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US History & Government Regents Review
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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
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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
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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”
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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)
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Flappers – independent women Literature – Lost Generation (Hemingway) Harlem Renaissance – increased recognition of African American writers and musicians Prohibition – unenforceable, stimulated organized crime
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Struggle between modern and traditional values led to nativism, racism, and intolerance. Revival of the KKK. First Red Scare Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
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Overproduction Buying stocks on margin Speculation Uneven distribution of wealth Causes
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Midwest – Dustbowl, “Oakies” High unemployment – 25% Bread lines, soup kitchens Hoovervilles Inexpensive and escapist leisure Comic books, Monopoly, mini golf
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“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
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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
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