THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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a return to the way life was before rapid industrialization
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a return to the way life was before economic growth and prosperity
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a return to the way life was before U.S. isolationism in world events
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a return to the way life was before progressive reforms and World War I
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Detailed explanation-1: -"America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration; not agitation but adjustment; not surgery but serenity; not the dramatic but the dispassionate; not experiment but equipoise; not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality."
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Harding’s campaign promised a return to “normalcy, ” rejecting the activism of Theodore Roosevelt and the idealism of Woodrow Wilson. Voters responded to his genial nature, impressive stature, and bland message; he won by a landslide. Harding recorded several speeches for the Nation’s Forum.
Detailed explanation-4: -A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. After his death, a number of scandals were exposed, including Teapot Dome, as well as an extramarital affair with Nan Britton, which diminished his reputation. Blooming Grove, Ohio, U.S.