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ID THE HARDING ADMINISTRATION POLICIES INTENDED TO BOOST AMERICAN ENTERPRISE |
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high tariffs to protect American businesses, price supports for agriculture, and the dismantling of wartime government control over industry in favor of unregulated private business. |
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SHOW HOW AMERICA EXERCISED SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC INFLUENCE ABROAD IN THE 1920S |
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the Kellogg-Briand pact, a solemn pledge to renounce war and settle international disputes peacefully the Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922 committing Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and the United States to a proportional reduction of naval forces. |
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NAME THE KEYSTONE INDUSTRY OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S AND WHAT MADE IT SO SUCCESSFUL |
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the automobile industry not only employed hundreds of thousands of workers directly but also brought whole industries into being—filling stations, garages, fast-food restaurants, and “guest cottages” (motels). The need for tires, glass, steel, highways, oil, and refined gasoline for automobiles provided millions of related jobs. |
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DEFINE WELFARE CAPITALISM AND EXPLAIN ITS PURPOSE |
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The idea that a capitalistic, industrial society can operate benevolently to improve the lives of workers. to improve safety and sanitation in the workplace as well as institute paid vacations and pension plans |
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DESCRIBE THE CONSEQUENCES OF PROHIBITION |
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Prohibition caused ordinary citizens to disrespect the law, corrupted the police, and demoralized the judiciary. In 1933, after thirteen years, the nation ended prohibition, making the Eighteenth Amendment the only constitutional amendment to be subsequently repealed. |
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ANALIZE WOMEN ACTIVISTS' FAILURE TO ACHIEVE THEIR POLITICAL AGENDA IN THE 1920S |
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Male domination of both political parties, the rarity of female candidates, and lack of experience in voting, especially among recent immigrants, kept many women away from the polls. |
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DISCUSS THE BLACK NATIONALIST PHILOSOPHY OF MARCUS GARVEY |
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African American movements emphasizing racial pride, separation from whites and white institutions, and black autonomy. Black nationalism gained in popularity with the rise of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1917–1927) and later with the Black Panther Party, Malcolm X, and other participants of the black power movements of the 1960s. |
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EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SACCO AND VANZETTI |
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and radicals, not because they were murderers. |
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SHOW HOW THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL SYMBOLIZED THE CONFLICT BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL AMERICA |
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Rural America was the home of old-time Protestant religion, and the cities teemed with Catholics, Jews, liberal Protestants, and atheists. |
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NAME THE CANDIDATES AND OUTCOME OF THE 1928 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION |
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Republican Herbert Hoover (WON!) Democrat Alfred E. Smith
indicating the rising strength of ethnic minorities, including Smith's fellow Catholics. |
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DISCUSS THE DOMESTIC ECONOMIC PROBLEMS EVIDENT IN AMERICA BY THE MID 1920S |
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Wealth was badly distributed. Farmers continued to suffer from low prices and chronic indebtedness The wages of industrial workers failed to keep up with productivity and corporate profits Overall, nearly two-thirds of all American families lived on less than the $2,000 per year that economists estimated would “supply only basic necessities |
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EXPLAIN THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION |
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massive bank failures and the stock market crash |
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DISCUSS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION FOR MEXICAN AMERICANS |
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public opinion turned on the newcomers, denouncing them as dangerous aliens who took jobs from Americans. Government officials, most prominently those in Los Angeles County, targeted Mexican residents for deportation regardless of citizenship status. |
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EXPLAIN THE ALIENATION FELT BY THE LOST GENERATION OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS |
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Adoration of silly movie stars disgusted them. Moreover, they believed that business culture blighted American life. |
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