a consumer society
-War veterans returning home
-Economy is building
-stock market is hot
-Everyone has a job
-People are spending money
-Woman rights brought to the front/women can vote
-The horrors of World War 1 was over
-The horrors of the Spanish flu were over
-Economy is building
-stock market is hot
-Everyone has a job
-People are spending money
-Woman rights brought to the front/women can vote
-The horrors of World War 1 was over
-The horrors of the Spanish flu were over
summary
By the end of the 1920s, Americans were overwhelmed by the rise of a modern consumer society. The growth of exciting new opportunities to buy cars, appliances, and stylish clothing made the country's cultural conflicts seem less significant. The collapse of the new economy at the decade's end would generate economic debates as intense as the cultural conflicts of the early and mid-1920s.