The era following World War I known as the roaring twenties displayed a clash of traditional ideas and modernized ideas, both how these issues grew and their eventual outcomes. These issues manifested various social changes dealing with new immigration, religious tradition, the exploitation of mass media and new inventions, and the social tension with women, blacks, and gangs. The new flow of immigrants was restricted and controlled due to the hysteria induced by the Red Scare with liberals challenging the nativists. The traditional fundamentalism in religion challenged modern values with the Ku Klux Klan, the Scopes trials, and exploring religion in the United States. The mass media of the decade contributed to the growth of affordable consumer
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After fighting the resistances to this dramatic social change, the societal fervor led to the overall modernization of traditional customs. Beginning with New Immigration, the isolationism and nativism in America induced by the Red Scare led to distrust for communism and immigrants as well as laws restricting most immigration to America. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Red Scare grew in the US through criminal syndicalism laws making the advocacy of violence unlawful, although against free speech. The American plan, due to the Red Scare, was used by conservative factory owners for rooting out labor unions in a call against “Sovietism” among workers. In the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, the influence of the Red Scare upon not only social relations but also politics was shown in the prejudice conviction of these …show more content…
Due to Andrew Mellon’s tax policies as the Treasury Secretary, there was rapid expansion of capital investment, which led to cheap energy from oil fields and increased labor production with Henry Ford’s assembly-line production. The industry of automobiles allowed more freedom and luxury, while advertisement boomed with new sale techniques. Encapsulated by Bruce Barton, his book The Man Nobody Knows described the perfect salesman as Jesus Christ, who could sell to his followers. New advertising meant more buyers, however through installment plans and credit, many consumers could and would plunge into debt. The auto industry, with Henry Ford and Ransom E Olds leading it, was not reliable due to stalling cars, however the Ford Model T was cheap and easy to own, so many consumers could buy them. With the new industry, there were more jobs for laborers, and although there were millions of accidents, the new bridges and transportation mediums that were built created even more jobs due to the growth and need of steel, rubber, and gasoline (Doc B). Along with cars, the airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright was highlighted with Charles Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic Ocean, which was broadcasted over the new invention of the radio. This event on the radio fired up the people, and the stress on
After fighting the resistances to this dramatic social change, the societal fervor led to the overall modernization of traditional customs. Beginning with New Immigration, the isolationism and nativism in America induced by the Red Scare led to distrust for communism and immigrants as well as laws restricting most immigration to America. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Red Scare grew in the US through criminal syndicalism laws making the advocacy of violence unlawful, although against free speech. The American plan, due to the Red Scare, was used by conservative factory owners for rooting out labor unions in a call against “Sovietism” among workers. In the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, the influence of the Red Scare upon not only social relations but also politics was shown in the prejudice conviction of these …show more content…
Due to Andrew Mellon’s tax policies as the Treasury Secretary, there was rapid expansion of capital investment, which led to cheap energy from oil fields and increased labor production with Henry Ford’s assembly-line production. The industry of automobiles allowed more freedom and luxury, while advertisement boomed with new sale techniques. Encapsulated by Bruce Barton, his book The Man Nobody Knows described the perfect salesman as Jesus Christ, who could sell to his followers. New advertising meant more buyers, however through installment plans and credit, many consumers could and would plunge into debt. The auto industry, with Henry Ford and Ransom E Olds leading it, was not reliable due to stalling cars, however the Ford Model T was cheap and easy to own, so many consumers could buy them. With the new industry, there were more jobs for laborers, and although there were millions of accidents, the new bridges and transportation mediums that were built created even more jobs due to the growth and need of steel, rubber, and gasoline (Doc B). Along with cars, the airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright was highlighted with Charles Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic Ocean, which was broadcasted over the new invention of the radio. This event on the radio fired up the people, and the stress on