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The word “normalcy” was popularized in 1920, when U.S. presidential candidate Warren Harding campaigned on a “return to normalcy.” What exactly was so abnormal in 1920?

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MLK personally met with Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. How did he feel personally about their respective efforts (or lack thereof) toward civil rights reform?

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Gilded Age presidents have often been characterized as not just forgettable but politically ineffective. What was it that brought the presidency back into a position of greater political power after the Gilded Age?

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The word “normalcy” was popularized in 1920, when U.S. presidential candidate Warren Harding campaigned on a “return to normalcy.” What exactly was so abnormal in 1920?	335
MLK personally met with Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. How did he feel personally about their respective efforts (or lack thereof) toward civil rights reform?	21
Gilded Age presidents have often been characterized as not just forgettable but politically ineffective. What was it that brought the presidency back into a position of greater political power after the Gilded Age?	4