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Automobile Sales, 19211929
The greatest increase in automobile sales
occurred between (1) 1921 and 1923 (2)
1923 and 1925 (3) 1925 and 1927 (4)
1927 and 1929 The information in the graph
primarily reflects the influence of (1) the Great
Depression (2) increased foreign imports (3)
mass-production techniques (4) public
transportation systems
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Millions of Automobiles
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1
0
1921 1923 1925 1927
1929
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Automobile Sales, 19211929
The greatest increase in automobile sales
occurred between (1) 1921 and 1923 (2)
1923 and 1925 (3) 1925 and 1927 (4)
1927 and 1929 The information in the graph
primarily reflects the influence of (1) the Great
Depression (2) increased foreign imports (3)
mass-production techniques (4) public
transportation systems
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4
3
Millions of Automobiles
2
1
0
1921 1923 1925 1927
1929
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Causes of the Increase in Automobile Sales
Effects of the Increase in Automobile Sales

• Debt for many
• More Jobs!
• -manufacturing
• -construction(houses, bridges, highways)
• 3. People moved to suburbs

• People could buy on CREDIT!
• Assembly Line Mass Production make cars less
  expensive

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The Roaring 20s!

• The years leading up to the 20s
• Progressive Movement
• People worked to improve their lives
  Temperance,
• Womans Suffrage, Laws to make food and
• Factories safer
• World War I
• Women experienced more independence and the
• U.S. became isolated afterwards (a return to
• normalcy)

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Politics and Prosperity (good times)

• Calvin Coolidge was President
• Factories started producing more consumer
• goods.
• Incomes rose for most Americans, and they spent
• money using installment buying, or credit.
• Results

More factory work, High debt for consumers
Soaring Stock Market a BULL MARKET
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• The "boom" years of the 1920's were
• characterized by
• 1. a decrease in farm foreclosures
• 2. high unemployment
• 3. an increase in spending
• 4. increased government regulation
• of business

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• The "boom" years of the 1920's were
• characterized by
• 1. a decrease in farm foreclosures
• 2. high unemployment
• 3. an increase in spending
• 4. increased government regulation
• of business

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New Ways of Life

• People started moving to cities (urbanization)
• Prohibition
• 18th amendment, prohibited the manufacture and
  sale of alcohol.
• Bootleggers evaded the law by smuggling alcohol
• People drank at speakeasies
• Increased the power of organized crime

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• New Rights for Women
• 19th Amendment Suffrage for Women
• More worked outside of the home
• New appliances made housework easier
• Sense of freedom and rebellion (flappers)

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• Impact of Automobile
• Ford made cars affordable
• Sales increased, more highways built,
• more jobs
• People could move to the suburbs

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Jazz Age

• Result of the Harlem Renaissance
• Celebration of African-American Culture

• New Writers
• Ernest Hemingway
• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Technology
• Radio, Movies

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• Which aspect of life during the
• 1920s most likely caused the
• decade to be labeled the "Roaring
• Twenties"?
• 1. technological improvement
• 2. social change
• 3. political reform
• 4. territorial expansion

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• Which aspect of life during the
• 1920s most likely caused the
• decade to be labeled the "Roaring
• Twenties"?
• 1. technological improvement
• 2. social change
• 3. political reform
• 4. territorial expansion

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Fear, Tension, Division

• Red Scare
• Communism from the Soviet Union increased
• fears and worries that people would plot to
• overthrow the government
• Effects

Anti-Foreign Feelings!Ex.) Sacco Vanzetti
were 2 immigrants arrested for burglary and
executed because they admitted to being
anarchists people who plot to overthrow the
govt
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• Limits on Immigration
• Led by Nativists
• Quotas set that limited of immigrants

• Scopes Trial
• Religion (tradition) vs. Science
• Teacher arrested for teaching evolution

KKK Fear of Change, targeted immigrants also
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• Which best explains why immigration
• Laws were passed in the 1920's?
• 1.) Industrialization reduced the demand for
  immigrant labor.
• 2.) Many nativist groups opposed continued
  immigration.
• 3.) Labor unions favored unlimited immigration.
  
• 4.) Urbanization was on the decline.

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• Which best explains why immigration
• Laws were passed in the 1920's?
• 1.) Industrialization reduced the demand for
  immigrant labor.
• 2.) Many nativist groups opposed continued
  immigration.
• 3.) Labor unions favored unlimited immigration.
  
• 4.) Urbanization was on the decline.

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• U.S. immigration laws in the 1920's
• primarily sought to
• 1.) increase the flow of immigrants
• 2.) encourage cultural diversity
• 3.) reduce the number of immigrants
• 4.) limit the role of the U.S. in foreign
  affairs

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• U.S. immigration laws in the 1920's
• primarily sought to
• 1.) increase the flow of immigrants
• 2.) encourage cultural diversity
• 3.) reduce the number of immigrants
• 4.) limit the role of the U.S. in foreign
  affairs