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The Great Depression

The Great Depression. Learning Targets. I can define the Red Scare. I can describe the effects of Prohibition. I can analyze the conflict between urban and rural values in the 1920s. The Red Scare. Red Scare – the fear of communism A Red Scare spread across the US briefly in the 1920s.

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The Great Depression

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  1. The Great Depression

  2. Learning Targets • I can define the Red Scare. • I can describe the effects of Prohibition. • I can analyze the conflict between urban and rural values in the 1920s.

  3. The Red Scare • Red Scare – the fear of communism • A Red Scare spread across the US briefly in the 1920s. • Restricted freedom of speech • Could be imprisoned or deported for political views • …even being suspected of having certain views • Made no distinction between communism and socialism or democratic socialism.

  4. X-Axis Indicates Economic Views ECONOMY COMMUNISM CAPITALISM

  5. Y-Axis Indicates Government Views TOTAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL GOVERNMENT NO GOVERNMENT CONTROL

  6. Communism vs. Capitalism COMMUNISM CAPITALISM No government involvementin the economy Businesses can do anything they desire to succeed or get ahead. Competition in the market Freedom to fail or succeed No moral obligation to help others from failing • Community ownershipof the economy • Controlled production allows all businesses to survive. • No competition • No freedom to fail or succeed (everyone in the middle) • Moral obligationto help others from failing

  7. Prohibition • Prohibition – made it illegal to sell, manufacture, or transport alcohol. • Campaign for prohibition started in 1830s. • Became official in 1920 with 18th amendment. • The law was generally ignored. • Organized crime (gangsters, mobsters) ran speakeasies throughout the country. • Speakeasy – a bar that secretly (and illegally) had alcohol

  8. Carrie Nation would destroy saloons and bottles of liquor with a hatchet.

  9. Flappers tended to drink.

  10. Before Prohibition, women weren’t allowed in saloons. During Prohibition, they were allowed in speakeasies.

  11. Al Capone was the most famous mobster.

  12. Line outside Al Capone’s soup kitchen

  13. Chicago mob scene

  14. Mayor of Chicago. Promised to end police raids of speakeasies. Al Capone contributed $250K to Thompson’s campaign.

  15. Gangsters & Corruption • Al Capone and others regularly bribed police and politicians. • Eliot Ness was a famous Prohibition agent. • Had a law enforcement team called The Untouchables because they wouldn’t be bribed. • Arrested Capone in 1931.

  16. Urban Values vs. Rural Values Urban Liberalism (in the city) Rural Conservatism (in the country) Against women’s rights Supported the KKK Supported Prohibition Against immigration Against teaching evolution in schools • Supported women’s rights • Supported civil rights (some) • Against Prohibition • Supported immigration (some) • Supported teaching evolution in schools

  17. Learning Targets • I can define the Red Scare. • I can describe the effects of Prohibition. • I can analyze the conflict between urban and rural values in the 1920s.

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