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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524866303321

Autore

Bagby Wesley M (Wesley Marvin), <1922-2002., >

Titolo

The Road to Normalcy : The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1920

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johns Hopkins University Press

ISBN

1-4214-3560-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (206 pages))

Collana

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science. Series 80, ; no. 1

Disciplina

973.913

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 1920

Democratie - États-Unis

Presidents - États-Unis - Élection (1920)

Wahl

Presidents - Election

Project Muse

États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1913-1921

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1962

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 1962. In The Road to Normalcy, Wesley M. Bagby explains how the election of 1920 contributed to momentous shifts in American politics by detailing why the major political parties abandoned sentiments that were widely accepted several years prior to the election. Prior to World War I, two significant streams of progressivism maintained center stage in American politics—the Progressive movement and the world peace movement. The war proved not to be prohibitively distracting for the Progressive movement, which carried on well into the war years. But the war also introduced new elements into American political life, such as the restriction of free speech, popular outbursts of intolerance and hatred encouraged by war propaganda, and a belief in the necessity and efficacy of violence. Many of these elements eroded the ideals undergirding the Progressive movement. The international peace movement reflected the spirit of



idealistic internationalism that characterized the tenor of American foreign policy from the beginning to the end of the war. However, the election of 1920, the first presidential election after World War I, addressed the question of whether America would resume its progressive efforts at home and abroad following the war. The election ultimately stymied both political currents, proving to be an end for both the Progressive movement and the world peace movement.