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US in th 1920s II - Coggle Diagram
US in th 1920s II
The Jazz Age and US Society
more money
more leisure
less parental supervision for the young
cinema going
a boom for spectator sports
jazz music
obsession ith tabloids, sex magazines
Impact of economic boom on population
decreasing working hours
increase in real wages
decrease in unemployment
better working conditions
recreational facilities
pension plans
Coolidge's second presidency
pro-business policy: reduced taxes
25% of the national debt paid off between 1923 and 1929
the age of prosperity fo big businesses
huge profit
easy to find jobs
industrial production doubled
Electricity industry
steam turbine
hydroelectric plants
electrical household appliances
radio
private enterprises started radio stations
NBC - National Broadcasting Company (1926)
CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System (1927)
new methods for transmitting power
Automobile industry
Henry Ford
assembly line
conveyor belt
Model T
affordable and accesible for the masses
stimulates other industries
oil business
road development
nickel
glass
steel
side effects
Construction business boom
background
moving from the countrisde to the city
residential building plans
skyscrapers
Empire State Building
Herbert Hoover
election of 1928
Republican Party
previous advisor of Harding
LaFolette - candidate of the Progresive Party in 1924
Coolidge won
his programme
against monopolies
supporting nationalization of railroads
federal aid for farmers
Chemical industry
synthetic textiles and plastics developed in the US
no import during WWI
Women
no change in their social status
wage gap
Labor
People falling outside the prosperity
textile towns on New Negland
Southern Piedmont