Conflict in the Early 20th Century, 1890–1945

Suffragette

Gibson Girl

Rosie the Riveter

Flapper

Grant women the right to vote.

Prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcohol.

Abolish child labor.

Allow for direct election of senators.

To encourage workforce downsizing as a strategy for enhancing company profits.

To dispute the increasing influence of labor unions in workplace negotiations.

To highlight the unavoidable conflict between employer and employee interests.

To integrate employers' and employees' interests through systematic management methods.

The refrigerator

Motion pictures

The radio

The automobile

Supporters arguing that external global factors were primarily at fault for worsening conditions under Hoover’s administration.

Historians emphasizing Hoover's faith in individualism and laissez-faire principles.

Critics highlighting Hoover's international humanitarian efforts before presidency.

Scholars focusing on Hoover's pioneering efforts to use federal power for relief programs.

It discouraged people from buying goods due to high interest rates.

It had no significant effect on consumers’ purchasing habits or economy growth.

Credit was only available for the rich, causing inequality issues among social classes.

It enabled them to live beyond their means, contributing to economic growth but potentially leading to debt problems.

To promote the assimilation of African Americans into mainstream white culture.

To directly challenge and dismantle Jim Crow laws in the southern states.

To foster a new sense of black identity and pride through artistic expression.

To establish economic independence for African Americans by creating black-owned businesses.

Taylor claims that scientific management will render skilled labor obsolete.

Taylor supports a rigid separation of managerial and worker roles.

Taylor argues that employers and employees have aligned interests.

Taylor posits that employee welfare directly undermines employer profits.

The decrease in government regulation and oversight

The expansion of the agricultural sector

The rise of consumer culture and mass consumption

The growth of labor unions and worker rights

American Indian Movement

Black Power Movement

Harlem Renaissance

Civil Rights Movement