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1 | | Describe the economic boom of the 1920s and its causes. What impact did the spectacular growth of the automobile industry have on related business activities? |
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2 | | Describe the technological evolution of radio. How widely had it spread by the end of the 1920s? |
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3 | | What developments in the "New Era" laid the groundwork for future technological advances in aviation, computers, and genetics? |
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4 | | What was the trend in business organization? What sorts of firms were less likely to consolidate? |
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5 | | What were the elements of "welfare capitalism"? How much did the average worker truly benefit from welfare capitalism and the general prosperity of the decade? |
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6 | | To what extent was the lag in union membership due to the unions themselves? What were the other causal factors? |
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7 | | How did the women and minorities fare with most labor unions? |
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8 | | Describe the successes and challenges faced by Asian immigrants. Where were they concentrated? |
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9 | | Why was Mexican immigration to the Southwest mostly welcomed despite the discrimination that the migrants faced? |
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10 | | Describe the technological and scientific advances in agriculture in the New Era. What effect did these changes have on production and prices? |
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11 | | Explain how the concept of "parity" was designed to solve the farm problem. What happened to parity legislation? |
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12 | | Describe the new urban consumer society of the 1920s. How did advertising help shape it? |
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13 | | How did newspaper chains, mass-circulation magazines, movies, and radio serve as unifying and nationalizing forces in America? |
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14 | | How did the image of the "new professional woman" compare with reality for most working women? |
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15 | | What new attitudes toward motherhood, sex, and leisure developed in the 1920s, especially among middle-class women? |
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16 | | What social forces combined to disenchant many intellectuals? What did these people attack? Who were the main attackers? |
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17 | | What more basic conflict in society did the controversy over the "noble experiment" of prohibition come to symbolize? What were the results of prohibition? |
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18 | | Explain the changes in immigration laws brought about by the National Origins Act and subsequent legislation. What ethnic groups were favored? |
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19 | | What helped resurrect the Ku Klux Klan? In addition to African Americans, at whom did the Klan target its rage? How influential was it? |
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20 | | Compare and contrast the views of the religious modernists and fundamentalists. How did Darwinism and the Scopes trial symbolize the conflict between the two? How has the conflict persisted? |
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21 | | How were the cultural tensions of the 1920s reflected in the Democratic Party? |
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22 | | What features of President Warren G. Harding's personal background led to his political repudiation? What was the biggest of the various Harding-era scandals? |
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23 | | Contrast the personal lives of Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Did their politics and policies differ as much as their personalities? |
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24 | | What approach did the Harding and Coolidge administrations take toward taxes and the federal budget? |
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25 | | What role did Herbert Hoover play before his presidency? What concept did he champion most vigorously? |
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