Normalcy and woodrow wilson
The idealism of Woodrow Wilson's politics and the strain of World War 1 had the nation wishing for less turbulent, more normal times. While running for President in 1920, Warren G. Harding played on these desires and came up the idea of a "return to normalcy." Harding said, "America's present need is not heroics but healing, not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration." (Faragher p. 669) The idea of a less complicated life, without war, union strikes, factories and feminism, was so appealing to the nation that Harding won the election by the largest margin in history to that date even though he did not actively campaign for President. The three Republican presidents of the 1920's, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, shared the conservative philosophy that less federal government was good for the country and that a close
Hand in hand with the increase of the Klan was the increase of religious fundamentalism. "(Faragher p 665) This feeling, carried over after the war, was increased by the Republican presidents desire to promote "normalcy" and a conservative political climate. (Faragher p 690) The domestic policy of "normalcy" towards business was to leave business alone and not interfere with additional regulations. business- federal government relationship was good for the economy. Companies had free rein to limit union membership. With all of this came worries about the permissive morals depicted. They believed that knowledgeable businesses, encouraged by the government would act in the public interest. This effectively discouraged new workers from joining the union. Employers also tried to gain employee loyalty and discourage union membership by offering the employees stock-options, insurance and home ownership. Nearly 500,000 Mexicans entered the United States between 1921 and 1930 (Faragher p 698) However, these people were not welcomed or accepted in this country. Radio, movies, records emerged as a media in the 1920's. During World War I, the government in an effort to provide for the war had supported unions, now during "normalcy" it, along with the Supreme Court, were unsympathetic toward the unions. When their was a public outcry for federal censorship, the administration again sided with business and allowed them to censor themselves. This philosophy was hard on organized labor.
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