details the differences between social classes.
Herbert Hoover took office in 1929 with a display of optimism and the promise of a "New Day." In his inaugural, he boasted that "in no nation are the fruits of accomplishment more secure" and claimed that "anyone not only can be rich, but ought to be rich." He warned his audience of the dangers of a large and activist federal government but also decried the self-serving greed of large corporations. Hoover reiterated his belief in the centrality of the individual in the American experience, the theme he had developed at some length in his 1922 book American Individualism.
<span>Increased Islamic extremism against the US and Western ideology in the Middle East.
At the center of this increased Islamic extremism was the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. "Ayatollah" is the title for a Shiite Muslim religious leader. The Shia branch of the Muslim faith is the dominant religious group in Iran. The Islamic Revolution, inspired by Khomeini, ousted the shah of Iran from power. The shah was a political leader who had been supported by the United States.</span>
