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Social Change & Conflict of the 1920s. 1920s Previewed. AMERICAN POSTWAR ISSUES. How did Americans feel after WWI? What did they fear? What concerned them? How might this spark change?. ISOLATIONISM. Isolationism - pulling away from involvement in world affairs. FEAR OF COMMUNISM.
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AMERICAN POSTWAR ISSUES • How did Americans feel after WWI? • What did they fear? • What concerned them? • How might this spark change?
ISOLATIONISM • Isolationism - pulling away from involvement in world affairs
FEAR OF COMMUNISM • Communism • an economic and political system based on • single-governmental party, • equal distribution of resources, • no private property • rule by a dictatorship • Can anyone see pros in Communism?
SOVIET UNION COMMUNISM Lenin • Vladimir Lenin • follower of the Marxist doctrine • This is important for future discussions.
NATIVISM • Nativism – fear of immigrants; desire for America to be American. • Why?
THE KLAN RISES AGAIN • Red Scare and anti-immigrant attitudes = KKK more popular than ever • By 1924, the Klan had 4.5 million members
CONGRESS LIMITS IMMIGRATION • The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 set up a quota system to control and restrict immigration America changed its formally permissive immigration policy
A TIME OF LABOR UNREST • Strikes were outlawed during WWI • 1919 - more than 3,000 strikes involving 4 million workers
BOSTON POLICE STRIKE • Boston police - no raise in years and denied the right to unionize
STEEL MILL STRIKE • Sept 1919, U.S. Steel Corporation refused to meet with union reps • Scabs were hired while strikers were beaten by police and federal troops
COAL MINERS’ STRIKE Lewis • 1919, United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis called a Strike • Won a 27% pay raise
1920s: TOUGH TIMES FOR UNIONS • The 1920s hurt the labor movement • Union membership dropped from 5 million to 3.5 million • Why? Ford Foundry workers in 1926; only 1% of black workers were in Unions at the time
The Presidents Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge
THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA • “The business of America is business.” President Calvin Coolidge 1924-1928
Cal gives the people what they want….. LAISSEZ FAIRE!!!!!!!
THE IMPACT OF THE AUTO The Ford Model T was the first car in America. It came only in black and sold for $290. Over 15 million were sold by 1927.
IMPACT OF THE AUTO Among the many changes were: • Paved roads, traffic lights • Motels, billboards • Home design • Gas stations, repair shops • Shopping centers • Freedom for rural families • Independence for women and young people • Cities like Detroit, Flint, Akron grew • By 1920 80% of world’s vehicles in U.S.
AIRLINE TRANSPORT BECOMES COMMON When commercial flights began, all flight attendants were female and white
RADIO COMES OF AGE What's the most important consequence of the radio?
AMERICAN STANDARD OF LIVING SOARS PROSPERITY!!!!
ELECTRICAL CONVENIENCES Electric refrigerators, stoves, irons, toasters, vacuums, washing machines and sewing machines were all new
Advertising in the Jazz Age Another ad legitimizing desire; it associates the product with glamour and modernity
Advertising in the Jazz Age See this ad, buy the radio, hear more ads, buy more stuff!
