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== Criticism ==

== Criticism ==

Harding today has come under criticism for [[protectionist]] policies--restrictions on [[free trade]]--which resulted in the collapse of international trade and is widely considered the chief cause of the worldwide [[Great Depression]] that occurred later in the decade and throughout the 1930s. He is also blamed for choosing corrupt cabinet members who were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal.  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Warren G. Harding]], by Linda R. Wade, Children's Press, 1989.  </ref>

Harding today has come under criticism for [[protectionist]] policies--restrictions on [[free trade]]--which resulted in the collapse of international trade and is widely considered the chief cause of the worldwide [[Great Depression]] that occurred later in the decade and throughout the 1930s.

== Trivia ==

== Trivia ==