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The roaring twenties

The roaring twenties. Chapter 9. Read pages 270-275. DEFINE &IDENTIFY. ANSWER QUESTIONS. Red Scare Bolshevik Communism Palmer Raid Deportation Anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti. Political Cartoon on page 272 Chart on 274 1-3 on 275. The Red Scare. Russia  Soviet Union

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The roaring twenties

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  1. The roaring twenties Chapter 9

  2. Read pages 270-275 DEFINE &IDENTIFY ANSWER QUESTIONS • Red Scare • Bolshevik • Communism • Palmer Raid • Deportation • Anarchists • Sacco & Vanzetti • Political Cartoon on page 272 • Chart on 274 • 1-3 on 275

  3. The Red Scare • Russia  Soviet Union • COMMUNISM: ECONOMIC SYSTEM WITH NO ECONOMIC CLASSES AND NO PRIVATE PROPERTY • All people should share equally in wealth • Americans embraced the ideals of CAPITALISM • Especially freedom to own property • RED SCARE: WIDESPREAD FEAR OF COMMUNISM

  4. THE GOVERNMENT REACTS • PALMER RAIDS: ATTACKS ON SUSPECTED “RADICALS” • Used wartime laws that gave the government power against radicals • “Aliens” could face • DEPORTATION: REMOVING AN ALIEN FROM ONE COUNTRY

  5. LABOR STRIFE • Farms and Factories that had buzzed during the war now lay silent • Workers believed that Wilson was focusing on a peace plan an not on the workers at home  backlash against Democrats • Unions lost members and political power because of Red Scare (fear or workers overthrowing government)

  6. Limiting Immigration Competition for jobs Red Scare Triggers backlash against foreigners National Origins Act of 1924: limits number of immigrants allowed (from Eastern European countries) Discrimination against immigrants reaches its peak with Sacco and Vanzetti

  7. Sacco and Vanzetti Italian Immigrants Noted ANARCHISTS Arrested for armed robbery and murder Evidence was weak On trial for political beliefs Convicted and sentenced to die

  8. Discrimination in the 1920s Consider these questions while looking at the picture Then, answer the questions on the back! • View the Ku Klux Klan Marches in Washington D.C • Why is the location of the parade important? • What does the large crowd tell you about the KKK or the perception of the KKK in the 1920s?

  9. The Great Migration Mass movement of African Americans to Northern cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit

  10. The Harlem Renaissance Blossoming of African American art and literature that began in the 1920s. Named after the area of Manhattan many African Americans lived.

  11. Blues and Jazz: Bessie Smith & Duke Ellington Read the biographies on Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington Listen to the music as you read and answer the questions to help you understand the movement • Why do you think the Blues came from the South? • Why do you think Jazz was invented in New York City?

  12. Henry Ford and the Model T

  13. “ Nothing is particularly hard if you divide into small jobs.” - Henry Ford assembly line a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create a finished product. Interchangeable parts: identical pieces of a whole, sped up assembly Ford was also the first to build factories around that concept. It usually consists of 4 workers in control of one specific job and their work related movements are reduced to a minimum.

  14. Assembly Line Interchangeable Parts 

  15. Assembly Line

  16. Make:

  17. Automobile changes Economy

  18. The Automobile’s affect on culture • Welfare Capitalism: companies provide benefits to employees to promote worker satisfaction and loyalty • Company paid pensions for retirement • Recreation programs

  19. 1908 Touring Car

  20. 1912 Roadster

  21. 1920 Coupe

  22. Model A

  23. 1920’s Traffic!

  24. The New Consumer • New, cost-efficient manufacturing • Refrigerators • Vacuum cleaners • Radio • Commercial airplanes • Buy! Buy! Buy! • INSTALLMENT BUYING: paying for an item over time with small payments • CREDIT: borrowing money to buy now!

  25. Prohibition Leads to Organized Crime Al Capone BOOTLEGGER SPEAKEASY

  26. From Gibson Girl  Flappers!

  27. Conflicts over values • The shift away from rural America made shifts in American values • Rural values: hard-working, self-reliant, religious • Urban values: progress, technology, fun! • KKK recruited rural people who felt their way of life was on the decline • Uncertainty of changing times led many to turn to religion for answers • Fundamentalism: strict, literal interpretation of the Bible

  28. Politics • Wilson’s term came to a chaotic end with workers unhappy with him spending time in Paris • Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919 with no clear Republican successor • Warren G. Harding came to the forefront • Harding promised “normalcy” which sounded good after WWI and with the Red Scare • Notorious lover of leisure, avoided taking positions • “Less government in business and more business in government”

  29. Warren Harding • Cut the federal budget, reduce taxes on wealthiest Americans • Fordney-McCumber Tariff: to help farmers by raising cost of foreign grown farm products. US prices rose, helping farmers, but hurting Europeans because they couldn’t pay back war debts • Appointed old friends from Ohio to government positions, like secretary of Interior: Albert Fall • Teapot Dome Scandal: Fall accepted bribes in return for allowing oil companies to drill federal oil reserves on federal land in Teapot Dome, Wyoming • Harding died from a heart attack soon after

  30. Calvin Coolidge • “Silent Cal:” from rural Vermont, had a reputation for honesty • Quickly got rid of officials suspected of corruption • Believed in the power of business • Would provide the energy and resources to fuel America’s growth, promote arts and sciences • Government should be strictly limited, taxes should be lowered

  31. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution opposed Fundamentalists’ view of the Bible • Some states in the south banned the teaching of evolution in schools. • John Scopes, a young science teacher in Tennessee violated the law and got arrested • Clarence Darrow, famous lawyer, represented Scopes • William Jennings Bryan, three time candidate for president led prosecution • Famous orator, represented fundamentalism

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