American Decades
"Return to Normalcy"
Speech
By: Warren G. Harding
Date: May 14, 1920
Source: Harding, Warren G. "Warren G. Harding Calls for a "Return to Normalcy," Boston, Mass., May 14, 1920. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/w_harding_s.html; website home page: http://www.pbs.org (accessed January 28, 2003).
About the Author: Historians consider Warren Harding (1865–1923), the twenty-ninth president of the United States, as among the nation's worst presidents, largely because his administration was the most corrupt in American history. Born near Marion, Ohio, he began his career as a newspaper publisher. He was elected to the Ohio Senate, served as the state's lieutenant governor, and ran unsuccessfully for Ohio governor. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914 and served as...
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1920's Government and Politics Primary Sources
- "Return to Normalcy"
- Nineteenth Amendment
- Anti-Lynching Publicity Program
- The Pivot of Civilization
- "Canal-Boat Children"
- "The Negro's Greatest Enemy"
- Nativism versus Immigration
- Taxation: The People's Business
- Tennessee Laws Regarding the Teaching of Evolution
- Letter from Nicola Sacco to His Son, Dante
- "Native American Chiefs Frank Seelatse and Jimmy Noah Saluskin of the Yakima Tribe"
- The Problem of Indian Administration
- Behind the Scenes in Candy Factories
- Leases Upon Naval Oil Reserves and Activities of the Continental Trading Co. (LTD.) of Canada
- Kellogg-Briand Pact
- "Rugged Individualism"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
