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Bloodied by war and disillusioned by piece, what did Americans do in the 1920s and what did they denounce?
-because of Wilson we had been internationalists
-And we turned inward, isolate ourselves from world
-Ignore diplomatic commitments
-denounced radical foreign ideas
-Condemned on American lifestyles
-Supported immigration restriction
-Concentrated on our own economy; transition from war call me two piece economy = recession followed by prosperity = roaring 20s
Describe the red scare
-1919 1920-during the session.
-Fear of communism after World War I
-Associated with Bolshevik Revolution
-There was no secret of the Communist Party in United States; News blows it out of portion
How did Americans respond to the red scare and who led the crusade against radicals
-30 states pass addition loss
-A. Mitchell Palmer-"red Hunter"-lead crusade against radicals; it was a US Atty. Gen.; created the Justice Department (led by J Edgar Hoover)
Palmer raids-raids Communist Party headquarters
What events highlighted the red scare?
-Mall bombs
-Bomb exploded on Wall Street
-Bomb sent to a Mitchell Palmer
-We are hysterical
- Union membership decreases
-Person shot for not standing for US anthem
How did Americans respond to the flood of immigrants into the United States following World War I?
18,000 and the grant moved into US-two thirds from southeastern Europe
-Emergency quota act
-Second immigration act of 1924
Emergency quota act
-3% of each race can come to america
Who did the quota system discriminate against
-Eastern and southern Europeans
Identify Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeu Vanzetti.
-Two men were men arrested for murder
-They were professed anarchist, Draft dodgers, dark skinned Italian immigrants
-Circumstantial evidence
-Sentenced to die
-Just called them "anarchist bastards"
-executed after six years of appeals
Why did many Americans support prohibition
-to conserve grain
-To go against German brewers
Where in the US is opposition to prohibition the strongest
Eastern cities "large number of immigrants"
What did the 18th amendment due and when did it go into effect
Prohibited sales of intoxicating liquor
What conditions hampered the enforcement of prohibition
-Disillusionment
-Ex post facto law (something that had always been legal)
-Not enough law-enforcement
What sort of crime to prohibition spawn
-speakeasies, police bribery, gangsterism, gained wars
What US city was the most spectacular example of lawlessness
Chicago
Who was branded as public enemy number one
Al Capone
What replaced corner saloons during Prohibition
Speakeasies
Once prohibition was repealed what other illicit activities to did gangsters move into
Drugs, prostitution, gambling
Who was the "Noble experiment" of prohibition a complete failure
No:
-arrest for drunkenness decrease
-Absenteeism at work decreased
-Savings accounts increased
-That's from alcohol decreased
Identify what is meant by the term great migration
"Red Summer"
African-Americans leave the south and move into cities looking for jobs that are empty due to boys overseas
-Harlem, Philly, St. Louis, Detroit
-Predominately all-white cities are being infiltrated by blacks = racial tensions (lynchings, KKK)
Describe race relations in the US following world War I
Black Americans not content with treatment
-Many go overseas to find more for democracy
-much more militant attitude among blacks Americans after World War I-sparked racial violence
Eugene Williams
-swimming at beach in Lake Michigan
-beach divided by rope: black versus white side
-He swim so far away were wasn't there and crossed over to white side
-whites threw rocks at him; he was knocked unconscious and drowned
-Sparks extreme racial violence and riots in Chicago
Marcus Garvey
-Black nationalist/separatist
-Jamaican
-Created United Negro improvement Association
-Goal is to promote resettlement of blacks in Africa
-Promote the establishment of black businesses
-Started steamship company to transport blacks
-Deported for mail fraud because he became a threat to the government
How did the revived KKK of 1920s differ from the reconstruction era KKK?
-Why people rise up because blacks became more militant
-Nationwide (not just anti-black)
Anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant, anti-do, anti-Darwinism, anti-gambling, anti-birth control
-5 million do you paying members
-Believe they guard public morality
Why did the KKK collapse in the 1920s?
-Publicity ties KKK lynching
-Decent people back away (most don't approve and are terrified of KKK; the KKK is made up of a very prominent minority)
-Embezzlement
Describe the Harlem Renaissance
-Revival of black culture
-Celebration of black culture
-jazz becomes a force for racial tolerance
-Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, WC Handy, Bessie Smith, Claude McKay, Zora Neal Hurston
John T Scopes
High school biology teacher in Tennessee
-State law prevented teaching evolution
-Scopes taught evolution and was charged, arrested and tried
-appeals upheld guilty verdict
-Found guilty and fined $100
-American Civil Liberties Union wanted to test/challenge the law
-Fined $100
What was the famous trial nicknamed
Monkey trial
How did the trial polarize Americans?
Fundamentalist versus modernist
(Tradition versus science)
To the American Civil Liberties Union hire to defense Scopes
Clarence Darrow
Who served in the prosecution team
Williams Jennings Bryan
What happened fundamentalism after the trial
Remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life
What size are made in education during 1920s. Identify John Dewey
-Professor from Columbia
-Believe that you should educate students for life: common core = boring and not helpful
-Took pragmatic approach to education reform
-Practical education
-founded lab schools
What made possible the prosperity of the 1920s?
-Pent-up savings accumulated during World War I
-Installment buying: buy now, pay later
-Increase production: produce more with less (for the assembly line)
What was the main problem faced by manufacturers in the 1920s?
Advertising
Bruce Barton
"The man nobody knows"
-Bestseller 1925
-Tried to convince people Jesus Christ is the best
Why was a tremendous cloud of debt accumulated during the 1920s
Installment buying and banks were offering home mortgage
What was Henry Ford contribution to automobile industry
-Mass production
-Assembly-line production
-Guaranteed five dollars a day-average was $2
-Fair work
Which city became the motor capital of United States?
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What was the model T nickname? How much did it cost? How fast did it go?
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What impact of the automobile have one American life in the 1920s?
-leads to development of suburbs
-Became a favorite past time
-Convenience, pleasure, excitement
-And isolation and rural areas
What were the social byproducts of the automobile?
-Nation of commuters
-Women become more independent
What negative impact on mobile have on society?
-Accidents-serious injury and death
"House of prostitution on wheels"
-Leaves to decline a morals
-Stimulates crime
-Leads to pollution
Babe Ruth
-famous New York Yankees baseball player
-60 home runs-record not broken until 1961
The Negro National League
First in a series of all black leagues
Josh Gibson
69 home runs in one single season
-Catcher for Pittsburgh
Jack Dempsey
Heavyweight boxing champ
Harold "Red" Grange
"Galloping ghost"
-College football running back
-Played for University of Illinois
Knute Rockne
-The coach Notre Dame
-Five undefeated season
Bill Tilden and Helen wills
Tennis greats
Tilden: number one for years
Wills: 31 grand slams
Johnny Weismuller
Five Olympic gold-medal
Gertrude Ederle
First woman swim English Channel "20 miles"
Bobby Jones
One every major in two years
-Only player to win grand slam
Jackie Robinson
Number 42
First black in white league
Who is the most celebrated hero of the 1920s
Charles Lindbergh
"The flying fool"
"Lucky Lindy"
-Tries to fly nonstop from New York to Paris for $25,000
-It takes 33 and half hours
-1930s is 20-month-old son was kidnapped; the boy was dropped on the way down the ladder from the window; Lindburg payed ransom; He was found two months later and shallow grave
Which political party dominated the presidency during 1920s
Republican
Name the three presidents elected during the 1920s
Warren G Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
Who is the famous secretary of treasury during the 1920s
Andrew Mellon
What did he consistently support? What was his theory known as and how was it supposed to work?
-supported laissez-faire
Trickle-down theory
-text breaks for rich and big businesses:
-thought extra money would trickle-down for expanding businesses and higher wages
how did the US government make up for the lost revenue
the debt raised from $1 billion-$24 billion
-Tariffs: dried-up trade: when stock market crashes-Hoover raises care (never-ending cycle)
The Harding administration was marked by scandals similar to that which occurred during which other presidential administration?
Grant
-Harding was average: he associated with the wrong people; put friends into office and they ripped off the government
-secretary of State: Charles Hughes
-Atty. Gen. : Henry Daugherty
-sec. interior: Albert fall
-Secretary of treasury: melon
-Sec. of commerce: Herbert Hoover
What was the most famous scandal of the Harding administration
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