The 1920 presidential was a significant piece of history for many reasons. The roaring 1920 election had many rising issues in concurrence. There were many controversial topics such as a recent prohibition of alcohol, the fear of communism, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. In these very difficult times, America encounters one of the most revealing elections in United States. This election comes post-WWI and one of the most liberal ideological presidents in the United States history, President Woodrow Wilson. In the election women were showcasing their 19th amendment right to vote. This fierce election will be fought between the Republicans representative Warren G. Harding and Democratic representative James M. Cox. The Republicans candidate …show more content…
On the other hand, the Democratic representative served as the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio. Surely coming from the same state would be interesting how the election would turn out. Even more interesting which way the swing state of Ohio would vote. Certainly in this election the American Society can look at each of the candidates political efficacy, by seeing which way their state would vote.
The road to being a candidate for this election was not easy road. In this election there was no incumbent in this election, so both sides had hard fought battles for their chance at this election. The Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, and the primary elections were held. In this election presents were felt by Warren Harding of Ohio, Leonard Wood of New Hampshire, and Frank Lowden of Illinois. At the start of their campaigns Leonard Wood looked as though he would become the Republicans candidate. However, through hard fought campaigns and through the use of soft money, Warren created a massive comeback and won the primary election. On the other hand, with increasingly dislike for the democratic after Woodrow Wilsons hard presidency, the democratic party needed a very credible candidate. This would be decided through much campaigning
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Do to the extreme dislike of previous president Woodrow Wilson, the democratic party needed to regain support for their candidate. Not much name calling was used by the democratic party but rather promises for change, and that the new healthcare plan would be revised. James Cox promised America’s people that with revision and the necessary actions Wilsons programs will most surely work. On the Republican side they campaigned against the fact that the health care act had not worked for any American. This campaign was made very easy for the Republicans for they had much support from Political Action Committees, these committees helped the Republican party do to the dislike of the democratic platform at this time. This resulted in much more money being raised in favor of the Republicans, a big part of this impact was the increase in power of the KKK. Many people at this time period felt that if they went along with more Conservative views they’d be better off than, being stuck with another extreme liberal like Woodrow Wilsons. The Republicans used their primary strategy to fight the Democratic party. This came to be an achilles heel for the Democrats because much of what the Democrats were supporting much of what Wilson was trying to do but with some revision. Although, no major third parties had much impact on this election, the rise of the KKK
During the election year of 1920, America wanted to relax and enjoy winning the war and American life, so people rallied behind Warren G. Harding of Ohio who promised to restore “normalcy” to the country. Though seen as a good man, he was corrupt, did not have strong principles, and scandals arose in his 3rd year of presidency. In 1923, he died of food poisoning while making a trip to the west coast to give speeches. Harding’s vice president, Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, took over and was very shy and laid-back approach to the presidency which was good because the economy was doing fine. He won again in 1924. However, there were still issues occurring in the nation such as the Prohibition, the decline of morality, and the rise of atheism.
The 1920’s were a booming time for the United States. Massive change was occurring and this led to a lot of new types of conflict about different reasons than ever before. The war had just ended and with that started a new era of people who unlike before had different morals. This was one of the biggest conflicts of the time. During the 1920’s the biggest cause of conflict were the old generations vs. the new generations because of the rapidly changing morals and the new ideas being accepted by society. This also led to a lot of changes in the United States as a whole with the result of us being more open to new ideas and new freedoms. There were some major reasons for some conflict in the United States during this time and they all were connected to the idea of old vs. new.
In the years following World War I, the United States was comfortable with returning to its prior state of traditional values. In the government, this was reflected as the 1920 election was won by Republican candidate Harding, who ran with the slogan “A Return to Normalcy.” Americans simply wanted to recuperate after the intense global conflict that had just ended; however, changing and new attitudes were at battle with their desire of normalcy. It was movements like “New Morality” that contested traditional stances of those who sought security in their lives. As a result of the constant battle between old and new values, tensions were mounting between citizens. The Roaring Twenties was a time of innovation in American life; however, tensions surfaced between traditional and new values, shown through court rooms, national politics, grass roots campaigns, and media revolutions, due to a rise in differing theological views, women’s fight for independence, racial conflict, technology, and advertising.
Towards the end of the 1920’s the economy in America took a drastic turn. This was when Calvin Coolidge’s presidency had ended and changes in the government began to take place. “Just seven months after Herbert Hoover entered the White House, economic trouble mocked his campaign statement about being near ‘the final triumph over poverty.’ On October 24, 1929 panic swept the New York Stock Exchange as nearly 13 million shares changed hands” (Hamilton). The start to Hoover’s presidency was also the start of the Great Depression. His term consisted heavily on working on taking steps to bring America out of the drastic economic fall that they had just entered. He began taking action by launching public works programs, tax reductions, and the formation
The election of 1852 was without suspense from the beginning. The Democrats nominated Franklin Pierce as their candidate. His only major opponent was Winfield Scott of the Whig party, which was rapidly declining support. Another candidate, John Hale of the Free Soil party, received very few votes and had very little impact on the election. Neither Pierce nor Scott seemed to have very strong views. The only real topic in the nation during this time was slavery, but both candidates avoided much talk
The 1920 presidential election proved to be memorable as well as historically significant for a number of reasons. This time period is surrounded by important events in American history. It falls directly after World War I, starts the roaring twenties, and leads the United States into the Great Depression. Warren G. Harding was elected president over all other candidates, with promises of life going back to normal conditions. At this point in time, American citizens were desperate for one thing: their old “normal” life. The election of 1920 was important because our nation had just gotten out of World War I, the vote ended in a landslide, and Harding changed the United States for the worse.
A lot of things happened in 1920 USA was one of the victors in the first World War, and had a good period. Soon that was changed and USA suffered from many things, the great crash, prohibition and gang wars. But not only bad things happened there was also the new deal, new cultures, new poets and writers.
Beginning in the early 1920’s, America found itself in a frenzy of revolutionary movements that would shift the everyday lives of American citizens and pave the way to the modern era. A struggle between old ideas of conservatism and new liberal movements surfaced during the “roaring twenties”. The new movements that began rearing their heads during this time period consisted of liberal political ideas, the advancements of rights for the common man and woman, and reforms to our social culture.
Following the First World War, the United States went in search of a, “return to normalcy,” which many agreed was exactly what it needed. However, to the dismay of many, all the United States could find was a significant amount of tension that had developed between, “Old America,” and, “New America.” All in all, this tension that arose between old and new traditions and ideas did so in the form of religion, conflicts within society, and cultural values.
With the arrival of the 1920’s, new battles fought between traditionalist rural society and modernist urban civilization arose in the postwar United States. These urban-rural culture wars of this time period represent the everlasting conflict between conservatives and liberals. The 1920 census demonstrated to traditionalists that their views were under attack by the modernists who gradually came to outnumber them. Traditionalists were disturbed that they were losing a battle against immigrants who didn’t understand or appreciate “old American values” and against their own children, a new generation of rebellious youth who brought about sexual revolution, materialism, and skepticism.
When, because of what we believe him to be, we gave Lindbergh the greatest ovation in history, we convicted ourselves of having told a lie about ourselves. For we proved that the “things of good report” are the same today
The election of 1824 is one of the most unique and interesting elections in American history. The four candidates in the election were William Crawford, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. They were all from the Jacksonian Republican Party.
Many changes in the 1920s in day to day life happened. In the 1920s most of it was under President Woodrow Wilson. During this time many Americans challenged past traditions and created their own. Many people became interested in new popular culture. New traditions such as listening to the radio, and watching film brought new thrills about news, sports, and made party’s better.
In the book “A Magnificent Catastrophe” the author, Edward J. Larson, writes about all of the little details that has occurred in the First Presidential Campaign in the 1800s. He begins his book with how the two parties, the Republicans (Jefferson) and Federalists (Adams), were going to compete in who will govern the United States now that it is a free country and no longer under Britain’s rule. Although they had at first been friends they soon became enemies because of how they believed the government should be. Jefferson believed that the government should be a populist government that trusted popular rule. While Adams believed that America should have a strong government and that al
Although the Federalists controlled much of the public opinion, John Swanwick and the Democratic-Republicans procured the victory. Swanwick controlled the votes of seven of the twelve wards, and collected 56% of the votes cast (93). This defeat resulted in a sudden shift from Federalist power to Democratic-Republican dominance and Federalism slowly lost more and more influence.