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United States HistoryUnit 7: Boom to Bust: 1920sBell Work: Read
the following quote from Warren G. Harding and answer the
subsequent questions.
1. Describe this Life magazine cover from July 1926. Who are the
people depicted, and what are they doing? (Answer: Image presents a
young womana flapperfront and center. She is between two men who
are playing music, probably jazz.)2. What is this image supposed to
represent? What is the viewer supposed to understand about their
values and priorities? (Answer: This image celebrates the modernism
that was manifest in much of 1920s culture. The people in the
drawing are young and enjoying jazz in a commercial setting. The
flapper in the image symbolizes the independent new woman who
rejected traditional femininity in favor of more revealing
clothing, bobbed hair, and expressive sexuality. Presenting these
images on a magazine cover that celebrates the Fourth of July also
suggests that these new elements are quintessentially
American.)Warren G. HardingRepublican president Warren G. Harding
was famous for long-winded, convoluted oratorical style, which he
called- bloviating. Below is an example of this style.Warren G.
HardingFrom Hardings Inaugural Address:We have mistaken
unpreparedness to embrace it to be a challenge of the reality, and
due concern for making all citizens fit for participation will give
added strength of citizenship and magnify our achievement.Warren G.
HardingBell Work:1) What does this statement mean?2) Where does
Warren G. Harding rank in terms of presidential rankings?3)Where
else have you seen this style of speaking in this day and age?
Normalcy of the 1920sLecture OutlineReturn of the Old GuardWarren
G. HardingCabinet Members (Harding Cabinet)ScandalsHardings
DeathCalvin CoolidgeMellons Policies (Trickle Down
Economics)Normalcy of the 1920sReturn of the Old GuardMovement away
from Wilson idealism: NormalcyEnd of the Progressive
MovementRetreat from international foreign policy (America
1st)Corruption (Again)Normalcy of the 1920sWarren G. HardingIn
consideration for the worst president (mental capacity?)Pro
business (decline in taxation for the rich- trusts and
railroads)Less GovernmentNormalcy of the 1920sHarding Cabinet:The
Best Minds Ohio GangTreasury- Andrew Mellon (trickle down)State-
Charles Hughes (disarmament)Commerce- Herbert Hoover (WWI Food
Administrator)Agriculture- Henry Wallace (Dust Bowl)Normalcy of the
1920sScandalsVeterans Administration Hospital (money siphoning)-
200 millionTeapot Dome (Elk Hills, CA + Teapot Dome, WY)- Albert
Fall (Sec. Interior)Hardings Death (Food poison heart
attack)Normalcy of the 1920sCalvin CoolidgeSilent Cal- leadership
stylebusiness of America is businessNegative GovernmentPresiding
president throughout the 20sNormalcy of the 1920sAndrew Mellon
Secretary of the TreasuryTrickledown EconomicsTaxation policy- 1)
tax the rich less; 2) money will trickle down to the poor through
spendingDebt policiesTariffs (Fordney McCumber Tariff)Other Events
of the 1920sLecture Outline ContinuedLabor StrikesRed
ScareNativism/Xenophobia Ku Klux KlanProhibitionOther Events of the
1920Labor StrikesBoston Police Strike (Calvin Coolidge-
crackdown)Seattle General Strike Other Events of the 1920Red
ScareRadical Hysteria: Anti-Communist, Anti-Anarchist=
Anti-ForeignOther Events of the 1920Attorney General Mitchell
PalmerHouse is bombed- blamed communistsPalmer RaidsGeneral
Intelligence Division: J. Edgar HooverSacco and Venzetti Trial
Italian, Immigrant, Anarchistnail the Anarchist BastardsOther
Events of the 1920Nativism and XenophobiaFear of the outsiderWASP
(White Anglo Saxon Protestant)Quotas/Ceilings (Pre-1890s
level)Other Events of the 1920Klu Klux Klan (Klu Klox)D.W.
Griffiths Birth of a NationFascination with secret order-
hierarchyImperial WizardsGrand GoblinsKing
KleagalsKreaturesKonclaves
Other Events of the 1920KKK Targets:Blacks, Jews, Catholics,
ForeignersNational Following- March on Washington DCDecline- Trail
of David Stephenson (financial corruption)
Other Events of the 1920ProhibitionVolstead Act 1919Enforce 18th
AmendmentEliminate social instability (inefficiency)
Other Events of the 1920Drinking HabitsGold Fish, White
Lightning Dealers, Speakeasies, Rum Runners, Moonshiners,
BootleggersMob and the RacketsAl Capone (payroll and
violence)Enforcement Repeal- 21st Amendment
