Exploring American Histories: Printed Page 676
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REVIEW & RELATE
What factors combined to produce the turmoil of the immediate postwar period?
What factors contributed to the rise in racial tensions that accompanied the transition from wartime to peacetime?
Describe the relationship between business and government in the 1920s.
Why was a high level of consumer spending so critical to 1920s prosperity, and why was the economic expansion of the 1920s ultimately unsustainable?
How did new forms of entertainment challenge traditional morality and traditional gender roles?
Describe the black cultural and intellectual renaissance that flourished in the 1920s.
What was the connection between anti-immigrant sentiment and the defense of tradition during the 1920s?
Who challenged the new morality associated with modernization? Why?
How did divisions within the Democratic Party contribute to Republican political dominance in the 1920s?
What underlying economic weaknesses led to the Great Depression?