Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1921-1929 Era

For the 1920s, the only events listed in the chronology are those not covered in the Snapshot link.

Date	Presidential Election/Event	Beyond America/ Foreign Policy	Government Institutions	US Land Expansion	US Economic Development	Issue/Organization Development	Political Party Development
1921		Washington Naval Conference – quotas (disarmament), Open Door in the Pacific, territorial status quo	General Accounting Office (GAO) – independent audit for Congress Bureau of Budget[1] in Executive Branch		Federal Highway Act
1922-11							Democratic gain
1923-08	Harding dies; Coolidge President
1924		Reparation plan; loans to Germany – Notice the debt-reparations cycle	Congressional investigations – scandals. Examples: Teapot Dome, Daugherty actions			Plan for agricultural relief to help farmers (See McNary-Haugen)
						Veterans Bonus Bil to help veterans of World War I - passed over Coolidge veto
1924	Calvin Coolidge vs. John W. Davis vs. Robert LaFollette
1926			McNary-Haugen, legislation to help farmers - passed by Congress		Reduction in income tax, estate tax to help the wealthy (Revenue Act)
1927		Dwight W. Morrow – oil protections for corporation	Mc-Nary-Haugen – vetoed by Coolidge
1927-08	Coolidge withdraws
1928-08		Kellogg-Briand Pact – “outlawry of war” – 62 nations sign
1928-11	Herbert Hoover vs. Al Smith
1928-12		Repudiation of Roosevelt Corollary (Theodore Roosevelt’s policy); beginning of the Good Neighbor policy[2]

Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2013

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[1] Now called OMB (White House Office of Management and Budget), a powerful organization able to control through its “circulars” regulatory and purchasing actions of all organizations under the Executive Branch

[2] These actions are under Hoover’s administration (a Republican administration); he repudiates the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine of Theodore Roosevelt (a Republican) and initiates the Good Neighbor Policy.

The next administration is under a Democrat, Franklin Delano Roosevelt; he also does what Hoover did.