The campaign of President Warren G. Harding promised a "return to normalcy." This idea reflected the political sentiment of the time. People were tired of the war, and of the hardships that it brought. Their wish was to go back to the days before WWI. These days were what Harding referred to as "normalcy." He won the election by gaining 61% of the popular vote, and 37 of 48 states in the Electoral College.
<span>The correct answer is A. The spoils system or patronage system is a system whereby a political party or its elected officials reward supporters who helped the candidate or party achieve victory by providing them with civil service jobs.</span>
The story of "<em>New Year's Sacrifice</em>", relates to the life of a woman who suffers all through her life and the consequences in her later years. She thinks about how the traumatic events of her life are going to affect her in the afterlife.
The passage of Lin´s wife is a condemnation of traditional Chinise ideas. She lost her first husband and as a widow, she was considered by Chinise Society as a marginal or second-class citizen.
The woman is forced to marry again and she tries to escape in desperation.
The reader concludes that simply there are things that are not right in our society.