America’s present need is not heroics but healing; . . . not revolution but restoration; . . . not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality. —Warren G. Harding, presidential campaign speech, 1920 This excerpt illustrates Harding’s campaign promise to be a president who would —

a help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade
b improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration
c refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies
d use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries