People wanted a return to the security they felt before WWI
Warren G. Harding A return to normalcy ELECTION OF 1920
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Normalcy = an idealized version of the way things are, or the
way things should be In groups of 2-3, act out a scene of normalcy
Family Life Womens Rights Education Transportation Now, in groups
of 2-3, act out the same scene, but as reality WHAT IS
NORMALCY?
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1920S STATIONS
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DAY 2
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What do you know about the Harlem Renaissance? Tweet your
answer @ms_keale Write it down on a post-it note and post it on the
white board DO NOW
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Harlem Renaissance work over break (Ill explain later!) LOOKING
FORWARD
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Russian Revolution Monarch replaced by a republican (Republican
= communist) Communism: political and economic philosophy in which
the government owns all property and individual rights mean very
little Red Scare Anarchists attempt to assassinated Attorney
General Palmer Palmer Raids: suspected communists are arrested and
jailed Sacco and Vanzetti: convicted and executed RED SCARE
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Nativism: opposition to immigration Immigration quotas
(limitations) designed to allow more immigrants from Western Europe
than Eastern Europe Ku Klux Klan Redeveloped out of fear of
communism and mistrust of immigration Expanded to attack Jews,
Catholics and immigrants Lynchings, violence RED SCARE
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African-Americans moving North Goal: jobs, economic equality
White response: Racism (KKK) White Flight (migration) Race Riots
(YouTube) GREAT MIGRATION
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1919-1930s African American pride and awareness First time
African American intellectuals wrote works portraying the daily
lives of working class African Americans Langston Hughes, Zora Neal
Hurston HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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You have just been transplanted back in time to the Harlem
Renaissance Your Twitter followers want to know what it is like Use
the remainder of this class period to work on your project, its due
on the Monday we return! TWITTER PROJECT
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REVIEW DAY
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DO NOW
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LOOKING FORWARD
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Round 1: Taboo Describe the vocab term on your card using any
words, sounds or hand motions EXCEPT the words on your card Round
2: Charades Describe the vocab term on your card using hand motions
or body language. You may not make any sounds. Round 3: Password
Describe the vocab term on your card using one word FISHBOWL
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Consumer society Red Scare: period of time when Americans
feared a communist takeover Palmer Raids: suspected communists and
subversives were arrested and jailed Sacco and Vanzetti Nativism:
opposition to immigration Quotas: limitations on the number of
immigrants that could enter the US annually from different parts of
the world Ku Klux Klan Prohibition: a national ban on the sale and
consumption of alcohol Bootleggers, mobsters, gangsters (Al Capone)
RECAP: THE 1920S
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With a partner, race to complete all of the stations You do not
need to complete the stations in order You must get your answer
checked after every station When you have finished the stations,
work on your homework! AMAZING RACE
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STATION 1
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STATION 2
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STATION 3
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STATION 4
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STATION 5
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STATION 6
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STATION 7
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DAY 3
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Put your homework on your desk (do NOT email it to me) Add
something to THIS KWL chart that you know about the Great
Depression (either from prior knowledge OR your reading last night)
or want to know about the Great Depression DO NOW KNOWWANT TO
KNOWLEARNED
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Tonights Homework: Chapter 22.2 Main Idea Questions 1920s &
Great Depression QUIZ on FRIDAY LOOKING FORWARD
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President Calvin Coolidge: the government should not interfere
with the growth of business (laissez-faire economics) Stock Market:
Speculation: high-risk investments in the hopes of making money
Buying on margin: purchasing stocks for a portion of what they cost
(10%) Technology Mechanization = mass production Manufacturers
flood the markets with products = cheap goods! PROSPEROUS
1920S
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OVERPRODUCTION! Agricultural prices drop drastically President
Coolidge refuses to help (says it is unconstitutional) PREDICT:
What is going to happen to farmers in the 1930s? FARMERS IN THE
1920S
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Today were going to complete a simulation in which youll have
the opportunity to make decisions that will cause you to succeed or
fail at the Stock Market Every person should have: 4 $100s 1 $50 5
$10 Step 1: Read the Stock Prospectus Step 2: Begin to buy stocks
from the Stock Brokers Consider: How will you make the most money?
Consider: How will you lose the least amount of money? Suggestion:
Buy low, sell high! STOCK MARKET GAME
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Each share is worth $10 To purchase a stock certificate, you
need to purchase 10 shares ($100) Everyone must purchase something
each round When the market is closed, you may purchase/trade with
each other, but may not trade with the stock brokers START
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CompanySituationNew Stock Price Per Share KrogerPurchases a
West Coast food chain$12 Radio CorporationNew model released with
built-in antenna$13 Mammoth Oil9 wells begin producing in Wyoming
Field$14 Gotham BankBank declares a 6% dividend$11 Durant
MotorsFails to make payment on notes to the Gotham Bank $7 Midland
UtilitiesMidland extends services into Michigan and Wisconsin $13
Kansas PacificK&P will pay no dividends this year because of
expansion into the Southwest $9 Tel-ToneDial telephones will be
installed in parts of New York City $15 1920
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1922 CompanySituationNew Stock Price Per Share KrogerMerger
with large Eastern chain of stores$15 Radio Corporation 15 patents
are purchased from the Edisons company$14 Mammoth OilLargest oil
field in America may be located under Mamouth Oil Lease in Tea Pot
Dome, Wyoming $19 Gotham BankStock price remains the same$11 Durant
MotorsLocomobile sales are depressed because of competition from
Ford Motor Company $5 Midland Utilities Insulls financial
manipulation allows Midland to take control of Commonwealth Edison
$19 Kansas PacificProfits rise as agricultural shipments from the
southwest begin $10 Tel-ToneNew York Stock Exchange announces that
Tel-Tone has shown the greatest increase of any stock listed on the
exchange $22
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CRISIS: PRESIDENT HARDING CompanyNew Stock Price Per Share
Kroger$13 Radio Corporation$13 Mammouth Oil$16 Gotham Bank$10
Durant Motors$4 Midland Utilities$19 Kansas Pacific$9 Tel-Tone$19
President Harding is suffering from a coronary seizure and may have
pneumonia. He is reported to be dying. The Stock Market will be
closed for 2 minutes for new postings
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1925 CompanySituationNew Stock Price Per Share KrogerCorn
blight on Kroger farms causes 90% loss of crop$12 Radio Corporation
Speculation on new patent causes rise in stock prices$15 Mammoth
OilJapanese offer to buy the total production of Elk Hills$21
Gotham BankFrench government announces that they will begin to pay
their World War I war debts to U.S. banks $12 Durant MotorsThe
DuPont family begins to buy large blocks of Durant Motors stock $7
Midland Utilities Insull fears Cyrus Eaton of Cleveland may be
trying to take over Midland by purchasing large quantities of stock
$22 Kansas PacificSpeculation on increased profits from holdings in
Mexico causes stock price to rise $11 Tel-ToneAnnounces completion
of successful merger. Speculation on the Market continues $24
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1927 CompanySituationNew Stock Price Per Share
KrogerSpeculation that Purity Markets are buying Kroger for an
attempted take over $14 Radio Corporation Rumored merger with the
Edison Company causes stock to rise $17 Mammoth Oil Congressional
committee begins an investigation of the Mammoth Oil leases.
Possible fraud. $13 Gotham Bank Bank stock remains unchanged$12
Durant Motors Louis Chevrolet is hired to design an inexpensive
automobile$10 Midland Utilities Cyrus Eaton begins dumping large
blocks of Midland stock on a depressed market $18 Kansas Pacific
Drought in the Southwest and depressed farm prices cause profits of
K&P to fall $10 Tel-ToneDrop of two points caused by J.P.
Morgan selling 200,000 shares. Brokers see only temporary setback
$22
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1928 CompanySituationNew Stock Price Per Share KrogerFood
prices are depressed because of agricultural surpluses$13 Radio
Corporation Merger with the Edison Company falls through when Radio
Corporation pays no dividends $14 Mammoth Oil Harry Sinclair is
called before Congressional Committee. Secretary of the Interior
Fall is indicted for fraudulent oil leases $7 Gotham Bank Announces
profits have increased 5% over the last quarter$13 Durant Motors
Durant Motors and Fisher Body have announced a merger. New
corporation will be called General Motors $13 Midland Utilities
Reports in the Chicago Tribune disclose Insulls Company is a House
of Cards ready to crumble $14 Kansas Pacific New oil fields in
Oklahoma cause a new boom along along Kansas Pacific track $12
Tel-ToneFails to rise as predicted. Brokers are unable to explain
the downward trend $17
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OCTOBER 23, 1929 The market slipped today as the government
announced that home construction, an indicator of prosperity, was
at an all-time low. The Federal Reserve Board also announced that a
change in the prime interest rate would take place in the near
future; speculation on the stock market is getting out of hand. It
is rumored that the House of Morgan intends to sell 12 million
shares of common stock at a loss, before interest rates change. The
Gotham Bank announced that margin buyers of stock are being
notified that they must put up more money to cover todays losses.
The Stock Market will be closed for 5 minutes.
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OCTOBER 24, 1929 (BLACK THURSDAY) Stock brokers must buy back
all of the stocks CompanyNew Stock Price Per Share Kroger$8 Radio
Corporation$4 Mammouth Oil$2 Gotham Bank$12 Durant Motors$12
Midland Utilities$3 Kansas Pacific$8 Tel-Tone$6
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Did you have a system for what would make you money, or lose
you money? Did you start with the same amount of money with which
you ended the game? Did anyone sell out before the crash?
REFLECTION
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President Herbert Hoover: opposes government interference in
business October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday): Stock Market crash
Prices drop drastically Buying on speculation or the margin = lose
everything Financial ruin Beginning of the Great Depression THE
BEGINNINGS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Write one paragraph Could the Great Depression have been
avoided? Why or why not? EXIT TICKET
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DAY 4
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Rich or poor, most Americans have possessions and take for
granted the hundreds of big and little conveniences that having a
home gives them Imagine NOT having a home and having a limit in
your possessions. You can only own what you can carry with you.
What five things would you take with you if you had to migrate on a
daily basis? Why? DO NOW
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1920s and Great Depression Quiz on FRIDAY StudyBlue terms are
now up! (Paper copies available) Tonights Homework: Chapter 22.3
Main Idea Questions LOOKING FORWARD
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1.Stock Market Crash of 1929 Two months after the crash,
stockholders had lost $40 billion 2.Bank Failures Over 9,000 banks
failed (people lose all their savings) Banks refuse to issue new
loans 3.Reduction in Purchasing Across the Board Consumerist
society ends Unemployment rises to above 25% 4.American Economic
Policy with Europe Smoot-Hawley Tariff: high tax for imports
5.Drought Conditions The Dust Bowl ROOT CAUSES OF THE GREAT
DEPRESSION
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Homelessness Soup kitchens and breadlines Hoovervilles LIVING
CONDITIONS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Step 1: Watch America the Story of Us: Bust from 20:00- 26:00
Step 2: Complete the questions OR take notes on the video
independently OVERALL QUESTION: What caused the Dust Bowl? What did
the Dust Bowl cause? THE DUSTBOWL
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Open 7.GreatDepression.PoliticalCartoons in the Unit 7 folder
on Edmodo (use Safari NOT the App) With a partner (or
independently), complete the worksheet Check your answers with a
classmate before emailing me your completed document POLITICAL
CARTOON ANALYSIS
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DAY 5
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DO NOW
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LOOKING FORWARD
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Unemployment rate: 25% Bonus Army march: wanted early payment
of a promised bonus Dust Bowl drought High homelessness (Okies and
bums): migration to California Effect on communities:
Undernourishment Teachers work for free Low birthrate Single parent
families LIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Herbert Hoover Rugged individualism Laissez-faire economics
Franklin Delano Roosevelt New Deal : series of direct relief and
recovery measures Deficit spending: government spending of borrowed
money Fireside chats: effectively used radio to his advantage VERY
controversial DIFFERING RESPONSES
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Todays Checklist: Read Chapter 7.3 of the red EOC book on the
New Deal and answer the guiding questions in your notes Complete
the Study Island assignment April 11, 2013 until you have 70%
accuracy! Use StudyBlue or your notes to study for tomorrows quiz
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