Reference no: EM133450032
Questions:
1. Why was American economic production and growth so successful during the 1920s? What were its strengths and weaknesses?
2. In what ways were working Americans of the 1920s better off? How were they worse off?
3. How did the status of organized labor change between 1919 and 1929?
4. Describe the many factors that resulted in America becoming more of a consumer society during the 1920s.
5. Describe the status of women in the 1920s. What aspects of their activities and behavior showed significant change, and what remained the same?
6. What did the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance mean for African American culture? What were the contributions of some of its leading figures?
7. How did the federal government go about implementing prohibition? Why was prohibition ultimately a failure?
8. Why did nativism reemerge with new strength after World War I? What cultural and legal effects did it have?
9. Why did the Democrats fall apart and concede control to a series of Republican presidents in the 1920s?
10. What was Hoover's "associationalism" and why did he champion it?