Republican Ascendancy Politics in the 1920s

Podcast: A Journey into Human History · Miranda Casturo

Opublikowano: 2026-10-09

After World War I, Americans were ready for “a return to normalcy,” and Republican Warren Harding offered them just that. Under the guidance of his big-business backers, Harding’s policies supported businesses at home and isolation from foreign affairs. His administration was wracked by scandals, and after he died in 1923, Calvin Coolidge continued his policy legacy in much the same vein. Herbert Hoover, elected as Coolidge’s heir apparent, planned for more of the same until the stock market crash ended a decade of Republican ascendancy. All images referenced in this podcast can be found at https://openstax.org/books/us-histor...