Politics of the Decade Harding, Coolidge, Hoover Harding ? scandals :( Teapot Dome Scandal ? leased government lands for a bribe caused distrust in government officials Coolidge ? Silent Cal took over after Harding died Isolation was foreign policy of choice except for presence in Haiti and Nicaragua Washington Conf 1921-1922: Tonnage Restrictions 1928 - Kellog-Briand Pact ? prohibited war as an instrument of foreign policy Debt Payments Americans wanted loans to be repaid from the war Allies protested ? ?they gave enough during the war? persistence by Americans indirectly put pressure on Germany to pay reparations Germany teetered on anarchy we start loaning money to Germany, Germany gives that money to Allies, Allies give money to the US Allies resentment festered towards us