Summary Of Calvin Coolidge By David Greench

David Greenberg wrote the book Calvin Coolidge in 2006. David Greenberg is a professor of History and of Journalism at Rutgers University. Throughout the book, Greenburg does not spare Coolidge for some of the blame for the Great Depression. He is unbiased when he assesses Coolidge for his duty to the country. However, Greenberg gives Coolidge credit for mastering the radio, which could draw in listeners for his speeches larger than any Presidents could. I selected Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the US, because I did not know much about him at all. I did see, however, that he served as President from 1923-1929 which is not two complete terms so I wanted to learn about how he dealt with the pressure of coming into office unexpectedly.

Sadly, when Calvin was only 12 years old his mother, Victoria, passed away. She died of tuberculosis in 1885. Having one death of a family member is awful, but adding that on to the death of his sister Abigail who died five years after her mother from appendicitis is even worse. Coolidge's only sibling was Abigail so by the age of 17 all he had left in his family was his father. Because of his mother's death, Calvin had a tough time growing up and was a shy and lost child. By the loss of two close family members, it made Coolidge have a chip on his shoulder to do something great in life. A few years after his mother's death, John sent Calvin to boarding school so he would expand his social circle and try to make some friends. Eventually, Calvin opened up to his new school and started to flourish in it and eventually became one of the leaders of the school. He had a gift of speech and debating which was evident as he was at the boarding school. Through hard work and determination, Calvin attended Amherst College. While at Amherst College, he was influenced by a philosophy professor named Charles Garman. Garman knew how to form a relationship and draw in his students which he did with Coolidge. After graduating college, Coolidge found a job by being an

The first victory Coolidge had was winning the Presidency. He grew up with experiencing both his only sibling and mother dying and he worked his way up the mountain to become President of the US. Another victory in which Coolidge had was that he formed a good relationship between himself and the people of the US. The citizens loved Coolidge because he acted as if Coolidge was one of them. He made tax cuts and had a laissez-faire government. In addition to tax cuts, productivity was raising, and the economy was growing from the production of the radios and automobiles. The last major victory in which Coolidge had was his use of the radio. No other President took full use of their power with the technology until Coolidge began to say his speeches over the radio so millions of people around the country could listen to him. Now Presidents have almost every speech they deliver broadcasted around the world. Overall, the Presidency of Coolidge from 1923-1929 was a profitable time in America. Almost everything was doing well in America until the Great Depression followed that same year which caused an economic crisis when the stock market crashed. One of Coolidge's defeats as President of the US was the pulling out of US marines from Nicaragua. By doing this, it caused a civil war to break out in Nicaragua and the US would be forced to send back the marines to govern over the territory. Over