Conflict in the Early 20th Century, 1890–1945

Grant women the right to vote.

Prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcohol.

Abolish child labor.

Allow for direct election of senators.

Suffragette

Gibson Girl

Rosie the Riveter

Flapper

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.

The automobile assembly line

Digital computer systems

Television broadcast technology

Solar power generation

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.

Economic recession.

Deindustrialization.

Mass consumerism.

Agrarian lifestyle.

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.

Zora Neale Hurston rejected modernization altogether, steering clear from urban influences in her works.

James Weldon Johnson entirely concentrated his efforts on musical developments, disregarding other forms of cultural expressions.

Langston Hughes focused solely on legal strategies to combat racial injustices.

Alain Locke encouraged intellectual exploration & artistic expression among African Americans.