Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 12/e Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era”

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” Introduction Introduction  Myth and Reality

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Economy The New Economy –Technology and Economic Growth  Sources of the Boom

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Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Economy The New Economy –Technology and Economic Growth  Sources of the Boom  Radio  Aviation and Trains  Early Computers  Early Genetic Research

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Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Economy The New Economy –Women and Minorities in the Work Force  “Pink-Collar” Jobs  A. Philip Randolph  Asian and Mexican Immigrants

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Economy The New Economy –The “American Plan”  Protecting the Open Shop

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Economy The New Economy –The “American Plan”  Protecting the Open Shop  Decrease in Union Membership

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Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Economy The New Economy –Agricultural Technology and the Plight of the Farmer  Mechanized Farming  “Parity”  McNary-Haugen Bill

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –Consumerism  Growing Mass Consumption Northern Manufacturing Company Car (Library of Congress)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –Consumerism  Growing Mass Consumption  Social Impact of the Automobile Breaking Down Rural Isolation: The Expansion of Travel Horizons in Oregon, Illinois

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Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –Changing Ideas of Motherhood  “Companionate Marriages”  Birth Control

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Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –Pressing for Women’s Rights  League of Women Voters  Sheppard-Towner Act

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –Education and Youth  Increased Attendance 19 th Century Classroom (David Buffington/ Getty Images )

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –Education and Youth  Increased Attendance  Youth Culture

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –The “Decline of the Self-Made Man”  Sense of Losing Control “The self made manager in business is nearly at the end of his road.” Century Magazine

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –The “Decline of the Self-Made Man”  Sense of Losing Control  Edison, Ford, and Lindbergh

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –The Disenchanted  Lost Generation’s Critique

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –The Disenchanted  Lost Generation’s Critique  H.L. Mencken

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –The Disenchanted  Lost Generation’s Critique  H.L. Mencken  Rejecting Success

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –The Disenchanted  Lost Generation’s Critique  H.L. Mencken  Rejecting Success  Charles and Mary Beard

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” The New Culture The New Culture –The Harlem Renaissance  African-American Pride

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Prohibition  Failure of Prohibition Anti-Saloon League at Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 1921 (Library of Congress)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Prohibition  Failure of Prohibition  Alcohol and Organized Crime

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Nativism and the Klan  National Origins Act of 1924 Act of 1924 Total Immigration,

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Nativism and the Klan  National Origins Act of 1924  The New Klan Sources of Immigration,

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Nativism and the Klan  National Origins Act of 1924  The New Klan  Defending “Traditional Values” Burning Cross (Licensed for Use)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Nativism and the Klan  National Origins Act of 1924  The New Klan  Defending “Traditional Values”  David Stephenson

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Religious Fundamentalism  Creationism

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –Religious Fundamentalism  Creationism  Scopes Monkey Trial

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –The Democrats’ Ordeal  Election of 1924

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” A Conflict of Cultures A Conflict of Cultures –The Democrats’ Ordeal  Election of 1924  Al Smith and 1928 Election of 1928

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” Republican Government Republican Government –Harding and Coolidge  Harding and Teapot Dome President Harding with pet dog Laddie (Library of Congress)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” Republican Government Republican Government –Harding and Coolidge  Harding and Teapot Dome  Calvin Coolidge

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” Republican Government Republican Government –Government and Business  Andrew Mellon

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era” Republican Government Republican Government –Government and Business  Andrew Mellon  Hoover’s “Associationalism” Herbert Hoover (Library of Congress)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Interior of Rainbow Room in Hamilton Hotel III, Washington DC (Library of Congress) Patterns of Popular Culture: Patterns of Popular Culture: Dance Halls Chapter Twenty-Four: “The New Era”