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The presidential ineptitude and failure in the 1920s was due to Republican presidents Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge. In the 1916 election, Wilson narrowly won reelection due to unpopular legislation and the slogan "he kept us out of war." Wilson was mainly known for leading the US through World War I and creating The Treaty of Versailles' "Fourteen Points." Wilson's successor, Warren G. Harding, was elected in 1920 and he ran against James M. Cox. Harding is most well known for his appointment of corrupt government officials and his involvement in the teapot dome scandal. Following Harding's death in 1923, Coolidge, the vice president at the time, became president and was known for being a progressive Republican. By electing these Republican leaders who favored business expansion over regulation, the American public enjoyed seemingly unlimited prosperity that ended abruptly at the end of the end of the decade.