In 1920, warren g. harding, future american president, claimed after the world war i, it is now time for americans to "return to normalcy." did the decade of the 1920s live up to that claim? in what way was the decade of 1920s a decade of contradictions? what were some of ways in which the 1920s were reactionary? how did some americans still prosper and found joy within those contradictions? which groups did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s and why? lastly, consider the politics of the 1920s; what were the priorities of the republican presidents harding, coolidge and hoover president calvin coolidge during the 1920s, and what were the consequences for the american economy by 1929? what were some of the causes of the great depression?