The Roaring 20s saw many social and political changes in the US following WWI. There was a Red Scare where suspected communists were persecuted following the Russian Revolution. Immigration was greatly restricted through the Emergency Quota Act of 1921. The Ku Klux Klan grew due to anti-immigrant sentiment. Politically, the Harding administration was rocked by scandals like Teapot Dome, where the Secretary of Interior illegally leased oil-rich lands. Culturally, the 1920s saw the rise of mass consumption fueled by new industries like automobiles and air travel, though some warned that unchecked prosperity could not last.

1. Chapter 12 Politics of the Roaring 20s

14. "It is like writing history with Lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true." -- President Woodrow Wilson