Companies focused on inventing & producing consumer goods Examples: radios, automobiles, icebox, washing machine, vacuum cleaner People buying goods using “credit” mass production of goods = cheaper products increased use of advertising to sell products

Car ownership grew 18 million from 1920 to 1930 New roads = more mobility, causing growth in the suburbs Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 transatlantic flight – could fly across the Atlantic Ocean

Republican President elected in 1920 Most famous for three scandals: - “Ohio Gang” (president’s advisors caught using power of the presidency to get rich) - Teapot Dome Scandal (extreme example- gov. claimed some land oil- rich land for supplying the navy, but the secretary of the navy secretly let private companies get and use the oil in return for $) - Mysterious death in S.F at the Palace Hotel in 1923

Harding’s Vice President Became President in 1923 (after Harding’s death) Elected in 1924 with slogan “Coolidge or Chaos” Anecdotes- ‘Silent Cal’ (you don’t have to write this stuff…) in private he was a man of few words and was therefore commonly referred to as "Silent Cal." A possibly apocryphal story has it that Dorothy Parker, seated next to him at a dinner, said to him, "Mr. Coolidge, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you." His famous reply: "You lose.“ It was also Parker who, upon learning that Coolidge had died, reportedly remarked, "How can they tell?"

Conservative pro-business Republican elected in 1928 Believed in the individual & a small federal government

Mitchell Palmer (U.S. Attorney General) started the “First Red Scare” He deported immigrants during the “Palmer Raids” In 1921 & 1924 limits were placed on immigrants from Italy, Russia, and Slavic nations. Fear and discrimination against immigrants & minority ethnic groups spread throughout the U.S. Ex: Sacco & Vanzetti Trial Question: Why would Americans dislike immigrants?

The 18 th Amendment “Volstead Act” prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol (1919) It was hard to enforce – smuggled and bootleg liquor was common – led to a rise in organized crime (mob) The 21 st Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933

Gain right to vote in 1920 with the 19th Amendment Women expressed new freedoms and political rights - birth control, voting, and new fashions (though few in number, flappers represented the “new woman”) Black Americans moved north to cities for jobs, but still suffered from discrimination KKK membership grew to 4.5 million by 1924 Increase in Civil Rights groups fighting for change (ex: Marcus Garvey’s “Back to Africa” movement)

Era of Babe Ruth & Yankee Stadium Sports figures were heroes and big business (1927 Dempsey fight made $2.6 million) Negro National Baseball League started in the 1920s

Rise of movie stars (Rudolph Valentino & Charlie Chaplin) became popular in the 1920s Talking movies started October 6 th, 1927 with “The Jazz Singer” Harlem Renaissance – rebirth of black culture in New York City