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US History 20s
Business in the 20s
Question | Answer |
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Which presidents were pro-business? | Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge |
What helped businesses flourish? | high tariffs limited foreign competition, low taxes gave individuals more money, little government regulation |
How does the automobile change America? | people were capable of commuting, and the auto industrial became a major employer |
What percentage of wealth does America own in the 20s? | 40% |
What problems existed financially? | too much on credit cards |
Who was the first African American to receive a docorate from Harvard | W.E.B. Dubois |
What were W.E.B Dubois' accomplishments? | founded Niagra Movement (education) Pan-Africanism (independence for Africans) |