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1920s Politics

1920s Politics. Reactions to Change. Opening Questions. What was the nature of politics and the role of government between 1900 and 1916? How and why did WWI create a resistance to change?. I. Women in Politics. 19 th Amendment Women’s organizations Women’s causes Jeannette Rankin (1916).

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1920s Politics

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  1. 1920s Politics Reactions to Change

  2. Opening Questions • What was the nature of politics and the role of government between 1900 and 1916? • How and why did WWI create a resistance to change?

  3. I. Women in Politics • 19th Amendment • Women’s organizations • Women’s causes • Jeannette Rankin (1916)

  4. Sheppard-Towner Act • Subsidized medical clinics • State welfare • Significantly lowered infant mortality • By late 1920s, program ended

  5. Peace & Freedom • Mobilized during the war, though ignored • WILPF (Peace & Freedom) • Causes: • Denounced imperialism • Proposed social justice • Opposed militarism • Came under fire during the First Red Scare

  6. Women Voters • Lobbyists: temperance, child welfare, workers’ rights • Difficulty gaining access to positions in either Republican or Democratic parties • Did not vote as a bloc

  7. II. Republican Normalcy • Backlash against Progressivism • Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1922) • Hoover’s Commerce Dept • Trade assoc. • Industry standards • Stable prices/wages • Fewer Anti-trust cases (Taft) • Evade international affairs • Isolationist Trade Policies • Kellogg-Briand Pact (1929) • War “illegal” • Labor Unions discouraged • Membership declined 30%

  8. Business & Government The Business Of America is Business

  9. Failure of Gov’t Assistance • Farm prices fell • Cut in taxes = cut in government spending • McNary-Haugen farm bills (1927 and 1928) vetoed by Coolidge • States still sought progressive solutions, but federal gov’t resisted

  10. III. Political Corruption • Harding’s Death • Cronyism • Ohio Gang • Teapot Dome Scandal • Charles Forbes • Harry Daugherty

  11. Dollar Diplomacy • Private banks made foreign loans • Eg: Bolivia • Central America • Dollar Diplomacy seen as racist (by women & African-American leaders)

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