1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
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1920: The Year of the Six Presidents

The presidential election of 1920 was among history's most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt-jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson's League of Nations and Harding's front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America. Women won the vote. Republicans outspent Democrats by 4 to 1, as voters witnessed the first extensive newsreel coverage, modern campaign advertising, and results broadcast on radio. America had become an urban nation: Automobiles, mass production, chain stores, and easy credit transformed the economy. 1920 paints a vivid portrait of America, beset by the Red Scare, jailed dissidents, Prohibition, smoke-filled rooms, bomb-throwing terrorists, and the Klan, gingerly crossing modernity's threshold.

  • Title1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
  • BrandBasic Books
  • ManufacturerBasic Books
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ItemPartNumberblack & white illustrations
  • ReleaseDate2008-04-08T00:00:01Z
  • UnitCount1
  • EANs9780786721023