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2 U.S. Post W.W. I Return to normalcy (Harding) Economic concerns: –Conversion to peacetime –Returning vets –Inflation –Strikes Red Scare Racial tension( Explain! )

3 We want STUFF!!! What about the immigrants? When is the cocktail hour? Racial tensions Monkeys, Apes, OR Men Gimmee!!!

4 1914 to 1919 + 77% 1914 to 1920 + 105% –Workers promised pay increases after the war ended Union membership increased Demands increased Lots of strikes!!!

5 Coal Miners Strike 1919 November 1: 394,000 UMW strike Atty. Gen. Palmer ordered UMW president John L. Lewis to order UMW back to work Workers refused!!!! President Wilson forced arbitration Workers given 2% raise Nothing about shorter hours or unsafe conditions

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7 Steel Strike 1919 Workers: 7 days x 12 hours per day 343,000 struck Chicago/Gary (US Steel) Role of strikebreakers & federal troops communist plot ????????? American public sick of strikes, violence, plots Workers back to work – no gains

8 Boston Police Strike 1919 …no right to strike against the public safety.

9 The Republican White House

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11 Warren G. Harding –Nervous breakdown at age 24 –Boys Night Out! –RED SCARE –Teapot Dome scandal –Attorney General Daugherty selling pardons –Secretary of the Interior - Albert Fall

12 Were Starting to Roar! Life expectancy up Medical advances Stock market get rich quick Unemployment < 4% Real wages up 40% since 1914 –Its all about the P.P.

13 Red Scare I (1920s) Communist Revolution in Russia 1917 Vladimir Lenin U.S. government: concern about radicals Mail bombs sent to noteworthy Americans Bomb on Wall Street 9/16/20 38 killed Time to enforce Espionage and Sedition Acts

14 Palmer raids J. Edgar Hoover (General Intelligence Div.) Subversives need to be deported or imprisoned Raids in 33 cities - 6000 arrested - 3 guns!! Violation of civil rights in name of American security Lots of laws passed to punish radicals Led to formation of ACLU (1920)

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16 Immigration Laws Anti-immigrant feelings Suspicions about (and fear of) foreigners Emergency Quota Act (1921) –Allowed 3% of ethnic pop. in 1910 to enter National Origins Act (1924) –Allowed 2% of ethnic pop. in 1890 to enter

17 Sacco and Vanzetti Arrested in May 1920 for murder in Massachusetts Flimsy evidence Confessed anarchists Judge openly prejudiced GUILTY! Executed in 1927 Posthumously exonerated by MA Gov. Dukakis

18 Rebirth of KKK In 1924 5 million members Anti: Catholics, Jews, foreigners, immoral people (bootleggers) In 1925 parade in WDC 50,000 members Scandal about leader of Indiana (sexual assault/rape) By 1930, membership down to 9,000

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21 Cool Cal COOLIDGE Sickly and shy Sworn in as Pres. middle of night This job interferes with my naps Four-fifths of our troubles in this world would disappear if we would only sit down and keep still

22 The Butler Act 1925 Unlawful to teach any theory that denies the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals...... any teacher found guilty of the violation of this Act,... shall be fined not less than One Hundred $ (100.00) Dollars nor more than Five Hundred ($ 500.00) Dollars for each offense.

23 Scopes trial

24 Marcus Garvey (a.k.a. Black Moses ) Born in Jamaica Founded UNIA black is beautiful Back to Africa movement (Liberia) Started Black Star Line Indicted and sent to prison for fraud Returned to Jamaica

25 GANGST ERS

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27 Entertainment Talking pictures The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson Dancing the Charleston dance marathons Listen to the radio (KDKA) Play board games (mah-jong) Crossword puzzles Trends

28 Famous athletes

29 Famous writers

30 The Lost Generation Intellectuals, poets, artists and writers who rejected values of American materialism Fled to France (Paris) Idealistic youth Sought meaning of life Drank excessively Created some of our greatest literature F.Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

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38 AUTOMOBILES (by assembly line)

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45 CHALLENGES -NO ELECTRICITY -NO INDOOR PLUMBING -NO REFRIGERATORS - HAND SELECTED CROPS - ROTATED CROPS (EDUCATION) - CROPS: CORN, WHEAT, OTAS, RICE, BARLEY CHORES -milking cows -harnessing horses -gathering eggs -washing clothes -cleaning the outhouse -Children usually walked to school, rain or shine, and spent summers helping in the fields.

46 -INCREASE IN PRODUCTIONI -NCREASE IN LAND SALES -WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO THE WAR EFFORT? -CONDITION OF EUROPEAN FARMLAND? - REVIEW YOUR NOTES!

47 -IMPACT ON SOCIAL LIFE. -SUCCESS….. GOOD or BAD!

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49 --During the 1920s, the popularity of automobiles, radios, and movies exploded. Sound was added to motion pictures in 1928. -Popular musicians/composers of the time included: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Bessie Smith, -Playwrights of the time included: F, Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, -Popular actors/dancers - Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow -television broadcasts

50 - Radio (crystal sets with earphones) KDKA -NBC – 1926 - Original Networks (marketing strategies) - Red (commercially sponsored; entertainment & music - Blue (non-commercially sponsored; cultural & news) - CBS – 1927 (William S. Paley) - La Palina (affiliates in Philadelphia, Brooklyn - WABC ***** FIRST COMMERCIAL BROADCAST 1920 - What was the broadcast?

51 -1925 - __________________________ -mid 1920s _________________ novie houses -Frst talkie _________________________ -Starring _____________________________ -- impact of talkies

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55 Americans tired of... Causes Responsibility Worrying about others problems Lets do something for U.S.!!!! It aint no picnic for everybody

56 Entertainment Talking pictures The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson Dancing the Charleston dance marathons Listen to the radio Play board games (mah-jong) Hang out

57 Personalities of the 1920s

58 Famous writers

59 The Butler Act 1925 Unlawful to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals...... any teacher found guilty of the violation of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Hundred $ (100.00) Dollars nor more than Five Hundred ($ 500.00) Dollars for each offense.

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61 GANGST ERS Give it up, Ness. You cant get me!

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64 The Lost Generation Intellectuals, poets, artists and writers who rejected values of American materialism Fled to France (Paris) Idealistic youth Sought meaning of life Drank excessively Created some of our greatest literature F.Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

65 Is everybody happy? Returning vets Most Americans (in general) Farmers Immigrants Minorities

66 HERBERT HOOVER Hardworking and self-reliant Tough childhood RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM Head of Food Administration in WWI noble experiment Refused to meet with Bonus Army

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70 The Race for Delegates Clinton Clinton 48193163

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