large physical theory. In 1922 T.S. Eliot also published the book The Waste Land. This poem was about the obscurity of the United States in its time. It brings satire and the prophecy of a new culture in the problems of not conserving the environment. In 1921 there was also the first Miss America Pageant. This pageant was held in New Jersey. It was in the city of Atlantic City which was also known as the Vegas of the East where there were lots of casinos and other attractions. Before the winner was known as the Gorman Mermaid however, later on they changed it the Miss America.
Economic Transformations and Globalization
During Warren Harding’s presidency he brought laws into the Republican congress. He approved a reduction to the income tax and also increased the tariff rates under the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act. Warren Harding also approved of the establishment of the Bureau of the budget. Harding placed procedures for all government expenditures to also be placed in a single budget for Congress to review and vote on.
Environment
By this time, more people were using newer technologies that produced lots of waste. For example, because of the economic growth of the United States, people now increased their usage of fossil fuels and electricity. Because of the oil that was being used to now power factories it rapidly increased the number of automobiles in the United States. The large increase in oil also provided gasoline to the people and that the United States ended up using twenty-three percent of the world’s Oil usage for electricity. The United States was now becoming a large country that now used a lot of the world’s fossil fuels which was not a renewable resource, so now we would have less in the world, as we began our crusade on the world’s fossil fuels seeking it out from other countries.
Politics and Citizenship
During the presidency of Harding many political reforms took place. Warren Harding appointed Charles Evans Hughes to be the secretary of state, as he was a presidential candidate and he was also a candidate to become one of the Supreme Court Justices. He also invited Herbert Hoover to be secretary of Commerce. One large thing that he did was pardon the Socialist leader Eugene Debs from his place in federal prison. His pardon of Eugene Debs was prompted as a generous move by the president. People thought the president Harding had a generous spirit because of this, although Harding was a conservative.
Slavery and its legacies in North America
Warren Harding was a strong endorser for African American civil rights. Harding went around advocating civil rights and even made speeches such as one in Birmingham, Alabama. He argued for black political, economic, and education equality. He even viewed civil rights as a nation issue and wanted to solve it. He even brought some African Americans into federal positions such as Walter L. Cohen. He made Walter L. Cohen the comptroller of customs. He also tried to establish the international commission to improve racial relations to try and stop the racial tensions that were forming in the United States and in federal stations in the government.
War and Diplomacy
The secretary of state, Charles E. Hughes worked to make peace with lots of former enemies such as Austria and Germany. This peace treaty was became known as the Knox-Porter Resolution. These peace treaties were the official endings of World War I. The Senate also ratified the Treaty of Versailles during the years 1919 and 1920. Because of this treaty, the League of Nations was now created. During 192 there was also another major thing that happened to the world. This was a large diplomatic thing, because Italy now became a fascist country under the rule of Benito Mussolini. The Soviet Union was also formed during the year before that in 1922. It was because of this formation that the peacemaking for Germany and Austria took place.