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20:3 The Business of America

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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20:3 The Business of America

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  1. 20:3 The Business of America

  2. Calvin Coolidge • “The chief business of the American people is business”~Coolidge • Republican policies supported business growth • Taxes • Business loans

  3. Automobile • Roads, houses, gas stations, repair shops, motels, tourist camps, shopping centers, etc. • Route 66 • Urban Sprawl

  4. Impact on lifestyles • Rural families • Youth independence

  5. Motor Cities • Detroit • Akron

  6. Status Symbol • “I’ll go without food before I see us give up the car.” • Home • abroad

  7. Airline Industry • 1918 U.S. Post Office • Charles Lindberg • Amelia Earhart • 1927 Pan American Airways

  8. Lindberg baby kidnappingTrial of the Century

  9. Good Times • Income rose • Spending rose

  10. Electricity • Powered factories • Spread to suburbs • Effect on factory production • Effect on women

  11. Modern Advertising • Psychological appeals • Slogans • Brand names

  12. Buying on Credit • Installment plans • Advantages • disadvantages

  13. 21:1 Changing Ways of Life

  14. Prohibition • 18th amendment • Liquor cause of corruption • Temperance organizations

  15. Failure of the Volstead Act • Funding • Borders • Home manufacture • Legally used

  16. Speakeasy • “Hidden” saloons

  17. Bootleggers • Smugglers • Cuba, West Indies, Canada

  18. Organized Crime • Al Capone/Scarface • Chicago Empire • St. Valentines Day massacre

  19. 1980s Scarface

  20. Eliot Ness • Department of Justice • “The Untouchables” • 1931 tax evasion

  21. 21st amendment • Prohibition caused more problems than alcohol consumption • Crime • Illness • Chart pg. 643

  22. American Fundamentalism • Literal interpretation of the bible • All important imformation is in the bible • Religious movement-S & W

  23. Darwin’s Origin of the Species • Plants and animals evolved over millions of years • Rejected by Fundamentalists

  24. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • John T. Scopes arrested • Clarence Darrow-defense attorney • William Jennings Bryan-prosecutor • 24 hour day????

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