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20:3 The Business of America
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Calvin Coolidge “The chief business of the American people is business”~Coolidge Republican policies supported business growth – Taxes – Business loans
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Automobile Roads, houses, gas stations, repair shops, motels, tourist camps, shopping centers, etc. Route 66 Urban Sprawl
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Impact on lifestyles Rural families Youth independence
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Motor Cities Detroit Akron
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Status Symbol “I’ll go without food before I see us give up the car.” Home abroad
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Airline Industry 1918 U.S. Post Office Charles Lindberg Amelia Earhart 1927 Pan American Airways
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Lindberg baby kidnapping Trial of the Century
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Good Times Income rose Spending rose
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Electricity Powered factories Spread to suburbs Effect on factory production Effect on women
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Modern Advertising Psychological appeals Slogans Brand names
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Buying on Credit Installment plans Advantages disadvantages
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21:1 Changing Ways of Life
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Prohibition 18 th amendment Liquor cause of corruption Temperance organizations
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Failure of the Volstead Act Funding Borders Home manufacture Legally used
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Speakeasy “Hidden” saloons
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Bootleggers Smugglers Cuba, West Indies, Canada
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Organized Crime Al Capone/Scarface Chicago Empire St. Valentines Day massacre
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1980s Scarface
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Eliot Ness Department of Justice “The Untouchables” 1931 tax evasion
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21 st amendment Prohibition caused more problems than alcohol consumption – Crime – Illness – Chart pg. 643
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American Fundamentalism Literal interpretation of the bible All important imformation is in the bible Religious movement-S & W
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Darwin’s Origin of the Species Plants and animals evolved over millions of years Rejected by Fundamentalists
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Scopes “Monkey” Trial John T. Scopes arrested Clarence Darrow-defense attorney (evolutionists) William Jennings Bryan-prosecutor (fundamentalists/creationists) 24 hour day????
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