From the Book - [First edition].
A return to normalcy. Warren G. Harding: "Not nostrums, but normalcy" ; Harding on Americanism ; Franklin D. Roosevelt on Americanism ; On the Transportation Act of 1920 ; On the Teapot Dome Scandal ; The National Origins Act (Immigration Act of 1924)
The Sacco-Vanzetti case in context. The case against the Reds ; Labor will not be outlawed or enslaved ; Summation of the defense, Sacco-Vanzetti trial ; Summation of the prosecution, Sacco-Vanzetti trial ; Selected prison letters of Bartolomeo Vanzetti ; Selected prison letters of Nicola Sacco ; From Facing the Chair: The Americanization of Two Foreign-born Workingmen
Prohibition and problems. President Harding's appeal to halt lawbreaking ; Fiorello La Guardia on Prohibition ; An account of the St. Valentine's Day massacre ; The Wickersham Commission Report on Prohibition and Crime
The age of Coolidge. The destiny of America ; The press under a free government ; Speech on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ; On intervention in Nicaragua
Women and the modern world. Prison writings of a radical suffragist ; Now we can begin: women and their vote ; Margaret Sanger: the morality of birth control ; A flapper's appeal to parents
African American affairs. Marcus Garvey on Back to Africa ; W.E.B. Du Bois: An open letter to Warren G. Harding ; On the Tulsa race riot ; Letter regarding Ku Klux Klan activity in Arkansas ; The Klansman's manual ; The name "Negro"
letters between Roland A. Barton and W.E.B. Du Bois
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial. William Jennings Bryan: Scopes trial summation ; Court decision in the Scopes trial ; Impressions of the Scopes trial
International negotiations. On the necessity of naval disarmament ; Treaty on the limitation of naval armaments ; The problem of Japan
a Japanese view ; The Kellogg-Briand pact ; On the Multilateral (Kellogg-Brand) Pact
New horizons in industry, travel, and culture. From My Life and Work, by Henry Ford ; Lindbergh's Paris trip makes him world hero ; The Jazz Singer: reviews of the first "talking movie" ; WLS Showboat: the floating palace of wonder
Herbert Hoover takes the helm. Herbert Hoover on "The constructive side of government" ; President Hoover responds to the stock market crash
Appendixes: Chronological list ; Web resources ; bibliography ; Index.
