the Supreme Court.

the vote of the people in the given territory.

a national referendum of the Electoral College.

the state legislature after a territory was admitted to the Union.

the Allies raised tariff rates on American products even higher.

the French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany.

the French and British people were subjected to ruinous tax rates.

the British and French governments froze all U.S. bank accounts in their countries.

excessive foreign trade.

over taxation of businesses.

overextension of credit.

repeated crop failures in the 1920s.

an increase of foreign investment because prices were so low with the decline of the United States economy.

people to blame, at first, the economic system, not their own personal failings for their catastrophic economic and social problems.

a decade-long decline in the birthrate as many Americans were no longer in a place where they could financially support children.

a growing acceptance by business and Wall Street of the need for federal regulation of financial markets and business practices.

The expansion of the nation’s resource base

The success of Progressive reforms

The decline of large corporations

The development of assembly line production

decline in social conflict.

reduction of business profits.

expansion of civil rights.

rise in the standard of living.

undermining state and local governments through the expansion of the federal government.

being the sole reason for the end of the Great Depression.

providing moderate reforms to the U.S. economy and relief to those affected by the Great Depression.

attacking the American capitalist system with little-to-no provocation.

The Gilded Age

The Great Depression

The Roaring 20s

The rise of segregation

conflict between urban and rural interests

the expansion of New Deal reforms.

official restrictions on freedom of speech.

calls for federal regulation of the environment.

corporations had too much power in national politics.

the financial regulatory system needed to be strengthened significantly.

the federal government’s reform efforts were not extensive enough to address the crisis.

the Democratic Party had gone too far to advance the interests of the working class.