Rethinking the 1920s: Historians and Changing Perspectives.

UNITED States history, 1919-1933; UNITED States politics & government, 1919-1933; POPULATION geography; TREATIES; HOOVER, Herbert, 1874-1964; HARDING, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; COOLIDGE, Calvin, 1872-1933; AMERICAN politicians; DEMOCRATIC Party (U.S.)

The article focuses on the social and cultural history in the U.S. during the 1920s. It discusses the political history which provides a fuller portrait of the society where class, ethnic, racial, regional and political and cultural divisions remained sharp. It is stated that Herbert Hoover who served as the secretary of commerce of Presidents Warren Gamaliel Harding and Calvin Coolidge was the dominant political figure of the decade. It also discusses the urban and rural wings division of the Democratic Party. The government did not expand its role overseas due to the hostility generated by American's disappointment with the Treaty of Versailles.