“Normalcy” The idealism of Woodrow Wilson’s politics and the strain of World War 1 had the nation wishing for less turbulent, more normal times. While running for President in 1920, Warren G. Harding played on these desires and came up the idea of a “return to normalcy.” Harding said, “America’s present need is not heroics but healing, not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.” (Faragher p. 669) The idea of a less complicated life, without …showed first 75 words of 572 total…

…showed last 75 words of 572 total…quickly became clear that they were a media that would have great impact on what was thought of as normal. Although most Americans could not afford all the products they were selling, it did influence their lives. With all of this came worries about the permissive morals depicted. When their was a public outcry for federal censorship, the administration again sided with business and allowed them to censor themselves. They realized that movies stimulated consumerism.