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The 1920’s

The 1920’s. I. American Business and Consumerism. Economy Creditor nation Production increase Labor suffered Standard ↑ Farmers suffered. II. Ford and Changing Consumerism. American producing 70% more MASS CONSUMPTION SOCIETY Ford made car obtainable 1929--@30 million cars.

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The 1920’s

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  1. The 1920’s

  2. I. American Business and Consumerism • EconomyCreditor nation • Production increase • Labor suffered • Standard↑ • Farmers suffered

  3. II. Ford and Changing Consumerism • American producing 70% more • MASS CONSUMPTION SOCIETY • Ford made car obtainable • 1929--@30 million cars

  4. Ford and Changing Consumerism (cont’d) • Steel, rubber, petroleum • Trains give way to trucks • Suburbs grow • No cash up frontbuy on credit!!

  5. III. Birth of Modern Culture • Jazz Age; Roaring Twenties • Radio: comedy, drama, sports • Movies • Jazz Singerfirst “talkie” • “True American Hero” changed

  6. Birth of Modern Culture (cont’d) • Entertainers replace presidents and world leaders

  7. Birth of Modern Culture (cont’d) • Lost Generation • Not pleased with materialism/consumerism • Authors & Artists • Fitzgerald • Stein • Hemingway • O’Keefe • Benton

  8. Birth of Modern Culture (cont’d) 10. Harlem Renaissance • Critical of white society • Joy/pain of being black • Langston Hughes; Armstrong; Ellington • Little impact elsewhere at the time

  9. Birth of Modern Culture (cont’d)

  10. IV. Conservative Reaction • Fundamentalists, prohibitionists, nativists • Scopes teaches evolutionagainst state law (TN) • ACLU appoints Clarence Darrow • State of TNWilliam Jennings Bryan • Monkey Trial • Scopes found guiltylater overturned

  11. Conservative Reaction (cont’d)

  12. Conservative Reaction (cont’d) • Volstead Act,1919—enforce the 18th amend. • Organized Crime • Al Capone Chicago • Many began to protest • 21st Amend.repeals prohibition Dec. 5, 1933

  13. Conservative Reaction (cont’d) 12. Quota Act, Immigration Act, 1921 • 3% limit; based on 1910 census • National Origins Act, 1924 • 2% based on 1890 census • KKK emerges; same terror tactics

  14. Conservative Reaction (cont’d) • Sacco & Vanzetti • Executed in 1927

  15. V. Continued Struggle for Equality • Af.Am.; Women; immigrants • Marcus GarveyUnited Negro Improvement Association • Segregatethen “Back to Africa” • WEB Bu Bois, NAACP fight for justice/equality • New inventions help middle class women; not poor

  16. Continued Struggle for Equality (cont’d) • flappers • Increase in divorce • Women could vote; Legislators listened • Compulsory schoolwomen educatedcollege education

  17. Continued Struggle for Equality (cont’d) • Margaret Sanger • Advocated Birth Control • Openly discuss: menstruation, birth control, poverty, abuse, premature death of young women.

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