1. March 23, 2017 SOL Review 1920’s Notes/Discussion Boom to Bust Video
1920s/Great Depression Quest March 30/31
Due Dates:- Outline Due March 23/24
-1920s/Great Depression Essay Due April 6 by 11:00 pm
-Socratic Seminar/Reflective Journals April 21/24

2. SOL Review _____________ was called the “father of the Constitution.”
Supporters of a strong national government are called __________________.
In the Senate representation is based on ________ and in the House it is based on __________________.
Madison’s Virginia Plan favored ____________ states.
To get the Constitution ratified the Federalists accepted a plan to provide for a _________.

3. The Roaring 20s

4. Postwar Political and Economic Trends
1. Divided America
2. Impact of progressive Era reforms
3. Post war Economic Problems
“The people want a return to normalcy” Campaign slogan of Warren G. Harding
Larger isolation debate—Proper global role of the US
Debate over League of Nations
Nation grew tired of reforms/imposing morality
Backlash against Government involvement
Postwar adjustments: unemployment, inflation, wages decrease
Wider gap between rich and poor
Farm prices drop

5. Reactions Palmer Raids deportations
1. Growing Fear of Communism “First Red Scare”(anti-Communism) 2. Limits on Immigration 3. New KKK 4. Decline in Labor Movement
Palmer Raids
Attorney general ordered arrests of suspected anarchists/socialist-
Targeted mostly new immigrants
deportations
Immigration Quota Act of 1924
Limit immigration from S/E Europe
Uphold Anglo-Saxon Superiority
Anti-Immigrant
Less immigration
Prohibited African-Americans

6. Postwar Cultural Trends
1. Migration Patterns
More people live in cities/towns than
rural areas

7. Postwar Cultural Trends
2. Conflict in values:
Fundamentalism that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
v. Science
-Darwin’s theory of evolution- outlawed in public schools

8. Scopes Trial Tennessee Law Prohibited Teaching of evolution ACLU
ACLU
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Prohibited Teaching of evolution
Defended Scopes (Bio teacher) when he taught evolution
Lawyer-Defended Scopes
Lawyer- Special prosecutor/fundamentalist

9. Verdict/Outcome of Trial
Scopes was found guilty
Pardoned on a technicality
Law banning teaching evolution remained in effect
Revealed a clash of values

10. B. The New Age Woman 19th Amendment The Flapper
  2. Clash in values
B. The New Age Woman 19th Amendment The Flapper
West and WW1
Access to workplace
Not married/Worker
New fashions in dress/hair
Challenged role of traditional woman

11. Postwar Cultural Trends
3. Mass Media
Radio
Broadcast music to just a few thousand
By stations broadcast to 10 million radios- 1/3 of all U.S. homes
Magazines
Shaped cultural norms
Popularity of sports

12. Postwar Cultural Trends
4. Prohibition and lawlessness
Influenced by WW1
Supporters of Prohibition:
Religious groups-
Some Women-
Progressive Reformers-
Effects:
Disrespect for the law:
Bootlegging and speak easies
Organized Crime (Al Capone)

13. Postwar Cultural Trends
5. Harlem Renaissance
-Outcome of the Great
Migration
-Cultural release
-African American contributions;
Art, Dance, Literature and Music
-Notable Accomplishments:
Langston Hughes-Poetry
Duke Ellington-Birth of Jazz

14. The Jazz Age
Became a symbol of the new and modern culture of the cities
The phonograph and radio made this new style of music available to a huge (and mostly youthful) public
Youth expressed their rebellion against their elders by dancing to jazz