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Post WWI America

Explore post-WWI America's contrasting eras of prosperity and hardship. Discover the rise of consumerism and xenophobia, and unravel the complex causes behind the Great Depression that reshaped the nation.

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Post WWI America

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  1. Post WWI America POST WAR PROSPERITY XENOPHOBIA CAUSES OF GREAT DEPRESSION

  2. I. Post War Prosperity • U.S. Production Intact • Expansion of Consumer Society • Conspicuous Consumption • National Confidence--Era of Heroes and Stars

  3. Newlyweds--Bridal Business • The Babe

  4. Rudolph Valentino in the “Sheik” • Langston Hughes

  5. II. Xenophobia • Fear of International Entanglements • Immigration Restriction and Removal • Social Challenges • Women’s Rights • African American Ascendance • Scopes Monkey Trial

  6. Klan Women, Indiana • Klan Fly-by, Ohio

  7. 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

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