Warren G. Harding

keep the world from going to war again. Many people opposed the League of Nations because it they did not want the United States to be involved in world affairs. Most Americans held an isolationist view, they wanted to return to “normalcy”. Warren G. Harding is an example of

radio, dancing, consumer culture based on credit, increased personal freedom, and for some, increased wealth, but not for all. The Roaring Twenties were marked by a bit of a government corruption, mostly an outcome of the administration of Warren G. Harding. He himself was not corrupt, but chose incorrect companions like Harry Dougherty, who accepted to not prosecute criminals, and Albert Fall, who took half a million dollars from private business in exchange for leases to government oil reserves

The 1920s, a time that began because people wanted to forget the harshness of World War I, was a revolutionary time that brought about huge change. It was a decade full of illegal activity, extravagant lifestyles, wild fashions, and crazy fads that brought about a new sense of freedom. It was also a time of economic growth, political and social change, and modernizing the nation. It created a “new mass culture” including new goods, clothes, music, dances, slang, and fads, going against old traditions

into their domestic shell, desperately trying to be blissfully unaware of the events going around them all over the world. A speech by Warren G. Harding in October of 1920 reflected the general American attitude at the time; in it, he lambasted the League of Nations and criticized the fact that it was a blow at America’s constitutional integrity (Doc A). Harding, like the rest of the American people, had turned his back on the world. Fortunately, this mentality would not last; as World War II

At the beginning of the 1920’s, the United States was beginning to recover the economy now that World War I was over. During this decade, America became the richest nation in the world. The 1920’s, also referred to as the roaring twenties, was a period of dramatic and social change. More Americans during this era lived in the city rather than on a farm. The nation’s wealth doubled throughout the roaring twenties, and lead the Stock Market Crash of 1929 where the Great Depression followed after this

1. The 1920’s were a time of great economic prosperity in the United States. Due to industrialization, standardization and the subsequent abundance of consumer goods of all types, this --as well as all future periods of american prosperity-- would be time of marked increase in consumerism. Perhaps due to this being the first indication of this proclivity, or perhaps due to the drastic amount of income inequality at the time, this was seen as one of the most dramatic periods of change in the realm

organized in Fredonia, New York because of a decades long anti-alcohol movement that blossomed after the civil war. Soon after many chapters had formed all over the United States. In the 1920’s election the majority of the American voted for Warren G. Harding to become president. In his election platform he told Americans he wanted them to return to normalcy after the war. He promised a laissez faire policy toward business. Women From the WCTU started having marches and blaming all of their marriage

radio, dancing, consumer culture based on credit, increased personal freedom, and for some, increased wealth, but not for all. The Roaring Twenties were marked by a bit of a government corruption, mostly an outcome of the administration of Warren G. Harding. He himself was not corrupt, but chose incorrect companions like Harry Dougherty, who accepted to not prosecute criminals, and Albert Fall, who took half a million dollars from private business in exchange for leases to government oil reserves

mass culture affected the economy. The 1920’s sparked much need for governmental influence in order to keep society under some sort of control, which led to three different presidents being elected in a ten year period. In order of election, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover were elected (“Politics in the 1920’s”). All of these men had something in common with their beliefs and ways of running the country,

After taking this class and learning about leadership I think that there are many qualities to leadership. I believe an effective leader should demonstrate teamwork, integrity, compassion, respect, good communication skills, the ability to listen to others, have the ability to delegate, have confidence, initiative, a positive attitude, be creative, have self-discipline, be responsible, have courage, charisma, character, competence, passion, problem solving skills, and most of all, be teachable. These