History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1240 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Silent Cal
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The idea
Calvin Coolidge, known as Silent Cal, told newspaper editors that the chief business of the American people is business.
In practice
The sentence later compressed in memory to the business of America is business.
Where people slip
Coolidge had earlier broken a Boston police strike as governor of Massachusetts, the Yawp says.
Your place on the trail
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