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They’re Gonna Hear the US Roar…. Why was the Treaty of Versailles rejected? What was the League of Nations? What were the 14 points? What was Roosevelt’s Square Deal?. Year of 6 Presidents. Republicans Teddy Roosevelt dies in 1919…so does Bull Moose Party Go back to the (R)
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Why was the Treaty of Versailles rejected? • What was the League of Nations? • What were the 14 points? • What was Roosevelt’s Square Deal?
Year of 6 Presidents • Republicans • Teddy Roosevelt dies in 1919…so does Bull Moose Party • Go back to the (R) • Devised a platform that would appeal to pro-League and anti-League supporters • Nominated Warren G. Harding • “Return to normalcy” • Laissez faire • Isolationism • Democrats • Governor James Cox • Strongly supported the League • Campaigning • Democrats made it the central issue • Republicans captured the middle ground
Mass Consumption Economy • Economy • ______________ policies expanded the economy • Increased ability for _____________ • Assembly lines • _______ in the standard of living
Mass Consumption Economy • Industries • ____________________strategies were employed • Research and development • Expanded industries • Electricity • Automobiles • Chemicals • Film • Radio • Commercial aviation • Printing • America was ___________ by the end of the 1920s
Mass Consumption Economy • Entertainment • Now, commercial profit-making activities • Advertising • Sought to make Americans ____________ • Bruce Barton • The Man Nobody Knows • Sports • __________________ • Babe Ruth • Jack Dempsey • Famous boxer • First to earn $1,000,000 • Buying on ______________ • People bought on credit ____________ • Allowed them to have advances • Increases the vulnerability of economy
A Quick Entertainment Break • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyFaLT-L2uk
Return to Normalcy • Mass Consumption Economy • Why do sports blow up?
Automobiles • _______________ • Developed industry in 1890s • Invented the Model T • _________________ • Assembly line production • Makes cars well within reach of American ______________ • 1914: 500,000 • 1930: 20,000,000
Automobiles • Results of Auto Industry • _____________ • 6,000,000 workers in 1930 • Support industries • Products used to make cars • _____________ industry hit hard • End of mud roads • Food is more accessible • Tourism increased
Automobiles • Changes • Now a ____________ • Leisure hours could be used more pleasurably • Take vacations • __________ breaks down • Less attractive states lose population • Suburbs spread out farther • Loss of ______________ • 1,000,000 deaths in 1951 • Morals of youth • Decrease according to some • _____________ become more independent • Helps the crime wave
Askin’ All Them Questions • Assembly line • Changes because of cars • Scopes Monkey Trial • 18th Amendment • Return to normalcy
Airplanes • _________ Brothers • Kitty Hawk, NC 1903 • Flew a plane 120 ft/12 secs • Seen more as stunt devils • First used successfully in WW1 • Private companies start to offer service • ___________________ • First person to ___________ • $25,000 prize • Instant celebrity/hero • Sketchyness • Anti-Semitic sentiments • Nazi supporter • Opposed entry into WW2 • Eventually flies combat
Airplanes • Results • New industry • Accidents were common • Railroad companies set back again • New weapons • Even less isolation • Communication and transportation were becoming quicker
Development of Radio • Invented • Guglielmo Marconi, 1890 • 1906: First voice broadcast • 1910: First musical broadcast • 1920: First radio station • KDKA Pittsburgh • Results • _______________ networks replace local programming • ______________ became prominent • Soap operas • Knitted the community together • Sports • Politicians now have to speak • Music increased • People were participants in world events
Hollywood • Development of ________ • Thomas Edison • Great Train Robbery, 1903 • First short movie • _______________, 1915 • First full length movie • Glorified KKK • Defamed blacks and carpetbaggers • _______________, 1927 • First talking movie • Al Jolson in black face • Movie stars are more popular than the _____________ • $100,000 a movie
Hollywood • Hollywoodland • Became capital because of ___________________ • Early producers • Nudity • Vampires • Forces ______________ • Really picks up during WW1 • _______________ • Results of movies • No more limitation of views • Creation of _____________ • Brought working-class together
Askin’ All Them Questions • Babe Ruth • Birth of a Nation • Effects of movies • Charles Lindberg • Henry Ford • Assembly line • Andrew Mellon • Buying on credit
Social Changes • Great Migration • Movement of ________________ • Decreased _____________ • Lack of immigrant workers in North • Why? • Increased manufacturing • Growth of the _____________ • Leads to
Culture Changes • Harlem Renaissance • _______________ • New Orleans • Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong • Writers • Marcus Garvey • Jamaican • Promotes ________________ • Sponsored _________ stores to keep________ dollars in _________ pockets • Deported by the government
Social Changes • Women • ________________ • Clerks • Typing • Margaret Sanger • Advocate for ______________ • Alice Paul • Advocated for an _________________ • Sexual Changes • Exploited by advertisers • Flappers • Bathing suits • Why? • Freud • Health demands release
Culture Changes • New Generation of Writers • Different backgrounds • Pent up ____________ • War • Jim Crow South • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Great Gatsby • Ernest Hemingway • The Sun Also Rises • A Farewell to Arms • Architecture • __________________ • Should grow from their location not imitate others • Empire State Building, 1931
Askin’ All Them Questions • Jazz • Henry Ford • Flappers • Harlem Renaissance
Askin’ All Them Questions • Scientific Management Theory • Mass Consumption Economy • Harlem Renaissance • Effects of automobiles • Babe Ruth • Birth of a Nation • Effects of movies • Charles Lindberg • Henry Ford
Wall Street’s Market is Bullish (or another ending) • Speculation • Real estate • Soothing tropical winds? • Stock Exchange • Buying Stocks on _________ • Small down payment • Try to cash in on tips heard throughout the day
Wall Street’s Market is Bullish (or another ending) • Debt • _____________ was done about the nation’s debt • Debt grows • Any surplus funds started to have to be used on the debt • Congress creates _________________ • Help President • Taxes • _____________ didn’t like them • Mellon reduced taxes for rich • 1921: 1,000,000 = $663,000 • 1926: 1,000,000 = $200,000
Wall Street’s Bull Market • Results of Mellon’s Policies • Shifted tax burden to ______________ • Reduced the ______________ • People say it could’ve been even less • His lack of taxes/regulation caused people to __________
Askin’ All Them Questions • Wilson’s 14 Points • Harlem Renaissance • Great Migration • Marcus Garvey • Andrew Mellon on taxes • Speculation
Politics of Roaring 20s • Return of the “Empire” • Warren G. Harding • Best-liked men • Easy-going • Hated to hurt peoples’ feelings by saying no • Ideas • Cabinet • Mellon • Hoover • Fall • Secretary of Interior • Anti-environmentalist • Daugherty • Attorney General • Was a crook
Politics of the Roaring 20s • Return of… • Supreme Court • 4 of 9 • Most were very conservative • Adkins v. Children’s Hospital • Reversed Muller v. Oregon • Threw out a minimum wage law for women • Because of 19th amendment
Politics of the Roaring 20s • Big Industrialists • ________________ were ignored • People were appointed to regulatory agencies that were _______________
Askin’ All Them Questions • Andrew Mellon • Mass Consumption Economy • How were people affording everything? • Return to normalcy
Return to Normalcy? • Colonel Forbes • ____________________ • Involved naval oil reserves in Wyoming • 1921 • Sec’y Fall convinced Sec’y Navy to give those oil fields to Dept. of Interior • Harding signs them over • Fall leases lands to oil tycoons • Results • Harding
President Coolidge Plays Business’ Tune • _____________ • Embodied virtues of honesty • Shy • Mediocre leadership • Laissez-faire • Wanted to restore _______________
America Sees Red… • Frightened by ______________ • Government owned all land • Single political party • Individuals had no rights • Spread of communism • Why are they afraid?
America Sees Red • Palmer Raids • Attorney General Palmer • Jailed or drove out 6,000 people • 565 were Communists • December 1919 • 249 alleged radicals were deported to Russia
America Sees Red • Bombs were sent through the mail to encourage fear • Palmer warns of attacks on May Day • Never materialize he is discredited • State Legislatures
Sacco & Vanzetti • 2 people accused of murdering a paymaster • Prejudiced jury • Italian • Anarchist • Atheist • Draft dodgers • Executed in 1927
They’re Baaaaaack • 1st Wave • After the Civil War • Why are they back?
They’re Baaaack • Who Do They Appeal To? • Why Do They Fade Away? • Embezzlement by clan members
Stemming the Tide of Influence • Emergency Quota Act, 1921 • Immigration Act, 1924 • Canada and Latin America were exempted
Stemming the Tide of Influence • __________ is slowed • More foreigners leave America in 1931 than come • Sacrificed tradition of freedom and diversity • Dissent • ______________ • America should interweave different cultures
Askin’ All Them Questions • Why did KKK come back? • Emergency Quota Act • Sacco & Vanzetti • Palmer Raids • Describe this period
Monkeys on Trial? • Education • More states requiring students stay until 16 • John Dewey • Learning by doing • Education for life was essential for teachers • Science and Health • Rockefeller Foundation • Wiped out hookworm, 1920 • Evolution • __________________
Monkeys on Trial? • John T. Scopes • High school biology teacher • ___________________ • Town made it illegal • Trial • Defense • ________________ • Prosecution • Verdict • Found ____________ • Fined $100
Askin’ All Them Questions • Why did KKK come back? • Emergency Quota Act • Sacco & Vanzetti • Palmer Raids • Describe this period