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The 1920's was a period of exponential economic growth and prosperity in the U.S following WW1. With better working conditions and higher pay workers were able to purchase previous luxury and expensive goods.
Transportation
-The automobile became readily available to the consumer during the 1920's allowing people to travel easier and became it became a pastime for American Citizens as it used to be a luxury good.
-Route 66 was one of the first highways in the U.S that allowed people to travel across the county's using cars instead of railroads
-The effect on business was huge as it now aloud workers to live to live several miles away which help stop the overcrowding in cities. The cars also jump started several new industry's in car and tire building.
-The aviation industry started after WW1 and was used for mailcareing at first but with new and better designed planes they soon turned into cargo planes flying goods over the atlantic.
-With more and more goods being purchased by the everyday citizen railroads were needed to ship the large and heavy amounts of materials across the country.
Credit
-Credit or Installment plan as it was known aloud for people to pay some of the money then and pay the rest of it over an extended period of time which allowed people to buy more goods without hurting them financially.
-Many companies would send out magazines to people's houses and many colorful and appealing advertisements.
-Companies used electricity to run there factories and with better forms of distributing electricity many homes in the suburbs not just the cities were able to get electricity.
Superficial economy
-Some economist and business owners were worried that the credit system was a fundamental weakness in the U.S superficial economy.
Suffering Businesses
-The farmers did not do to well during the 1920's because during the war they had to supply Britain and France, but with the war over they had too much land. The farmers began to sink into poverty due to the economy of the U.S.

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Harding's presidency
During Harding's presidency he ran high tariffs on foreign imports in an attempt to promote American businesses and move from a war economy to a peacetime economy. These high tariffs however made it hard for Britain and France to pay off its war debt to the U.S because no one was buying their goods.
Tariffs/Dawes plan.
A banker named Charles G. Dawes negotiated loans with the Weimar Republic in an attempt to help them pay off their reparations to the allies. Investors loaned germany 2.5 billion dollars. They used this to pay back Britain and France. With the money that Britain and France were getting from Germany they used to pay back the U.S. This was known as the Dawes plan. This helped Germany pay of its debt while simulations allowing Britain and France pay off its debt
Harding's Friends
Harding's friends in his administration began to damage his reputation. They used their offices improperly to become wealthy. One example was when his friend Charles was caught selling illegal government and hospital supplies to private companies. Therefore Harding was caught taking the bribe.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Another example of corruption was the teapot scandal. The government had set aside oil-rich lands at Teapot Dome, the oil at the teapot dome was used for oil reserves in the U.S Navy. Albert. B Fall managed to move this oil to the interior department. He than leased the land too two private companies. He argued that these were for government interest ,but  he suddenly received more than $400,000 in “loans, bonds, and cash.” He would be later found guilty of bribery and became the first serving cabinet member to be convicted of a felony.

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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was when thousands of African Americans in the south migrated to the north. This massive change cause many new problems for the African Americans in the north
Reasons for Migration
African Americans were prompted to move to northern cities for many reasons.
-One of which they wanted to escape from racial discrimination.
-They didn't like how low the pay was and moved to the north in hopes of getting better jobs with higher pay.
-However there was still just as much racial discrimination in the north as it was in the south.
-Another reason is in the south their cotton fields got destroyed by floods so, many had lost their jobs.
- The north also had many job openings. So many African Americans moved to the North and look for new opportunities in the north. They could work in steel mills, or munition plants.
-However there was still just as much racial discrimination in the north as it was in the south.
Problems with the Migration
There were affects that came with this Migration.
-When the African Americans settled there was a increase discrimination against the African Americans. This caused a lack of social opportunities in the north.
-It was very hard from them to create their black culture with the challenges they had to face.

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Prohibition
-Prohibition banned the making and selling of alcohol in the U.S. This lead to many people resenting the government for meddling in lives of its citizen and most of the citizens.
Speakeasies
-These were underground or hidden nightclubs that sold liquor illegally. --They were called speakeasies because the patrons had to talk quietly so they would not be found and they would often have to present a badge or password for entry into these clubs.
Bootleggers
-People would buy alcohol from these bootleggers.
-They got the name from hiding the liquor in there boots
-They would smuggle the liquor from places such as Canada, Cuba, and the West Indies
Organized Crime
-Organized crime came into being as an unintentional effect of prohibition. This type of crime happened in many major cities.
-These gangs made millions in shipping and selling alcohol in the the cities that they controlled
-Al Capone was the major crime boss in chicago and saw the production and selling of more than 60 million dollars of alcohol each year.