1. STUDENT NOTES FOR CH. 23
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2. CHAPTER 23 From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932
The American Promise
A History of the United States
CHAPTER 23
From New Era to Great Depression,

3. “This is a business country and it wants a business government
“This is a business country and it wants a business government!”- Coolidge
-Harding
-unemployment
-regain national prosperity
-popular president
-corruption around him
-Harding’s death
-Coolidge
-continued policies
-promoted business and
limited government

4. “The car was considered something of a nuisance for it made a racket and scared horses”- Henry Ford

5. Assembly Lines
-Positives?
-Negatives?

6. Consumer Culture: Problem of Consumption

8. Prohibition; Organized Crime; Repeal of 18th

9. The ‘New’ Woman
-Women in Politics -alternatives to traditional roles -19th Amendment, voting -Influence? -Special Protection vs. Equal Protection?

10. Women at Work
The Flapper
Challenging Standards
Birth Control Movement

12. The ‘New’ Negro
-Changes in Racial Divisions
-Rise of Garvey
-Harlem Renaissance

13. Entertainment
Hollywood
Sports: Babe Ruth/Jack Dempsey
Charles Lindbergh, pilot
Radio- sermons, soap operas, sports, comedy, music, news

14. Resistance to Change Rebirth of KKK/cross burning
Religious/Racial minorities threat to core beliefs

15. KKK Today in the U.S.

17. Herbert Hoover
The Great Humanitarian
Progressive Republican

18. The Distorted Economy Unstable International Economy
Poor Distribution of Wealth
Signs of Trouble

19. Crash of 1929 Faith in the Market Market Crashes Halting Economic
Activity

20. Hoover: Dealing with problems? Hoover’s Limits.

22. The Human Toll
-Statistics
-Jobless
-Charities
-Scapegoats
-Families

23. Denial and Escape
Hoovervilles
Refuge
Rise in Crime