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| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
What was the Republican vision of “normalcy,” and how did the Harding and Coolidge administrations seek to realize it?
Along what lines did Americans find themselves divided in the 1920s? How were those conflicts expressed in politics? In culture and intellectual life?
What factors contributed to the economic boom of the 1920s and the crash that followed?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Between 1917 and 1945, the “Roaring Twenties” were the only years when the United States did not face a major economic or international crisis. Review the categories of “America in the World,” “Politics and Power,” and “Identity” on the thematic timeline. In what ways do they suggest that the prosperous 1920s were a politically distinctive era? What continuities do you see in politics and foreign policy?