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Year 10. The Roaring Twenties: A decade of social, economic, and political transformation. © History Skills. The decade of time from 1920 to 1929 is often described as a period of fun and enjoyment. After the horrors of World War One, people felt the need to celebrate and enjoy themselves.
Despite the efforts of politicians such as Warren Harding, the 1920s would be anything but “normal.” The decade so reshaped American life that it is remembered by many names: the New Era, the Jazz Age, the Age of the Flapper, the Prosperity Decade, and, most commonly, the Roaring Twenties.
Politics in the 1920s. During the Progressive Era (roughly 1900–14), many U.S. leaders and citizens believed that the government should take an active role in protecting individuals, especially children, workers, and consumers.
The transition from war to peace in 1919 and 1920 was tumultuous, marked by class conflict, a massive strike wave, economic crisis, and political repression. Exhausted by reform, war, and social experimentation, millions of Americans recoiled from central planning and federal power and sought determinedly to bypass traditional politics in the ...
NATIONAL POLITICS: THE ELECTIONS OF THE 1920S. Throughout the decade, the Republican Party controlled the federal government. The three U.S. presidents to follow Democrat Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) into office were all Republicans. Both houses of Congress had gained Republican majorities by the end of the 1910s.
The 1920s Government, Politics, and Law: Overview. At the beginning of the new decade, America was in a position to pursue world leadership through international trade and the spread of democracy.
In the election of 1920, professional Republicans were eager to nominate a man whom they could manage and control. Warren G. Harding, a senator from Ohio, represented just such a man ( Figure 24.20 ).
