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Society, Politics and the Economy of the Roaring
Twenties
Life In Postwar America
American SocietyFear of Communism- Red Scare, Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti
Fear of immigrants- Nativism
Fear of the labor movement and unions-Strikes and worker unrest
Government• Pro-business, Republican
presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge elected
• Corruption in Harding administration- Teapot Dome Scandal
• Another Republican, Herbert Hoover, elected in 1928
• Post-WW I Isolationism• Immigration quotas
Economic Life• “False Sense of Prosperity”• Increased production of
consumer goods• Buying on credit-
Installment Plan• Increased standard of living
and consumer spending
Business and Technology
• Auto industry grows• Airplanes used as
transportation• Use of electricity
spreads• Advertising becoming a
popular way to sell products