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20:3 The Business of America. Calvin Coolidge “The chief business of the American people is business”~Coolidge Republican policies supported business.

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1 20:3 The Business of America

2 Calvin Coolidge “The chief business of the American people is business”~Coolidge Republican policies supported business growth – Taxes – Business loans

3 Automobile Roads, houses, gas stations, repair shops, motels, tourist camps, shopping centers, etc. Route 66 Urban Sprawl

4 Impact on lifestyles Rural families Youth independence

5 Motor Cities Detroit Akron

6 Status Symbol “I’ll go without food before I see us give up the car.” Home abroad

7 Airline Industry 1918 U.S. Post Office Charles Lindberg Amelia Earhart 1927 Pan American Airways

8 Lindberg baby kidnapping Trial of the Century

9 Good Times Income rose Spending rose

10 Electricity Powered factories Spread to suburbs Effect on factory production Effect on women

11 Modern Advertising Psychological appeals Slogans Brand names

12 Buying on Credit Installment plans Advantages disadvantages

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15 21:1 Changing Ways of Life

16 Prohibition 18 th amendment Liquor cause of corruption Temperance organizations

17 Failure of the Volstead Act Funding Borders Home manufacture Legally used

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19 Speakeasy “Hidden” saloons

20 Bootleggers Smugglers Cuba, West Indies, Canada

21 Organized Crime Al Capone/Scarface Chicago Empire St. Valentines Day massacre

22 1980s Scarface

23 Eliot Ness Department of Justice “The Untouchables” 1931 tax evasion

24 21 st amendment Prohibition caused more problems than alcohol consumption – Crime – Illness – Chart pg. 643

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26 American Fundamentalism Literal interpretation of the bible All important imformation is in the bible Religious movement-S & W

27 Darwin’s Origin of the Species Plants and animals evolved over millions of years Rejected by Fundamentalists

28 Scopes “Monkey” Trial John T. Scopes arrested Clarence Darrow-defense attorney (evolutionists) William Jennings Bryan-prosecutor (fundamentalists/creationists) 24 hour day????


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