Chapter 23: Modern
Times the 1920s
Section 1: Business-Government Partnership
• Why did the American people embrace the
Republicans “politics of normalcy” in the 1920s?
• Why did Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover
support “business government cooperation” and
advocate tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations?
• Discuss the juxtaposition of how many American’s
spending power increased during the 1920s while
income distribution reflected a growing disparity
of wealth.
• What factors help erode the strength of labor
unions and other Progressive era reforms during the
1920s?
Section 1: Business-Government Partnership
contd.
•Why was the American economy the
most productive in the world during the
1920s?
•What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of
1930?
•What was the 1924 Dawes Plan?
•What was achieved at the 1921
Washington Naval Arms Conference?
•What was the Kellogg-Briand Peace
Act?
Section 2: A New National Culture
• What were some of the
aspects of the ‘new
consumer culture’?
• How did the automobile
epitomize the new values of
mass consumption & the
changing patterns of leisure
in America?
• How did Hollywood
influence popular culture in
the 1920s?
• How did Jazz influence
popular culture in the
1920s?
• How did magazines
influence popular culture in
the 1920s?
Section 2: A New National Culture
contd.
•Why did Charles
Lindbergh’s 1927
transatlantic flight
encapsulate American in
the 1920s
Chapter 23 Section 3
Di ssenti ng Val ues & Cul tural Confl i ct
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What was Nativism in the
1920s? What were some specific
reasons for its rise?
Why did the Ku Klux Klan
reemerge during the 1920s?
How was the ‘new’ Klan
different than the old?
How was religious
fundamentalism a reflection of
the tensions of the 1920s?
What was the ‘Scopes Monkey
Trial’?
How was the 18th Amendment a
manifestation of the ‘culture
wars’ that raged during the
1920s?
1922 Klan Rally
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