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  4. Quiz 30: American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

Some Historians Have Considered the Political Tensions of the 1920s

Question 134
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Some historians have considered the political tensions of the 1920s in terms of a rural, conservative, and nativist backlash against a rising urban, progressive, and "New Immigrant" America. Do you agree with this proposition? Why or why not? Cite specific political, economic, and social developments in America during the 1920s to support your argument.

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