THE CHANGING CULTURE & CHALLENGING TRANSITION OF

THE 1920’S

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Themes Present in American History During the 1920’s

Section 1:

Political Changes

Industry Booms

Section 2

American face new opportunities, challenges, and fears

Section 3

Musicians, artists, actors, and writers contributed to popular culture

POST-WAR RECESSION 1918-1921

Why did the government no longer needed war supplies?

What happens when you cut back on production?

Who was looking for jobs?

Why would people begin rushing to buy products?

Outcome

Wages could not keep up with rising prices.

Workers went on strike

ECONOMIC CHALLENGES: WHY DO WE NEED A RETURN TO

PROSPERITY?

Economic Theme in American History for the 1920’s

I. Trickle Down Theory

I. Tax cuts for the wealthy

I. Incentive to get the wealthy to invest in new business and create jobs

II. This would “trickle down” to the less well off Americans

WHAT ARE SOME BELIEFS ON HOW TO STABILIZE THE ECONOMY?

Economic Theme in American History for the 1920’s

BUSINESS BOOMS WITH FORD

Named the Tin Lizzie (affordable)

1. 1908 the Model T cost $850 1925 the Model T cost $290

2. What is an installment plan?

a) By on credit making monthly payments

3. How did the mass production of cars “trickle down”?

BEEP BEEP!

BUSINESS BOOMS

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Political Theme in American History for the 1920’s

•3 Republican Presidents During the Span of the 1920’s

•(Harding, Coolidge, Hoover)

•1920 Presidential Election•Harding and Coolidge win!•Normalcy? Trickle Down Theory•No support for James M. Cox who supported Wilson’s Democratic reform movement

•TEAPOT DOME SCANDALS•Albert Fall convicted of accepting $ from private oil companies; he exchanged these gifts companies had control of government oil reserves.

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Political Theme in American History for the 1920’s

Coolidge is President in 1923 supporting raising tariffs on foreign good; trade increased-rare

-Won 1924 election•Accused of being laissez-faire

•1928 election brought Herbert Hoover for efficiency

•Believed that men could rise up•No federal relief for Americans made him highly unpopular•Solution was to tax the wealthy

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Social Theme in American History for the 1920’s

Independence leaves behind tradition

flappers-short hair, shorter dresses, makeup.

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Motion Pictures

Talkie (with sound)

o Fun leads to fear

o Red Scareo Fear of Communism after

they take control of Russia during what was called the Bolshevik Revolution

o Workers strike in U.S. as a solution to poverty (anarchy)

o Postal package bombso Attorney General A.

Mitchell Palmero Police? Palmer Raids

o Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti-arrested for murder-Anarchists?

o Emergency Quota Act of 1921 to restrict immigrationo 3% of annual populationo 1924 2% Immigration Act

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Social Theme in American History for the 1920’s

What is a pro to prohibition?

What is a con to prohibition?

18th amendment (Prohibition-1919): the illegal manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol

Volstead Act: legislative outline of restriction and penalties resulting from the 18th amendment

Woodrow Wilson vetoed the act, but Congress overrode his veto by a 2/3 majority

Religious Theme in American History for the 1920’s

•Traditional values challenged and a religious movement began

•The concept of fundamentalism•Word for word interpretation of the bible

•Scientific theories directly objected theories of fundamentalism

•Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching the scientific theory of evolution

•Convicted and fined $100 for breaking the law($1,200 today)

•William Jennings Bryan (prosecution): Conflict of science and faith

•Clarence Darrow (Defense): Battle over free speech

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•The Harlem Renaissances was a period of African American artistic accomplishment with New York City as the center

•Writing was flourishing by criticizing American society

•They became known as the “Lost Generation”•Many left for Paris to form their own community (expatriates)

•Famous novels of this time include:

•Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises

•F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Cultural Theme in American History for the 1920’s

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Langston Hughes

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway

Cultural Theme in American History for the 1920’s

•1921 World Series: NY Giants v. NY Yankees (who won?) (5 of 9)

•First to broadcasted over the radio

•1927 Charles Lindbergh completed a non-stop flight across the Atlantic

•Who was the first woman fly across the Atlantic?•LINDBERGH LAW (FEDERAL OFFENSE CHILD ABDUCTION)

•Jazz Age: developed in New Orleans as African American spirituals and European harmony

•Arguments between older and younger generations

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