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