Step Three: Move Beyond the Basics

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CHAPTER 23 STUDY GUIDE

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MOVE BEYOND THE BASICS

To demonstrate a more advanced understanding, describe the social, cultural, and economic trends that marked the 1920s as a “New Era” and the changes that occurred as the nation entered the Great Depression.

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Characteristics/developments in the 1920s Changes from 1929 to 1932
Business and manufacturing/urban life
Agriculture/rural life
Society: consumerism, religion, mass culture
Population: gender, race relations, immigrants
Government and politics
The economy