What Had Just Happened?
- Progressive Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, & Wilson regulated business, promoted imperialism, and increased powers of executive branch
- US intervened in WWI on side of Allies and won
- Wilson proposed "Fourteen Points" as peace treaty --> rejected by Allies
- Wilson urged Congress to agree to League of Nations
- Wilson passed away and so did his idealistic/progressive vision for America
The New Era
- Politics dominated by Republican Party
- Rejected Progressive ideals championed by Roosevelt and Wilson
- The 1920s was an era of passive Republican leadership (laissez-faire)
- Presidents favored minimal regulation of business and limited immigration
- Democratic Party became fractured into many different special interests groups
Major Issues
First time in US History we can hear our President's voice!