Return to Normalcy
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Return to Normalcy was Warren G. Harding’s 1920 presidential campaign theme calling for a restoration of pre–World War I social, political, and economic conditions in the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Return to Normalcy canonical | 4 |
| Return to Normality | 1 |
| return to normalcy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2349818 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Return to Normalcy Context triple: [Warren G. Harding, campaignSlogan, Return to Normalcy]
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A.
Take Back Our Country
Take Back Our Country was the populist, reform-oriented slogan used by Howard Dean during his 2004 U.S. presidential campaign to rally grassroots opposition to the political establishment and the Iraq War.
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B.
Make America Great Again
Make America Great Again is a political campaign slogan popularized by Donald Trump that encapsulates his nationalist, populist message about restoring perceived past American prosperity and strength.
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C.
Freedom Next Time
Freedom Next Time is a political non-fiction book by journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger that critiques Western foreign policy and media complicity in global injustices.
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D.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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E.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Return to Normalcy Target entity description: Return to Normalcy was Warren G. Harding’s 1920 presidential campaign theme calling for a restoration of pre–World War I social, political, and economic conditions in the United States.
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A.
Take Back Our Country
Take Back Our Country was the populist, reform-oriented slogan used by Howard Dean during his 2004 U.S. presidential campaign to rally grassroots opposition to the political establishment and the Iraq War.
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B.
Make America Great Again
Make America Great Again is a political campaign slogan popularized by Donald Trump that encapsulates his nationalist, populist message about restoring perceived past American prosperity and strength.
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C.
Freedom Next Time
Freedom Next Time is a political non-fiction book by journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger that critiques Western foreign policy and media complicity in global injustices.
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D.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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E.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political slogan
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presidential campaign theme ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
economic stability
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political stability ⓘ reduction of wartime government intervention ⓘ restoration of pre–World War I conditions ⓘ social stability ⓘ |
| appliedToElection | 1920 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Warren G. Harding 1920 presidential campaign
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linked to:
1920 United States presidential election
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| associatedWithPolicy |
immigration restriction
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pro-business policies ⓘ reduced regulation ⓘ return to peacetime economy ⓘ tariff protection ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs |
call for a return to prewar normal life
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reaction against wartime mobilization ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
helped Harding win 1920 election
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shaped early 1920s U.S. politics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
promise of domestic focus over foreign entanglements
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promise of economic growth through business support ⓘ promise of less government activism ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Return to Normality
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linked to:
Return to Normalcy
|
| historicalContext |
Progressive Era backlash
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Red Scare (1919–1920) ⓘ
linked to:
First Red Scare
aftermath of World War I ⓘ |
| influenced | Republican politics in the 1920s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
economic dislocation after World War I
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public fatigue with war ⓘ social unrest in 1919–1920 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
domestic policy
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economic policy ⓘ isolationism ⓘ laissez-faire economics ⓘ limited government ⓘ post–World War I adjustment ⓘ |
| notableQuoteOf | “America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy.” ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
League of Nations involvement
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Wilson administration internationalism ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Republican Party (United States)
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linked to:
Republican Party
|
| sloganForOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| spellingNote | uses nonstandard word “normalcy” instead of “normality” ⓘ |
| startTime | 1920 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| usedBy | Warren G. Harding ⓘ |
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Subject: Return to Normalcy Description of subject: Return to Normalcy was Warren G. Harding’s 1920 presidential campaign theme calling for a restoration of pre–World War I social, political, and economic conditions in the United States.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Return to Normalcy