1920: The Year of the Six Presidents

The presidential election of was among historys 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 Wilsons League of Nations and Hardings front-porch isolationism the election shaped modern America Women won the vote Republicans outspent Democrats by to 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 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 modernitys threshold.