Do you agree with the "Lost Generation" of American writers' lament that in the 1920s "America had become a nation of conspicuous consumption, awash in materialism and devoid of spiritual vitality"?
Use specific events from the 1920s to explain your answer.
Consider: the 1920s was a "Prosperity Decade" when incomes and the standard of living were rising for many Americans; higher incomes pushed, and advertising and installment buying pulled Americans into mass consumption; Americans spent money buying "things," and enjoyed doing it while the wealthy greedily speculated in the stock market.
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The "motherhood penalty" describes the
A) federal income taxes that targeted new parents. B) lower wages that resulted from women having children. C) medical expenses of childbirth. D) way women are treated in the workplace after childbirth.
What technological advancements increased agricultural production during the high middle ages? How did this increase influence European development?
What will be an ideal response?
What did Thomas Aquinas think about the relationship between reason and faith?
A) He believed that they could be used together to understand reality. B) He believed that while both are important, they must be used separately. C) He believed that faith alone could provide one with the truth. D) He believed that reason alone was necessary to reach the truth. E) He believed that humans were too frail to understand reason or faith.
How did the Chinese, Russian, Persian, and Mughal empires turn back the tide of steppelander peoples?
What will be an ideal response?