Day 25 The Business of America

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Day 25 The Business of America

• Homework 422-427

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Calvin Coolidge President (30)

• The chief business of Americans is businessThe
  man who builds a factory builds a temple- the man
  who works there worships there

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American Industry Flourishes

• Coolidge - reelected in 1924 after taking over
  for Harding.
• Low Taxes to improve profit for business
• High Tariffs
• Airplanes- mail carry
• Lindberg, Earhart Trans-Atlantic
• Pan-America- first passenger flights across
  Atlantic

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New Culture of Auto

• Automobile- Ford replaces Model T for more
  equipped Model A- special order
• 1921 Federal Highway Act- building roads such as
  route 66
• Urban Sprawl- Garage and Driveways, drive to work
• Use of Trucks vs. Trains for commerce
• Gas Stations on roads

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Standard of Living Soars

• Alternating Current- Allows electricity to travel
  further (70 of homes)
• Electrical Convenience- Washing Machine, Vacuum
  cleaner, sewing machine
• Modern Advertising
• Radio- becomes essential in home
• Listerine creates Halitosis

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Superficial Prosperity

• From 1923-1929 known as the Roaring 20s
• Income Gap
• Over supply
• Buying goods on credit- installments
• 10 still out of work
• Severe poverty in Native American community
• African Americans lose jobs to returning white
  soldiers
• Anti- Mexican sentiment grows

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Summary Questions

• What was Calvin Coolidges main tactic to improve
  American Business?
• What is Urban Sprawl?
• What was the first non military use of airplanes?
• Who was the first to cross the Atlantic by using
  an airplane?
• What were the causes of the superficial
  economy?