Topic:Harding's accomplishments/ failures as president.
Domestic accomplishments: President Harding signed the first federal child welfare program that helped mainly with striking and people who worked on railroads. He cut the unemployment rate by half through higher tariffs, lowering taxes, and an expansion of the tax base. I think that he had to have been a pretty good president if he could cut the unemployment rate in half! I know that unemployment was a big problem so I'm glad he made it lower. I think he went about doing this a good way. He helped other things, while helping another problem too. Another big thing he did was established the Veterans Bureau to handle veteran's medical and the needs for their job. I think that he had to be pretty caring in order to do this. They said that President Harding's 2 years worth of achievements were more than most achievements of presidents in 8 years.
Foreign policy accomplishments: He rejected the League of Nations and singed a different treaty with Germany and Austria after world war 1. If I could talk to president Harding right now, I think I would ask him why he chose not to sign the League of Nations, but to sign a completely different treaty.
President Harding's failure: He recommended anti-lynching bill to curb violence against the blacks. When he tried to get this done, it didn't pass when it went to Congress. I think that it should have because I know the blacks weren't treated very fair and whites would hurt them in many ways.
Sources: "Reason from the Right." : Warren G. Harding: America's Most Underrated President. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://pittcollegerepublicans.blogspot.com/2012/03/warren-g-harding-americas-most.html>;.
"Politics, Culture, and Other Wastes of Time." Politics, Culture, and Other Wastes of Time. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://politicscultureandotherwastesoft.blogspot.com/>;.
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Well done Sara!!