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The Roaring 20’s

The Roaring 20’s. What do you think they mean by calling it the “Roaring” 1920’s?. What is the symbolism of this picture?. AKS. 45a - explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restrictions (Sacco and Vanzetti)

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The Roaring 20’s

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  1. The Roaring 20’s

  2. What do you think they mean by calling it the “Roaring” 1920’s?

  3. What is the symbolism of this picture?

  4. AKS • 45a - explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restrictions (Sacco and Vanzetti) • 45b - identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile • 45c - describe the impact of sports heroes (Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey), radio and the movies • 45d - describe modern forms of cultural expression including Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz, Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Ernest Hemingway and the Lost Generation, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley

  5. Essential Question • Explain the domestic climate in the U.S. after WWI. • Why was the 1920’s so “roaring?”

  6. What did American fear in the 1920’s? • Nativism—prejudice against foreign-born people—sweeps nation • The Red Scare! • Communism—economic, political system, single-party government • ruled by dictator • no private property • 1919 Vladimir I. Lenin, Bolsheviks, set up Communist state in Russia

  7. Sacco and Vanzetti • Red Scare feeds fear of foreigners, ruins reputations, wrecks lives • 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrants, anarchists, arrested • Anarchists oppose any form of government • charged with robbery, murder • Jury finds them guilty • Sacco, Vanzetti executed 1927

  8. With a partner, PREDICT what you think the effects are towards immigrants? How does this change U.S. policy regarding immigration?

  9. Review • What is nativism? • What was the “Red Scare?” • Who were Sacco and Venzetti?

  10. Quick Lesson - Communism • http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/communism/

  11. Making Connections • With a partner discuss how American fears in the 1920’s relate to today… some things to help you out: • Arizona • Illegal immigration • 9/11 • Terrorism • Islam

  12. The Quota System • Quota system sets maximum number can enter U.S. from each country • sharply reduces European immigration • Discriminates against southern, eastern Europeans • Prohibits Japanese immigration • Does not apply to Western Hemisphere; many Canadians, Mexicans enter

  13. 20.3/20.4 • EQ(s) • What is the legacy of the Harding and Coolidge administrations? • What were some of the social and political changes of the 1920’s? • How did these changes lay the foundations for the Great Depression?

  14. Warren G. Harding (R) • In office: 1921 – 1923 • Died in office • Self-made newspaper man • Senator and Gov. from Ohio • Administration marred by scandal • The Ohio Gang • Teapot Dome Scandal

  15. The Harding Administration • Ohio gang—corrupt friends who cause embarrassment • Teapot Dome scandal—naval oil reserves used for personal gain • Harding dies in 1923 and Calvin Coolidge assumes the presidency

  16. Calvin Coolidge (R) • In office: 1923 – 1929 • Gov. of Massachusetts • VP – succeeded Harding • Favored limited government

  17. What is the most important invention of the 20th Century?

  18. Changes to Society • Automobile • How does this impact where people live?

  19. How does commercial air travel change society?

  20. What is this?

  21. Changes in the 1920’s • Income grows • Electrical appliances • Modern advertising • Buying goods on credit • Installment plan—pay for goods over extended period with interest

  22. Create a topic sentence for what you learned today!

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