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REASONS FOR A RETURN TO 'NORMALCY' AND A COMMITMENT TO…
REASONS FOR A RETURN TO 'NORMALCY' AND A COMMITMENT TO ISOLATIONISM, 1917-41
RETURN TO 'NORMALCY
Return to how things were before the war:
- less federal intervention
- reduce tax
- introduce tariffs to protect US trade
After WW1:
- short economic depression
- social discontent: protests, strikes
- Red scare
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Reasons for Harding's election:
- promise to return to 'normalcy'
- More isolationism
- He told voters what they wanted to hear
- he recognised that Americans were more concerned with domestic problems rather than foreign affairs
Personality:
- photogenic
- personable
- looked presidential
Harding's publicist:
- exploited all media
- Caused Harding to get lots of press support
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CONTINUED ISOLATIONISM TO 1941, WHY?
Many Americans frustrated by British and French refusals to pay war debts and considered all Europeans equally bad.
Journalists fuelled popular isolationism. E.g. when they depicted America tricked into WW1 by UK propaganda
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1935-39: Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts that restricted the help the USA could give to other countries if they went to war.