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American Life in the Roaring 20’s

American Life in the Roaring 20’s. APUSH. I. Xenophobia. Red Scare Nationwide crusade against left-wingers whose Americanism was suspect. a. Bolshevik Revolution spawned a tiny communist party in the US. B. Seattle General Strike

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American Life in the Roaring 20’s

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  1. American Life in the Roaring 20’s APUSH

  2. I. Xenophobia • Red Scare • Nationwide crusade against left-wingers whose Americanism was suspect. a. Bolshevik Revolution spawned a tiny communist party in the US. B. Seattle General Strike 1. Labor strike that led to a call for federal troops to head off the “anarchy of Russia”

  3. I. Xenophobia • Red Scare C. Billy Sunday – Preached the evils of the Bolsheviks • A. Mitchell Palmer – Att. General who rounded up nearly 6000 suspects • Buford – Ship filled with nearly 250 alleged alien radicals to be sent back to Russia – deportation • Criminal Syndicalism Laws - anti-red statutes – unlawful the “mere advocacy of violence to secure social change” • Sacco and Vanzetti Case (1921) – two Italian anarchists that were convicted of killing a Boston pay master. Evidence would probably not have convinced a jury today to give the death sentence.

  4. I. Xenophobia • Resurgence of the KKK • Pro Anglo Saxon, pro native American, pro Protestantism • Bible Belt • Anti Immigration • Emergency Quota Act - Newcomers restricted to a quota • Immigration Act 1924 – The end of unrestricted immigration in the US

  5. II. Prohibition • 18th Amendment • Supported by women and churches A. Associated with prostitution, corruption and crime • Legally prohibited the sale/manufacturing of alcohol • Especially popular in the South and West. Hated on the east coast.

  6. II. Prohibition • 18th Amendment • Social Impact • Ordinary citizens became outlaws • Increased corruption in Police force • Increased gagsters • Al Capone/St. Valentines Day Massacre • Racketeer/Organized crime

  7. III. Evolution v Fundamentalism • Scopes Monkey Trial • Issue • John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution in a TN high school. • Found guilty and fined $100. • Fundamentalist –emphasis on literal reading of the Bible.

  8. IV. Modernism • Consumerism • Producers increased buying desires of consumers by allowing them to buy on credit. • Buying on credit • By goods in installments • Little down and pay off the remainder later

  9. IV. Modernism • Consumerism • Scientific Management • Eliminated waste motion • Frederick W. Taylor 1. Assembly Line

  10. IV. Modernism • Automobiles • Social Impact • Americans were no longer culturally isolated • Exposure to new ideas • Further development of suburbs • Young became more adventurous • Women less dependent on men • Death rate increased • Get away cars

  11. IV. Modernism • Automobiles • Economic Impact • Affordable for average worker • Spin off industries • Decrease in railroad industry

  12. IV. Modernism • Airplanes • December 17, 1903 – Kitty Hawk, NC the Wright Brothers flew the first engine plane for 12 seconds. • Charles Lindbergh- 1st transcontinental flight on his plane The Spirit of St. Louis. • Airplanes are going to change the worldwide.- War, travel, etc.

  13. IV. Modernism • Radio • Impact • Long range communication during war • Paperless advertising • Shows led to socialization • Stimulated sports

  14. IV. Modernism • Entertainment • Nickelodeons • 1st 5 cent black and white silent movies. • The Great Train Robbery (1903) • Birth of a Nation • Talkies – movies with sound • The Jazz Singer • Hollywood

  15. V. Social and Cultural Movements • Women • Margaret Sanger- organized the birth control movement • Alice Paul – Equal Rights Amendment/ never passed • Flappers – liberated women that wore dresses to their knees • Youth had more freedom than before • Charleston – dance • Dr. Sigmund Freud – nervous and emotional ills cause by sexual repression

  16. V. Social and Cultural Movements • Harlem Renaissance • African American movement based upon uplifting African Americans through • Music – Jazz • Literature 1. Langston Hughes

  17. V. Social and Cultural Movements • Literature • Disillusioned with conformity, and authority • The Lost Generation • Ernest Hemingway – Farewell to Arms • F. Scott Fitzgerald – Great Gatsby • Robert Frost

  18. VI. Bull Market • Buying on Margin • Everyone bought stocks on margin • Middle Class began to bear most tax responsibilities. • America was well on its way to financial crisis.

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