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Chapter 34

Chapter 34. Roaring twenties. Fear of foreigners. WWI Bolshevik revolution Strikes in the U.S. Sacco and Vanzetti Rise of the KKK Collapse because of scandal and methods Immigration act of 1921: 3% of 1910 1924: 2% of 1890. Prohibition and Crime. 1919: 18 th amendment, Volstead Act

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Chapter 34

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  1. Chapter 34 Roaring twenties

  2. Fear of foreigners • WWI • Bolshevik revolution • Strikes in the U.S. • Sacco and Vanzetti • Rise of the KKK • Collapse because of scandal and methods • Immigration act of 1921: 3% of 1910 • 1924: 2% of 1890

  3. Prohibition and Crime • 1919: 18th amendment, Volstead Act • Law against normal activity • Speakeasies • Chicago • Elliot Ness, Al Capone, the Untouchables • Lindbergh baby (1932)

  4. Fundamentalism • New inventions in science, technology • Religious revivals across south • Dayton, Tennessee • John Scopes as substitute teacher • ACLU tests Tennessee law against evolution • William Jennings Bryan vs. Clarence Darrow

  5. Consumerism • Mass consumption • Credit • Automobile industry • Radio • Difference of Henry Ford • Assembly line and mass production • Auto touring, impact on family • Cars’ impact on the country

  6. Stars & entertainment of the 20’s • Jim Thorpe • Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb • Charles Lindbergh: 1927; $25,000 • Hollywood: 1903; the great train robbery, 1927: the Jazz singer 1st talkie • Flappers, Jazz • Radio: KDKA Pittsburgh • Impact of network radio on the country

  7. Laissez Faire economics • Andrew Mellon: secretary of treasury convinces Republicans that cutting taxes for wealthy was the way to go

  8. African Americans in the 20’s • Harlem Renaissance • Langston Hughes • Marcus Garvey: United Negro Improvement Association

  9. Lost Generation • F. Scott Fitzgerald • “all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken” • Ernest Hemingway

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