Harding kept the government from having a major role in business, but he created the Bureau of the Budget for better efficiency. Harding banned U.S. Steel companies from having a 12 hour work day, too.
Harding's Cabinet
President Harding died in 1923, probably from natural causes. The next president, Calvin Coolidge, had integrity and gave people faith in the government.
Harding's Cabinet
- Harding appointed good men such as Charles Hughes, who put an end to warfare, ; Herbert Hoover, who had handled food distribution during WWI, ; and Andrew Mellon, who helped the country get out of debt and reduced tariffs
- Harding also appointed the Ohio gang, a group of men whom President Harding played poker with
- President Harding admitted to not understanding taxes
- The "Ohio gang" sold government supplies illegally and took bribes to become wealthy
- Albert B. Fall secretly gave government-saved oil-rich land in Teapot Dome, Wyoming, to oil companies
- He claimed it was for the interest of the government but received over $400,000
- Fall was convicted of a felony
President Harding died in 1923, probably from natural causes. The next president, Calvin Coolidge, had integrity and gave people faith in the government.