"Return to Normalcy" sounds simple — until you ask what it actually meant. This activity pushes students past the slogan to map the real connections between Harding's election, immigration restriction, and U.S. isolationism, uncovering what Americans were actually asking for in the wake of WWI. In this activity, students map connections between Harding's election, U.S. isolationism, and immigration restrictions to analyze what Americans really meant by "Return to Normalcy" after WWI. Instead of