Transcript 7.2: The 1920s

7.2: The 1920s in the World
& the United States
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The 1920s
1920s consumerism led to luxury living:
New appliances like refrigerators, washing
machines, & vacuums
Glenwood
Stove Ad
Flappers & the Harlem Renaissance
The 1920s
Prohibition (18th Amendment)
Meanwhile…in Europe
Totalitarianism: Fascism & Communism
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the expansion of the goals of
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the dominance of the
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growing intolerance for
minorities and foreigners
a tendency of the United States
to pursue an aggressive foreign
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the decrease in the
independence of the American
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Henry Ford’s most noteworthy
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Invention of
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Invention of the
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What invention in the 1910's became even more
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Which would most likely be true in a
totalitarian system?
Citizens enjoy great
personal freedom.
Political parties
compete actively in
national elections.
There are few
checks on the power
of the ruler.
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organizations have
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a religious revival that
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communities in the 1950s.
a series of urban renewal
projects that were part of
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the need for skilled
immigrants to fill jobs created
in the boom following the first
World War
the effects of a new law
limiting immigration to the
United States
the desire of reformers to
provide services for new
immigrants
the eagerness of the
government to settle
immigrants further inland
rather than in Eastern cities
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