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===The 1920s: Conservative high tide===
 
===The 1920s: Conservative high tide===
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President [[Woodrow Wilson]], a Democrat, used World War I as a pretext to impose his "progressive" agenda, including federal control of the national economy. Americans reacted by voting for Warren Harding and "normalcy" in 1920. The election of 1924 was the "high tide" of American conservatism, with both major party nominees for president espousing conservative views.<ref>Tucker III, Garland S., ''The High Tide of American Conservatism: Davis, Coolidge and the 1924 Election'' (2010)</ref> The 1920s was also a golden age of conservative writing. Irving Babbitt wrote the classic ''Democracy and Leadership'' (1924). The Democratic Party returned to liberal control when New York Governor Al Smith was nominated for president in 1928.
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President [[Woodrow Wilson]], a Democrat, used World War I as a pretext to impose his "progressive" agenda, including federal control of the national economy. Americans reacted by voting for Warren Harding and "normalcy" in 1920. The election of 1924 was the "high tide" of American conservatism, with both major party nominees for president espousing conservative views.<ref>Tucker III, Garland S., ''The High Tide of American Conservatism: Davis, Coolidge and the 1924 Election'' (2010)</ref> The 1920s was also a golden age of conservative writing. Irving Babbitt wrote the classic ''Democracy and Leadership'' (1924). The Democratic Party returned to liberal control when New York Governor [[Al Smith]] was nominated for president in 1928.
    
===The 1930s: Liberalism ascendant===
 
===The 1930s: Liberalism ascendant===
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