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Post WWI America. POST WAR PROSPERITY XENOPHOBIA CAUSES OF GREAT DEPRESSION. I. Post War Prosperity. U.S. Production Intact Expansion of Consumer Society Conspicuous Consumption National Confidence--Era of Heroes and Stars. Newlyweds--Bridal Business The Babe.
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Post WWI America POST WAR PROSPERITY XENOPHOBIA CAUSES OF GREAT DEPRESSION
I. Post War Prosperity • U.S. Production Intact • Expansion of Consumer Society • Conspicuous Consumption • National Confidence--Era of Heroes and Stars
Newlyweds--Bridal Business • The Babe
Rudolph Valentino in the “Sheik” • Langston Hughes
II. Xenophobia • Fear of International Entanglements • Immigration Restriction and Removal • Social Challenges • Women’s Rights • African American Ascendance • Scopes Monkey Trial
Klan Women, Indiana • Klan Fly-by, Ohio
III. Causes of Great Depression • Nature of Capitalism • Boom and Bust Cycle • Overproduction • Costs of War • Reconstruction • War Debt • Industrial Weakness • Government Bailout of Big Business • Stock Market Crash