Bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were all on the offensive during the 1920s. The most popular president in the 1920s, Calvin Coolidge who took office in 1923, when harding died of a heart attack and then was reelected by a landslide in 1924 famously said in the mid1920s, the business of america is business. It was a prosperous time for a lot of americans, though certainly not all. Stock prices were fairly high. Wages were either stable or going up, depending on what occupation you were in. Farmers are not doing as well as theyve done during world war i when farm prices went really high as they often do in wars but n
Now in my last lecture and in our debate on monday, which i think went pretty well, you might have been left with a question in your minds, what was the legacy of world war i for American Society . Now the politics of the United States definitely veered to the right during the 1920s. Republican president s fairly conservative ones were electedly landslides, 1920, 1924, and 1928. Congress was under the control of the republicans throughout the 1920s. With support of congress, republican president s signed bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were all on the offensive during the 1920s. The most popular president in the 19
Good afternoon. Good evening, good morning. Wherever you are in the world, welcome back to this session on democratic backsliding and u. S. Global leadership. We are honored to have former u. S. Secretary of state Madeleine Albright and the Senior Editor at politico. Welcome. Good morning. Very good to be with you. Absolutely. Pping and will be if we can kickoff with a question about the pandemic. It feels like authoritarians are getting a free pass to implement more of what they would like to impose on their citizens. From surveillance to military tactics. Reference tos a china. Feel free to correct me. Situation where many countries believe china has been handling this pandemic better than the u. S. What is the outlook there . Where do you think that leads china . Clearly, china made a huge mistake from the perspective of the United States and democracy from the beginning by keeping andrmation about the virus arresting those that were coming forward with the truth. Whats interesting
Very good to be with you. Absolutely. Pping and will be if we can kickoff with a question about the pandemic. It feels like authoritarians are getting a free pass to implement more of what they would like to impose on their citizens. From surveillance to military tactics. Reference tos a china. Feel free to correct me. Situation where many countries believe china has been handling this pandemic better than the u. S. What is the outlook there . Where do you think that leads china . Clearly, china made a huge mistake from the perspective of the United States and democracy from the beginning by keeping andrmation about the virus arresting those that were coming forward with the truth. Whats interesting is, this is the real paradox, clearly societies need to have some kind of rules when the virus has taken over. There are rules about social distancing and Wearing Masks and things. That means theres a role for government in terms of creating the rules. Making sure they are carried out. The
Everything im going to say about the relief efforts are in the context of the battle over intervention and antiintervention. I dont think America First has received the attention it deserves. Justice don has done some good work on it. It is usually written off as right wing isolationist organization, but it is a key factor in the Antiwar Movement, along with hoover, who did not belong to America First committee, the quakers, the pacifists, people who were upset about world war i. It is truly the Antiwar Movement to 19. It deserves more attention. Arthur slashing said the battle over intervention was the greatest split in American History except the runup to the american civil war. He said it was greater than the split during the war in vietnam and the anticommunist crusade in the 1950s. I wonder what he might say about that now. Let me go back and show you one more. This is one of the very strong antiwar pieces published during this time. Within this contest, since hoover is an anti in