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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Prosperity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Collection of six sections with primary resource material on the prosperity achieved during the 1920s explores consumerism, labor, and business. Includes notes, discussion questions and links to supplemental sources.
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Other

Tax History Project: Was Andrew Mellon Really the Supply Sider

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at Andrew Mellon's policies as Secretary of the Treasury under three different presidents in the lead-up to the Great Depression.
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Activity
Country Studies US

Country Studies: The Booming 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A good overview of the policies of the Republican administrations in the 1920s that promoted favorable conditions for U.S. industry. Read about how these policies were a disaster for the farm economy.