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2007-03-16T23:45:04Z

Kingdarzin: A Very Important Year

During this year many important events occurred :
Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain.
Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin is born.
Alexander II is assassinated.
Clara Barton formed The American Red Cross.
Ataturk, the founder of the modern state of Turkey, is born.
Benjamin Disraeli died.
Billy the Kid died.
Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur and James Garfield (assassinated) were all in the White House.

Warren G. Harding

2007-03-16T23:38:14Z

Kingdarzin:

Warren Harding (b November 2, 1865, d August 2, 1923) was an Ohio Senator and the 29th President of the [[United States of America]]. His presidency, although recently maligned in the [[mainstream media]], helped transition the nation from a war to a peacetime posture. Mr. Harding and his running mate Calvin Coolidge were elected by a large majority over James Cox and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], in a large part because of the American people's rejection of the internationalist policies of former President Woodrow Wilson, particularly the League of Nations. <ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=atb037b09&templatename=/article/article.html</ref>

== Key Accomplishments ==

=== Immigration Control ===

Mr. Harding signed into law the [[Emergency Quota Act]] which sought to control runaway immigration following [[World War I]] and preserve the distinctive American culture by ensuring the majority of immigrants came from the historically compatible cultures of Northern Europe. This law aimed to bring wages of hard working Americans under control by limiting immigration to 3% of the 1910 census. It was so successful that it was followed on by a similar act in 1924, after Mr. Harding's death.<ref>http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/faculty/hodgson/Courses/so11/Race/quota_acts.htm</ref>

=== Tulsa Race Riot ===

Harding sought to calm race relations during the [[Tulsa Race Riot]] and events that followed. His wise words helped to calm the nation especially in the Tulsa area at this time of disturbance. His press secretary also sent a telegram to the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] offering the president's support. <ref>http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3812/is_199911/ai_n8854233</ref>

=== Justice ===

Harding pardoned the [[socialist]] Eugene Debs who was wrongly imprisoned during World War I for opposing the war. Despite their political differences, Harding was cordial to him and met with him in the White House, "I have heard so damned much about you, Mr Debs, that I am very glad to meet you personally."<ref>http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vodebs.htm</ref>

Harding defined the Supreme Court for two decades, appointing four solidly [[conservative]] justices. Harding's appointments included former President [[William Howard Taft]] to be Chief Justice (1921), [[George Sutherland]] (1922), [[Pierce Butler]] (1923) and [[Edward Terry Sanford]] (1923). Two of these justices (Taft and Sanford) served until 1930. The other two (Sutherland and Butler) served until the late 1930s and stood up to the [[liberal]] policies of President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].

In particular, Sutherland and Butler were the core of the conservative [[Four Horsemen]] who invalidated key aspects of the [[New Deal]] and drove President Roosevelt to propose his [[court-packing scheme]], which caused him to lose his credibility with Congress and the public.

In selecting Pierce, Harding broke with tradition by picking a conservative Democrat even though Harding was a Republican.

=== Fiscal ===

Harding created the Bureau of the Budget, restrained the federal budget, reduced wartime armaments and helped to stimulate the economy helping lead to the period of prosperity experienced in the United States during the 1920s. Shortly after taking office, Harding also successfully passed promotion of US Agriculture, repeal of the wartime "excess profits" tax and reduction of rail rates.<ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0193620-00</ref> Due in part to Mr. Harding's conservative economic policies, the US experienced a period of profound economic growth in the early 1920s that continued through most of the decade.

=== Military ===

While Harding did lack the vision to continue aggressive military spending in preparation for future defense, he did preside over modernization of the U.S. forces including the addition of the experimental aircraft carrier Langley and the T-2 submarine as well as the creation of a merchant marine which was critical in early US involvement in WWII via the [[Lend-Lease Act]].<ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0193620-00</ref>

=== Diplomatic ===

Harding avoided entangling alliances that lead to war and defended US interests. Mr. Harding outlined his policy in his inaugural address: "...every commitment must be made in the exercise of our national sovereignty. Since freedom impelled, and independence inspired, and nationality exalted, a world supergovernment is contrary to everything we cherish and can have no sanction by our Republic. This is not selfishness, it is sanctity. It is not aloofness, it is security. It is not suspicion of others, it is patriotic adherence to the things which made us what we are." <ref>http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=25833</ref>

Supported by his conservative colleagues in congress as well as the American people, Harding succeeded at continuing to keep the United States out of the League of Nations. <ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=atb037b09&templatename=/article/article.html</ref>

== Failings ==

=== Labor interests ===
Mr. Harding's administration errantly helped bring about the 40-hour work week which restricted the economic output of the US and restricted small, medium and large businesses alike. Still this reactionary event did help calm a period of increased labor tension.

=== Teapot Dome incident ===
Mr. Harding, in a quest to help re-privatize land taken from the American people and industry by their own government, appointed Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexico as his Secretary of the Interior. While Falls efforts to open reserves for private exploration are commendable, he misappropriated this effort for his own gain in an abuse of the public trust. In revenge, Democrats in congress, lead by Senator [[Thomas J. Walsh]] and Republican Senator [[Robert M. LaFollette]] (a former progressive), began an investigation with the support of the [[conservationist]] interests that backed them. They found that Fall had used his privatization efforts to benefit himself to the tune of over $400,000. Mr. Fall also had entangled other businessmen and politicians into his wrongdoing which lead to other indictments of both Democrats and Republicans and continued into the Coolidge administration. While Mr. Harding did not know about these dealings until shortly before his death, he was indirectly at fault as it was his appointee behind them. In later years the petroleum reserves would prove to be less valuable than initially overestimated by the government. <ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0380900-00</ref>

== Death ==

Mr. Harding's death was most unexpected and sudden although Mr. Harding did not eat well or exercise, and suffered from high blood pressure. While wild speculation and many books have been written about the subject, most of the evidence suggest he either died of natural causes or the negligent practices of his doctor who subscribed to a form or homeopathic herbal medicine. <ref>http://american-presidents.blogspot.com/search/label/Warren%20G.%20Harding</ref>

== Trivia ==

Out of all of the Presidents of the U.S. he had the largest feet.
He was the first president to visit Alaska.
He was the first President to speak on the radio and the first to have a radio in the White House.
He is the only president to have a PHD.

== Assault in the MSM ==

Recently liberals have maligned Harding so far as to cast him as being one of the worst U.S. Presidents. They point to a dubious assortment of allegations as to the president's respect for his marriage. They go so far as to blame him for setting into place policies that helped bring about the [[Great Depression]] despite Mr Harding's death nearly 7 years before its start. A number have suggested that he was a "do nothing" president and overlook his accomplishments. Much of this is due to a liberal bias that government should do more which opposes Mr. Harding's conservative Republican beliefs that there should be less government in business and more business in government.

==References==
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[[Category:Presidents of the United States]]

John Wilkes Booth

2007-03-16T23:34:09Z

Kingdarzin: The Assassin of Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 in Maryland. He shot Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President of the United States) on April 14th 1865. He jumped into the president’s box shooting him twice in the back of the head. He then jumped onto the stage, breaking his leg and yelling “sic semper tyrannus”. He had several conspirators. One, Mary Suratt was the first woman hanged in the U.S. and his plan included the assassination of William Seward, Lincoln’s Secretary of State. Booth fled the theatre after he broke his leg and hid with a fellow conspirator in a tobacco barn. The Union cavalry caught up with him and set the barn on fire and shot Booth. Before he died Booth was paralyzed from the struggle and his last words were “Useless! Useless!”

John Wilkes Booth

2007-03-16T23:31:47Z

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John Wilkes Booth

2007-03-16T22:43:24Z

Kingdarzin:

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John Wilkes Booth

2007-03-16T22:42:29Z

Kingdarzin:

John Wilkes Booth was the assasin of Abraham Lincoln. He shot Licoln while he was watching "My American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre.

Battle of Gettysburg

2007-03-16T22:39:57Z

Kingdarzin: The Turning Point of The Civil War

The Battle of Gettysburg took place during the American Civil War (1861-65) on the days of July 1-4 1863. The Union commander of the Army of the Potomac was General Meade and the Confederate general was Robert E. Lee. The battle ended with a Union victory and heavy casualties on both sides. The battle was the last attempt of the Confederates to attack Northern ground. It was considered the turning point of the Civil war. Months after the battle, Lincoln came to the Pennsylvania town and issued his famous "Gettysburg Address". Famous minor battles that it included were: Pickett's Charge, The battle of Little Round Top, and The Battle for Cemetery Ridge.

Battle of Gettysburg

2007-03-16T22:34:56Z

Kingdarzin: