US History & Government Regents Review

CAUSES EFFECTS  M ilitarism  A lliances  I mperialism  N ationalism  M ilitarism  A lliances  I mperialism  N ationalism  “return to normalcy” Warren Harding Isolationism Economic Boom  “return to normalcy” Warren Harding Isolationism Economic Boom

WOMEN MINORITIES  Responsibilities increased  Worked outside the home  Lost jobs as men returned from war  Responsibilities increased  Worked outside the home  Lost jobs as men returned from war  Great Migration Racial tension/riots  Discrimination & segregation  Great Migration Racial tension/riots  Discrimination & segregation

BOOM FALSE PROSPERITY  New Technology – Consumer Goods Automobiles Electric Power  Radio & Motion Pictures  Entertainment  New Technology – Consumer Goods Automobiles Electric Power  Radio & Motion Pictures  Entertainment  Teapot Dome Scandal Harding cabinet member convicted of accepting bribes  Pro-business policies Hurt farmers, unions, minorities, immigrants  Stock speculation, “buying on margin”  Teapot Dome Scandal Harding cabinet member convicted of accepting bribes  Pro-business policies Hurt farmers, unions, minorities, immigrants  Stock speculation, “buying on margin”

SocialPoliticalEconomic Cultural homogenization Growth of suburbs 19 th Amendment – Women’s suffrage Red Scare Scopes “Monkey” Trial Sacco & Vanzetti Trial “Mass Consumption” Expansion of cities Installment buying (buying on credit)

 Flappers – independent women  Literature – Lost Generation (Hemingway)  Harlem Renaissance – increased recognition of African American writers and musicians  Prohibition – unenforceable, stimulated organized crime

 Struggle between modern and traditional values led to nativism, racism, and intolerance. Revival of the KKK. First Red Scare Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

 Overproduction  Buying stocks on margin  Speculation  Uneven distribution of wealth  Causes

 Midwest – Dustbowl, “Oakies”  High unemployment – 25% Bread lines, soup kitchens Hoovervilles  Inexpensive and escapist leisure Comic books, Monopoly, mini golf

 “Alphabet Soup” Programs (WPA, CCC, etc.)  3 R’s: Relief, Recovery, Reform  Populist and Progressive theory that gov’t should solve social and economic problems

LaborMinoritiesWomen Wagner Act: allowed workers to form unions and practice collective bargaining African Americans & Latinos benefitted less Native Americans – granted citizenship, but were forced to assimilate Little progress in the workplace More women ran for and won political office