Calvn_Coolidge

Calvn Coolidge A Look Back on the Coolidge Presidency Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States of America after the abrupt death of Warren G. Harding. Many historians look at the Coolidge presidency as one that had no initiative. “He is often dismissed as a political naïf, simpleton, and lazy misfit, a relic from the nineteenth century, whose administration set the stage for the Great Depression” (Sobel 3). Despite of what historians think, Coolidge put our country on pace of becoming the most powerful country in the world through business. Although he is blamed for the Great Depression, he changed the American outlook on economy forever. Coolidge’s political philosophy was something that he never changed all throughout his political career. “Many remarked that Coolidge was a clever and astute politician, but he was also a teacher of morals and ethics who believed in the innate goodness of mankind, which had been corrupted by government and other external forces. Part of that morality was a denial of materialism, a central component of Garman’s philosophy to which Coolidge adhered for the rest of his life--- which might surprise those who consider him a philistine” (Sobel 120). “Mr. Coolidge’s president, coolidge, sobel, one, congress, inactivity, republican, been, presidents, presidency, philosophy, never, coolidge’s, vice, put, political, often, last, american, was, white, way, very, today, time, through, things, take, same, rights, politics, point, personality, people, party, much, mr, modern, house, harding, form, few, farm, dumb, depression, country, civil