Chapter 8 Section 1 Notes Week of January 13, 2014

D.A.S.H. DATE: January 14, 2014 AGENDA: 1) Go over Chapter 8 Section 1 Notes 2) View video over the Harlem Renaissance 3) Continue work on Chapters 8 through 10. STATE OBJECTIVE:1. Examine the economic, political, and social transformations between the World Wars. A. Cite specific textual and visual evidence to describe modern forms of cultural expression including the Harlem Renaissance, the Jazz Age, and “talkies” (movies). HOMEWORK/CLASSWORK: Continue work on the assignment. As you are working consider a topic or topics that you think would be good for a research project. Let me know by the end of class.

Bell ringer 2 1. List three consumer products of the 1920’s. 2. What did Charles Lindbergh do? 3. What was the installment plan? 4. What were Sacco and Vanzetti accused of doing? 5. What was a flapper? Bonus Question: Last week marked the 50 th anniversary of the War on what? What President started this “war?”

Chapter 8 Section 1 Notes Warren G. Harding, Republican from Ohio, ran for President in He used the campaign slogan “A return to normalcy” telling Americans that after World War I the country could go back to “normal.” He made a lot of strides to return the country to normal but some of the people he chose to serve as part of his Cabinet were corrupt. Charles Forbes used his influence to sell medical supplies destined for veterans’ hospitals and cost the public 250 million dollars. Albert Fall who was the Interior Secretary, allowed private interests to lease lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves in Teapot Dome, Wyoming. He received more than $300,000 in bribes and this became known as the Teapot Dome Scandal. Fall was the first cabinet secretary to go to prison.

Notes continued President Harding suffered an heart attack and died on August 2, The Teapot Dome scandal didn’t become public knowledge until after his death but Harding was blamed since he chose Albert Fall to serve. Vice-President Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office from his father and became President upon Harding’s death. Coolidge’s approach was different from Harding’s—believing that prosperity rested on business leadership and that government should interfere with business and industry as little as possible. Andrew Mellon was one of the Cabinet selections of Harding’s that President Coolidge asked to stay on. He was Secretary of the Treasury and had 3 major goals: to balance the budget, to reduce the government’s debt, and to cut taxes. He promoted the idea of supply-side economics—that lower taxes would boost the economy as businesses and individuals invested their money, creating a higher tax revenue.

Notes continued Another Harding appointee Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce. He tried to balance government regulation with his philosophy of cooperative individualism—businesses were encouraged to form their own organizations and volunteer information to the federal government in an effort to stimulate the economy. Hoover thought this would reduce costs and promote economic efficiency. Most Americans favored isolationism after World War I—avoiding involvement in world affairs. Economically this was impossible because of the need for trade with other countries.

Notes continued Three agreements indicated the need for peace after World War I—the Dawes Plan, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and the London Naval Treaties. The Dawes Plan was negotiated by American diplomat Charles G. Dawes with France, Britain, and Germany. American banks would make loans to Germany to help it to make reparations payments. In exchange, Britain and France would accept less in reparations and pay back more on their war debts to the U.S. The Washington Conference was an U.S. led conference with representatives from Britain, France, Italy, China, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The meeting resulted in the Five-Power Limitation Treaty. Japan was not happy because its navy was required to be smaller than those of the U.S. and Britain.

Notes concluded The Kellogg-Briand Pact was proposed by France and the United States. 14 other nations plus the U.S. signed this agreement agreeing to abandon war and settle all disputes by peaceful means. The U.S., Britain, France, Italy, and Japan agreed on ratios for war ships, halting the arms race through The London Naval Treaties would not go beyond 1936 with the promise of meeting again in December Japan and Italy declined to sign the treaty.