American History and Culture in The 1920s

American History and Culture in The 1920s

President Woodrow Wilson’s coalition had dissolved by 1920. This was due in part to the failure to ratify the Versailles Treaty, Join the League of Nation, and the Progressives achievement of their major goals. Add to this was the abuses of the Wilson administration during the so-called “Red Scare” of l919. Between 1919 and 1920, hundreds of Americans were illegally arrested and tried for conspiring with the Russian Communist Party to overthrow America.

Historians have often caricatured William G. Harding, the Republican senatorial candidate for President in 1920. Some lamented his only qualification for President was that he looked like one. Intellectually, one scholar scoffed that if Harding came across an idea, he would carry it around…