The country emerged from WWI in excellent shape.

The United States stayed out of the

League of Nations. However, the nation took a leading role in international diplomacy

during the 1920s.

During a Red Scare in 1919 and 1920, police rounded up suspected foreign-born

radicals and expected a number of them from the United States.

Congress passed laws limiting immigrants from Europe.

The 1920 stock market crash shattered American prosperity.

President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the New Deal, a massive package of economic

and social programs to help combat the Great Depression.