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= World War One =



After World War One, the United States had their election of 1920. With the newly impacted memories of WWI and other problems, such as Economic Problems, Labor Unrest, and Racial Tensions, all combined to make a general sense of disillusionment in the United States. In the 1920s, the citizens of the United States wanted an end to the upheaval of their "perfect" world. The 1920 election campaigns included James M. Cox (Democrat) and his running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy. They ran on a platform, no not an actual platform, of Progressive Ideals. President Wilson tried to persuade them to have a referendum, general vote, on the Treaty of Versailles and The League of Nations. They chose not to take a strong stand on the these issues, so they wouldn't alienate the voters. The other candidate was Warren G. Harding (Republican) and his running mate, Calvin Coolidge. They were running on the platform, once again not a real platform, of "Normalcy". Calvin was chosen as the running mate because people loved the way he handled the Boston Police Strike. Harding said we needed to return to the simpler days. "[Our] present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate;.... not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality." This statement by Harding struck a chord with voters. He won the election with a landslide of over 7 million votes. They hoped to put labor and racial unrest and the economic problems behind them and build a more prosperous and stable society.

The Presidential Election of 1920 was dominated by the World War One aftermath. It was also dominated by the democratic president, Woodrow Wilson, and the hostile reaction to him. The politicians were fighting over which peace treaty to sign and whether or not to be in the League of Nations. Overseas, there were wars and revolutions, but on our grounds there were major strikes, mostly in meatpacking and steel, and large race riots in Chicago and other cities. Attacks on Wall Street inserted terror and fear of radicals and terrorists. Woodrow Wilson became very unpopular and in 1919, he had a severe stroke. This stroke lead to him not being able to speak for himself. So Theodore Roosevelt stepped up to the challenge. But when he died in 1919, they had the election of 1920. Hence how we got Warren G. Harding as our president.

media type="youtube" key="rJlTx1-VO0A" height="390" width="480" "Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine" -World War One Song