Chapter 22-24

In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism" was

a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers

To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant

the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries

During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of

the overproduction of goods

In the 1920s, the "noble experiment" referred to

the prohibition of alcohol

In the 1920s, the "Dust Bowl" was

a product of changing environmental conditions

In the 1930s, the largest Japanese and Chinese American populations were found in

California

During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills

The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle between

creationism and evolution

In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

criticized the American obsession with material wealth

In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was

declining

The National Origins Act of 1924

entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States

In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle

had a particular impact on lower middle-class and single women

During the Harding administration, the teapot dome scandal

involved transfers of national oil reserves

During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Care Porters was

one of the few unions led by African Americans

During the Great Depression, in the rural U.S.

one-third of all farmers lost their land

In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was

to ensure farmers would at least financially break even