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