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2nd Industrial Revolution: Growth
1870-1914
- explosive growth in consumer goods
- automobiles become nation's largest industry
- electricity becomes widespread
- radio, film, refrigerator, washing machine, indoor plumbing invented
- advertising & marketing grow as fields
- stock speculation opens to middle-class
- feminism reborn
2nd Industrial Revolution: Shrinkage
- agriculture declines greatly
- coal displaced by petroleum & electricity
- railroad industry declines in competition w/ trucking
- cotton textiles less popular than wool & synthetic blends
Sheppard-Towner Act
1921
- granted federal aid to state programs for maternal & infant health care
1920s feminism
1920s
- limited generally to young women
- flappers appeared, dressing in provocative clothing & flirting w/ individual freedom
- older marriage, leading to declining birthrates
National Football League
1920
- 1st professional football league
- directly competitive w/ college business
Charles Lindbergh
1927
- 19th person to make a transatlantic flight, but 1st to make one so long
- exemplar of iconism: obsessive interest in celebrities and record-breakers
1st Red Scare
1919-1920
- aroused by fear of radicalism & revolution
- deported thousands of suspected Socialists & Communists to Russia, regardless of nationality
- led by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer
- aided by Reverend Billy Sunday
- ended by Charles Evans Hughes
18th Amendment
1917-1920
- illegalized production, transportation, and sale of liquor
- ratified 1919
- effective 1920
- repealed 1933
Volstead Act
1919
- defined terms of 18th Amendment
- provided penalties for violation of 18th Amendment
- reduced alcohol consumption greatly
Joseph Kennedy
- JFK's father
- became rich off of bootlegging
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