History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1116 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Return to Normalcy
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The idea
In nineteen twenty the Republican Warren G. Harding won the presidency promising a return to normalcy after war, strikes and riots.
In practice
Harding winning four hundred four electoral votes to one hundred twenty-seven.
Where people slip
The anchor calls it the largest majority any two-party contest had yet produced. Wilson, disabled, could not run.
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