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The 1920s

The 1920s. Decade of Contrasts. Warren G. Harding. The Harding Scandals. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall. Teapot Dome. Harding Funeral. Calvin Coolidge. Meanwhile on the cultural front . . . The Jazz Age. Flappers. Prohibition.

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The 1920s

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  1. The 1920s Decade of Contrasts

  2. Warren G. Harding

  3. The Harding Scandals Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall Teapot Dome

  4. Harding Funeral

  5. Calvin Coolidge

  6. Meanwhile on the cultural front . . .

  7. The Jazz Age

  8. Flappers

  9. Prohibition

  10. The decade of the 1920s was “the gaudiest spree on record” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald

  11. Eugenics • Claimed that blacks, Italians, Jews, and other groups were “human weeds.” • Said that Australian aborigines were “the lowest known species of the human family, just a step higher than the chimpanzee in brain development.” Margaret Sanger

  12. Klan Resurgence of the 1920s

  13. Social Commentators of the 1920s Sinclair Lewis

  14. Social Commentators of the 1920s H. L. Mencken

  15. But meanwhile . . .

  16. Billy Sunday

  17. William Jennings Bryan’s Campaign against Darwinism in Schools

  18. The Scopes Trial, 1925:A Publicity Stunt • A publicity stunt • Intended to put Dayton, Tennessee, on the map • Based on the false claim that Scopes actually taught Darwinism • A response to the ACLU’s solicitation

  19. The Scopes Trial Clarence Darrow

  20. The Scopes Trial,Differing Objectives • Dayton town boosters: to put Dayton on the map • Bryan: to defend a belief in the special creation of man • Darrow: to attack and ridicule Bryan, the Bible, and Christianity

  21. The Scopes Trial

  22. The Scopes Trial and the Media H. L. Mencken

  23. Politics

  24. The Election of 1928 Winner Al Smith, Democrat Herbert Hoover, Republican

  25. The Great Bull Market The Stock Market Crash of 1929

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