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Chapter 32: The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920 - 1932

  • Focus on Hardings cronies and the Teapot Dome scandals.

  • Discuss the futile Democratic and progressive efforts of the 1920s. The focus might be on the deep cultural divisions within the Democratic party between urban immigrants and the rural South, epitomized in the 103-ballot Democratic convention of 1924.

  • Examine Hoovers career, from humane administrator to business organizer to hapless president. Discuss why someone so successful proved so helpless in the face of the depression.

  • Analyze the human consequences of the depression for both the unemployed and the many others who feared unemployment and found their living standard severely reduced.

  • Show students the following video: The Century Americas Time (ABC Video in association with The History Channel), Volume I: 1920-1929: Boom To Bust. An energetic postwar mentality emerges and old traditions are challenged during The Roaring 20s. Women take bold steps toward equality, threatening to upset the domestic balance of the country.
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