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“The Roaring Twenties” and a “New Era” in American Life. Notes and Presentation (30 Slides)

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The rejection of Progressive Era government activism, and a return to the principles of laissez-faire • The shape of post-Wilsonian foreign policy • The Cultural Revolution of the 1920s “... The New Era” and a Return to “Normalcy” • Following the 1920 election of Warren G. Harding (R-OH), the focus of the White House flowed away from civic reform and toward private economic endeavors The Political Landscape of the 1920s Dominated by two conservative Republicans: First, Warren G. Harding (Pres from 1921 to his death in 1923) “Keep Cool With Coolidge The second President to shape the political landscape of the 1920s was Harding’s VP, Calvin Coolidge (RMA), who took over after Harding’s death in 1923 and served until the Spring of 1929 “New Era” Foreign Policy 1) The Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922 2) The 1924 Dawes Plan 3) The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 The Great Migration, 1916-1930 The Automobile and the American ConsumerThe Radio and Mass Advertising The “New Woman” The Jazz Age The Prohibition Era Problems with Prohibition Resistances to Change 1) The 1924 Johnson-Reid Immigration Act 2) The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti 3) The rebirth of the modern Ku Klux Klan 4) The Scopes Trial and attacks on science The 1920s Revival of the KKK [Show More]

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