 After WWI, 2 million soldiers were looking for work  Factories were closing because they were no longer getting orders for wartime goods from European.

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 After WWI, 2 million soldiers were looking for work  Factories were closing because they were no longer getting orders for wartime goods from European nations

 Coolidge cut regulations on businesses  Americans’ incomes rose  People began to buy refrigerators, radios, vacuums, and other appliances  Businesses began to advertise their products  “The business of America is business.”

++ = $$ LAISSEZ FAIRE REPUBLICAN ECONOMY SUPPORTED LAISSEZ FAIRE AND BIG BUSINESS………. Lower Taxes Less Federal Higher Strong Spending Tariffs National Economy Fordney-McCumber Tariff Hawley-Smoot Tariff raised the tariff to an unbelievable 60%!!!

Klan membership was 3,000,000–6,000,000 in the 1920s Membership peaked in 1924–25