The American Dream In The 1920's

1920’s DBQ The 1920’s were a period of tension between the traditionalists and modernists. The tension between these two groups was aroused by the economical advancements, social developments, and cultural changes in the 1920s. These tensions were manifested by the economic outburst and the passing of certain laws.

Once production slowed once more, prices for common goods went up. This

Income inequality acts as a means to “wake people up” and make clear to them their need for higher education and more hard work to obtain more money, and thus, more success. As income inequality increased in China and America, there arose a correlation to the increase among men and women of all races and ethnic backgrounds. Despite the fact that income inequality could cause people to make poor decisions and make them insecure in society, income inequality improves the economic systems in America and other parts of the world by serving as a motivation for people to achieve much greater things in the desires of changing their station in life for a happier

Progressivism is a movement focused on rectifying politics, modernization, and justice for the American people. In the Progressive Era, the citizens had many important economic issues to address, such as exploitation of women and children, the advancement of scientific research, and the consequences of big businesses taking over the work force. On the legislative side, many issues such as corrupt political leaders, Americans being given the freedom the Constitution allows, as well as citizens voices being heard as far as political issues are concerned. The Progressives were motivated by corruption at the hands of the government, inequality for American citizens, and greed by larger companies. The Progressive Era accomplished many advancements such as growth on an economic and city population level, improvement in the industrial production, as well as development of the consumer marketplace.

The gilded age is the time in which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there were a lot of very wealthy people living very fancy lives. The Great Depletion was a very traumatic time in the U.S. because the stock market crashed and everyone wanted their money but the bank did not have it and then the whole economy went down and most people lived very unfortunate lives.

“In 1930 attendance in the majors reached an all time peak of about 10.1 million, but from then on the hard times that had already hit most other segments of the economy caught up with all of baseball. The early thirties brought sparse crowds, deficits, a dramatic contraction in major

People are partying. The word of money fills in the air. People being miserable everywhere. These events were the daily lifestyle of people living in the 1920’s. The 1920’s was a prosperous time for America after World War I because after the war, the economy raised people’s hopes of being in the upper class.

Review The progressive era in the early twentieth century was a period of severe social and economic inequality. Progressivism was a reaction to a variety of problems that were becoming more known to the public. It was a time in which many Americans found themselves between class lines and often felt a loss of identity. McGerr a professor of history at the University of Indiana explains the “four quintessential progressive battles: to change other people; to end class conflict; to control big business; and to segregate society” At the same time the great wealth and prosperity for the “upper ten” was being noticed throughout the country.

In 19 century, Europe underwent a transformation due to the Industrial Revolution. The Economic expansion followed the rapid changes also caused political dissention and social revolution in industrialized nations. People wanted to leave their native countries due to unemployment repressive governments or at a lack of opportunity. American settlers wrote letters to family members and friends abroad describing their streets as they paved with gold. A lot of immigrants were pulled to America with visions of wealth and the promise of freedom, equality, and

Citizens of Old England were pushed away from their home country as a result of the social, religious, but most importantly economic changes that were taking place. Staring in the 1650s, the population and economy increased dramatically as a result of the Agricultural Revolution. This Revolution caused a boom in food production and wages which eventually led to a huge population growth as well. With all of these new people needing food, England developed into a total commercial/mercantilist economy. All of these factors caused the rich to get richer, and the poor to get poorer.

As industry exponentially grew after the Civil War, the need for labor and materials to power newly-created manufacturing giants caused new social classes to form: the rich corporation owners and the poor laborers. Unfathomably rich Robber Barons, or plutocratic American Capitalists, dominated the economy and industry and profited from the slave-like work of millions of poor laborers during this time period. Moreover, the poor working class and the rich further divided by distribution of wealth. Therefore, exploitation of capitalism widened the gap between the rich and poor classes of America, and both newly-formed classes developed reasons for the change.

But when they got their own land, they really became “farmers” this time. In the other way, this policy directly increased the average earnings for every farmer. (Sowards)Also, this policy made farmers felt more confidence for their future life since they have their own land, they don’t need to worried about lost job based on how much they plant, instead, they can concentrate on how to plant crops more productive. Another policy made by the government that helped the progress on American farmers ' individual opportunity on land distribution was the Dawes Act in 1887. The Dawes Act is an act that the government directly took over Indians ' land and divided into allotments for the Indians.("Dawes”)

Although the Republican Party did begin to advocate for agricultural development after Jefferson became president. After the war, America flourished in the sense that it had no more

Demand for the new products of the era was awakened by advertising and through new media like radio. Sponsorships made the industry grow through ideal conformity with the appearing industries of mass culture. The rise of broadcasting and reproduction of studio-linked movie theaters built the development of a powerful nationwide mass culture. “The European nations, dependent upon a brisk trade with the United States as well as American loans and credits, had been hard hit by the liquidity crisis after the crash.” Although, the “Great Crash” affected a small group of Americans who had stock at the time, consequent decline in industrial production caused a country-wide economic plunge extraordinary in

The Gilded Age The Gilded Age was a great time for social change and economic growth. Between reconstruction and the dawn of the new century, the Gilded Age saw rapid industrialization, urbanized, railroads, technology, and the rise of big businesses. The nations were split into two halves that hated each other and nobody had enough money. The last three decades of the 19th century is called the Gilded Age which is one of the most dynamic periods in american history.