The American Vote
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Roaring TwentiesAll 5 grade bands · K-2 through APFree download

1920

Lesson plan.
Warren G. Harding vs James M. Cox — Republican Warren Harding won in one of the largest landslides in US history, running on a promise of a 'Return to Normalcy' after the turbulence of World War I and Wilson's failed League of Nations fight. Cox, Wilson's chosen successor, defended the League but the war-weary public overwhelmingly chose Harding's reassuring normalcy. Notably, this was the first presidential election in which women could vote nationally under the 19th Amendment. Harding died in office in 1923 amid emerging Teapot Dome scandal.
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Contents of each grade band’s packet
BandReadingVocabularyQuestionsDiscussionAlso
K-2396 words4 terms31 promptimage, answer key
3-51370 words5 terms41 promptanswer key
6-81156 words6 terms62 promptsprimary source, answer key
9-12852 words7 terms72 promptsprimary source, answer key
AP656 words9 terms81 promptprimary source, second source, long essay, answer key
Primary sources quoted
  • Acceptance Speech for Republican Nomination
    Warren G. Harding, July 22, 1920 · 6-8, 9-12, AP
    Harding, "Acceptance Speech for Republican Nomination" (Marion, OH, July 22, 1920). Fair use under 17 USC §107 — educational excerpt of public political speech, ≤150 words.
  • Address to the National Woman Suffrage Association
    Carrie Chapman Catt, March 13, 1900 · AP
    Catt, "Address to the National Woman Suffrage Association" (Washington, DC, March 13, 1900). Public domain.
Quick quiz

Five questions on 1920

Every answer here is read off the 1920 returns — the same rows the packets below are built from.

  1. Who won the 1920 presidential election?

    • AJames M. Cox
    • BWarren G. Harding
    • CCharles Evans Hughes
    • DWoodrow Wilson

  2. Which party did the winner of the 1920 election represent?

    • ARepublican
    • BLiberal Republican
    • CProgressive
    • DDemocratic

  3. How many electoral votes did Warren G. Harding win in 1920?

    • A404
    • B127
    • C277
    • D266

  4. Which of these states did Warren G. Harding carry in 1920?

    • AGeorgia
    • BKentucky
    • CMassachusetts
    • DAlabama

  5. Which era of American politics does the 1920 election belong to?

    • AGilded Age
    • BAntebellum Crisis
    • CRoaring Twenties
    • DEra of Good Feelings

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