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AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the 1920 presidential election, warren Harding made the idea of the “ return to normalcy” central to his campaign. This idea appealed to voters who
A
Wanted the U.S. to be more like it had been before World War I
B
Wanted the U.S. to be more involved in international affairs.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1920 election He argued that the solution was to seek normalcy by restoring life to how it was before the war. Harding’s conception of normalcy for the 1920s included deregulation, civic engagement, and isolationism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Warren G. Harding’s tenure as the 29th president of the United States lasted from March 4, 1921 until his death on August 2, 1923. Harding presided over the country in the aftermath of World War I.

Detailed explanation-3: -While Harding was serving in the Senate, the Republican party nominated him as their presidential candidate for the election of 1920. Harding’s campaign promised a return to “normalcy, ” rejecting the activism of Theodore Roosevelt and the idealism of Woodrow Wilson.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the first election held after the end of World War I and the first election after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment (which gave equal votes to men and women), Republican Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio defeated Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio.

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