American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 22: THE NEW ERA

Essay

1
Many people gained from the boom of the New Era, and others fell through the economic cracks. But the prosperity was widespread enough to usher in a new consumer society. Who gained? Who did not? What were the main elements of the national consumer-based society?
2
One of the questions that has troubled historians concerns the legacy of Progressivism, looking at the 1920s, would you say that Progressive thought had died or triumphed? Why?
3
Impressions of the 1920s vary, according to which vision one accepts—that of members of the ruling elite such as Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover; of the disenchanted, such as H. L. Mencken; of evangelicals such as Billie Sunday; or of the blacks in the Harlem Renaissance. Briefly describe each of those visions, and tell how one or several capture the real significance of the decade.
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