23

FROM NEW ERA TO GREAT DEPRESSION

1920–1932

> What were the high points and the low points of the 1920s? Chapter 23 examines the central role of business in the 1920s, the cultural change and conflicts of the decade, and the events that led to the collapse of the American economy by the end of the decade. The chapter also explores the policies of the Republican administrations of the era and the failure of the federal government to respond effectively to the economic catastrophe.[[LP Photo: P23.01 Detail of prohibition/ ROA_04224_23_P01.jpg]]