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American History

The Roaring Twenties

The United States seeks postwar normality and isolation. The standard of living soars amid labor unrest, immigration quotas, and the scandals of the Harding administration.

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The Roaring Twenties

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Why did political, economic, and social tensions characterize the 1920s?

LESSON 1 The Business of America LESSON 2 Postwar Issues LESSON 3 Changing Ways of Life LESSON 4 The Twenties Woman LESSON 5 Education and Popular Culture LESSON 6 The Harlem Renaissance

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LESSON 1 The Business of America

Consumer goods fuel the business boom of the 1920s as America's standard of living soars.

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LESSON 1 The Business of America Struggles for Peace

? Amid weak economy, strikes, and riots, Americans want peace and quiet ? President Warren G. Harding voices public desire for "normalcy"

Legislating Peace

? Hosts Washington Naval Conference; invites major powers, not Russia ? Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes proposes disarmament, others agree ? 1928, Kellog-Briand Pact nations renounce war as national policy

High Tariffs and Reparations

? Fordney-McCumber Tariff raises taxes on U.S. imports to 60%

? Britain, France cannot repay U.S.

? Germany defaults; Dawes Plan--U.S. investors lend reparations money ? Britain, France repay; resentment on all sides

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LESSON 1 The Business of America

Harding's Domestic Policies and Problems

? Harding favors limited government role in business, social reform

Economic Policies

? Harding cut the federal budget and reduced taxes for the wealthy ? Harding hoped his actions would help buisnesses grow and strengthen the economy ? Set of Bureau of Budget to help government run more efficiently

Harding's Cabinet

? Has capable men in cabinet--Hughes, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Mellon ? Also appoints Ohio gang--corrupt friends who cause embarrassment

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