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The 1920s. The Red Scare/Palmer Raids Bolshevik/Russian Revolution Red Scare Use of Sedition Act Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Palmer Raids.

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1 The 1920s

2 The Red Scare/Palmer Raids Bolshevik/Russian Revolution Red Scare Use of Sedition Act Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Palmer Raids

3 Growing Nativism Nativism Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti National Origins Act Quotas 2 nd Ku Klux Klan

4 Prohibition 18 th Amendment Anti-Saloon League Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Volstead Act Prohibition Bureau Speakeasies/Bootleggers Organized Crime/Al Capone

5 Pro-Business Government Policies “The chief business of America is business”– President Calvin Coolidge Reduced income taxes on rich Reduced govt regulation of industry, opposition to labor unions Return to laissez faire form of capitalism

6 Growing Consumerism Mass production Growth of annual income Spread of Electricity New products New developments in advertising Installment Buying A Superficial Prosperity

7 The Car Craze Model T & Model A Road Construction/Route 66 Related Industries Increased Mobility Suburbs & Commuting Growth of Car Ownership

8 Fundamentalism & the Scopes “Monkey” Trial Fundamentalism John T. Scopes Clarence Darrow Scopes Trial William Jennings Bryan Bishop Ussher

9 Flappers & the Challenge to Social Norms Zelda Fitzgerald Impacts of WWI Flappers Changes in Clothing, Behaviors Changes in Dating, Attitudes Toward Marriage Limits to the Flappers’ “Rebellion”


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