1. Return to Normalcy 1918-1929

2. Postwar U.S. “Great Russian Civil War” (1918- 1920) “Great Russian Civil War” (1918- 1920) The Bolsheviks / Communism The Bolsheviks / Communism –Vladimir Lenin Creel Committee (U.S.) Creel Committee (U.S.) –Anti-Bolshevik

3. More Issues Bomb Scares/Terrorism Bomb Scares/Terrorism Mitchell Palmer – “Red” Scare Mitchell Palmer – “Red” Scare –Bolsheviks / Anarchists Urban Race Riots Urban Race Riots –Lynching

4. Labor Strife 1919: 4 million workers strike 1919: 4 million workers strike –Keep wartime benefits –“soaring” prices –Federal Intervention (Coolidge) Union Decline in 1920’s Union Decline in 1920’s

5. New Nativism Immigration Restriction League Immigration Restriction League –Nativism –National Origins Act(1924) The “New” Klu Klux Klan The “New” Klu Klux Klan Sacco and Vanzetti Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Trial

6. Prohibition 18 th Amendment (1919) 18 th Amendment (1919) –NO Booze! Lack of Enforcement Lack of Enforcement –Only 1500 fed. agents agents –Bootleggers, Speakeasies Speakeasies

7. Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 1921-1923 Fordney-McCumber Act (1922) Fordney-McCumber Act (1922) Washington Conference Washington Conference –Naval Treaties Bureau of the Budget Bureau of the Budget Tax Cuts Tax Cuts –Andrew Mellon

8. Harding Scandals “Ohio Gang” = Cronies “Ohio Gang” = Cronies Forbes / Veteran Affairs Forbes / Veteran Affairs Teapot Dome (Wyoming) Teapot Dome (Wyoming) –Albert Fall (Sec. of Interior) –Federal Oil reserves “leased”

9. Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 1923-1929 “Laissez Faire” “Laissez Faire” –Little or no regulation of business of business The Farm Problem The Farm Problem –McNary-Haugen Bill (1924, 26) (1924, 26) “Farmers have never made $. I don’t believe we can do much about it.”

10. The Jazz Age

11. Automobiles! 1918 – 7 million on the road. 1918 – 7 million on the road. Henry Ford Henry Ford –Assembly Line 1913 –Model T – ½ of all cars on road 1 st “Shopping Center” 1922, KS 1 st “Shopping Center” 1922, KS

12. The Model T

13. The Movies Silent Movies Silent Movies –(1903) “The Great Train Robbery” –(1915) “Birth of a Nation” “New” KKK “New” KKK Talkies Talkies –(1927) “Jazz Singer”

15. More “New” Toys Radio Radio –1920 KDKA Pittsburgh Phonograph (Edison) Phonograph (Edison) –Gramophone Refrigerators Refrigerators

16. New Consumer America Advertising, Billboards(1929) Advertising, Billboards(1929) “Buy Now, Pay Later” “Buy Now, Pay Later” Wages < Prices Wages < Prices The Stock Market Buzz The Stock Market Buzz –Speculation

17. Harlem Renaissance 1920’s – 30’s 1920’s – 30’s Entertainers Entertainers –Jazz –Dance Writers Writers –Langston Hughes

18. 1920’s Culture Flappers Flappers

19. 1920’s Culture Organized Crime Organized Crime –Bootleggers & Gangsters Gangsters

20. 1920’s Culture Sports Stars Sports Stars –Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Bobby Jones, Gertrude Ederle

21. Cultural Conflict Prohibition Movement – “Izzy & Moe” Prohibition Movement – “Izzy & Moe” Anti-Flirt League Anti-Flirt League Tennessee v. John Scopes(1925) Tennessee v. John Scopes(1925) –Tennessee Anti-Evolution Statute Tennessee Anti-Evolution StatuteTennessee Anti-Evolution Statute –Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan