normalcy

1. Return to normalcy

2. Bell work 1/31
• “America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums
(cures/new ideas) but normalcy; not revolution but restoration...not
surgery but serenity.“
- Presidential Candidate Warren Harding (1920)
A. What do you think this quote means?
B. Do you think he helped get him elected? explain

3. Notebook p. 25 “Return to Normalcy”

4. 1. Modern vs Tradition
• Flappers- breaking
traditional expectations for
women (consumerism,
marriage, dress, behavior)
• Installment Plans- relying on
loans for luxury goods
• Scopes Trial- teaching
evolution rather than
creationism

5. • The Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance- what
was “normal” wasn’t great for everyone.
Resurgence of African American culture
• Marcus Garvey

6. 2. Nativism
• Defined: belief in “natural born”
• Rise of the KKK- fear of changing demographics
and loss of privilege= millions join

7. • Fear of Radical Ideas: Sacco and Vanzetti-
anarchists, murderers?
• Red Scare- fearing the spread of
Communism after Russian Revolution.
Palmer Raids

8. 3. Isolationism
• National Origins Act-
• two plans
• Compare to Immigration ban in 2011
• Compare to current immigration ban

9. p. 24 Safe Borders
• What is your opinion of
the current immigration
ban?
• What is your opinion of
this quote?
• What is the solution to
safe borders?