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The Roaring 1920s. AKA time after World War I to 1930. End of World War I. Dates of World War I? Whose assassination “started” the war? What countries were involved? What treaty ends the war to end all wars? What countries make up this treaty? What country was told to pay reparations?
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The Roaring 1920s AKA time after World War I to 1930
End of World War I • Dates of World War I? • Whose assassination “started” the war? • What countries were involved? • What treaty ends the war to end all wars? • What countries make up this treaty? • What country was told to pay reparations? • What country has to decrease their military?
Like Edward Cullen, many soldiers caught inFLUenza in 1918 – it was an epidemic that swept across the world – 50 to 100 million died. Over 500 million were infected with inFLUenza. The inFLUenza epidemic lasted until 1920.
Communism Started in the Soviet Union –previously known as Russia Lenin was a big push for Communism Communism is the principal that everyone should share equally in a society’s wealth. A system that has no economic classes and no private property. 1% of 1% were actually Communist
Palmer was looking for: • Anarchists – radical people who sought the destruction of the government. • Deported about 6000 suspected Communists.
America’s Capitalism • Companies encouraged workers to reject union and accept lower wages. • Companies gave fringe benefits to employees.
Criminal Syndicalism Laws • Passed by many states during the Red Scare of 1919-1920, these outrageous laws outlawed the mere advocacy of violence to secure social change. Stump speakers for the International Workers of the World, or IWW, were special targets. • These were enacted because of the Russian Revolution. • Can invade peoples homes and jobs with out a search warrant and jail them for weeks without seeing a lawyer.
What the KKK is Against Foreigners Pacifists Jewish Communists Catholics Internationalist Evolution Revolutionists Immigration restrictions Adultery Short skirts Gambling “demon rum” Bootlegging Blacks Birth Control Unions
What the KKK is for • Keeping blacks “in THEIR place” • White – Anglo-Saxon • Protestant • “Native” Americans
Ku Klux Klan • Organized in Georgia by William Simmons – not Forrest Gump's grandfather • At its peak claimed over 5,000,000 members • Price to join KKK $10 a piece • It virtually collapses in the late 1920s because of being publicly exposed as corrupt and a money racket
Immigrants • 800,000 NEW immigrants – what’s different about these immigrants?
Xenophobia • Emergency Quota Act 1921 – 3% quota (1910 pop) • Immigration Act 1924 – 2% quota and no Japanese and discriminated against southern and eastern Europeans (1890 pop) • National Origins Act 1924 – reduce immigration to the US from European countries to 150,000 • By 1931 more people left America than came here. • Quota system does not apply to Western Hemisphere. Canada allowed 1 million and Mexico half a million.
Xenophobia continued • This “fear” caused many aliens, citizens of other countries living in the US, to be deported against their will to another country. • This “fear” also lead to nativism, distrust of foreigners. • Many immigrants lived in neighborhoods with their own churches, newspapers, and theaters – so they could keep their culture alive.
Agriculture in the 1920s • During World War I, the federal government had subsidized and paid absurdly high prices for wheat and other grains in an effort to support the war. example $2 for a bushel of wheat by 1920 down to 67 cents • The federal government had encouraged farmers to buy more land, modernize their methods, and produce more food.
Agriculture in the 1920s • In Europe farm production revives after the war. • Advancement like pesticides and fertilizers increased yield per acre • Because of this prices fall in the United States and farmers lose money – supply & demand • This leads to the farm crises in the 1920s because competition grew when European farmers returned to their fields. • Farmers were eventually paid NOT to produce
Prohibition = 18th Amendment Volstead Act 1919
Gang Activity By 1930, gangs in Chicago were making an ANNUAL profit between $12-18 BILLION
Education IMPORTANT • Successful industries • People making more money (income) • Fewer families relying on children’s work • 4 million kids attended high school – home economics classes offered. • John Dewey is the “father of progressive education”
Installment Buying • Paying for an item over time in small payments – consumer credit. • A dollar down a dollar “forever” • Electrical appliances made life easier for women – washing machines, vacuums, refrigerators
Independence, Employment, Urbanization, and Status Symbol Thanks Ford and Talyor
Assembly Line A production system in which the item being built moves along a conveyor belt to various work stations and each member of the team helps construct the item. Producing a finished automobile about every 10 seconds.
Impact of the Cars • More jobs 6 million – building highways, paving roads, gas stations, motels, shopping centers • Smaller lawns, houses with garages and driveways • Suburbs • Holland tunnel 1927 • Deaths – 1,000,000 by 1950
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Radios • November 1920 KDKA first radio station - Announced Harding presidential victory • Automobile lured Americans away from home the radio brought them back – soap operas, comedies, news • Everyone could hear the same thing at the same time – united America together. • By 1929 40% of all Americans own a working radio
