The 1920's!!!

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The 1920's!!!
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Two new laws were passed to limit the number of
immigrants that came into the country
Emergency Quota Act of 1921

National Origins Act of 1924
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Uncle Sam
Immigrants
vicious Aliens
Whose country is this anyway?
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Red Scare
After the communists/Bolsheviks took over Russia,
capitalists all over the world were scared. Why?
The communists say they want world domination
and that is bad news for rich people because they
will have to give up their wealth and share it
with the workers of the world.
Capitalism Hey there, youre taking over one
sixth of the world? Labor Yes, and the job is
not finished yet.
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It means no rules or organization. Someone who
follows anarchy is an anarchist. They do not
believe in following or having any government.
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A. Mitchell Palmer As Attorney General of the
U.S. he hunted down suspected communists and
anarchists and either arrested them or booted
them out of the country. He did not care if he
violated their civil rights, he was out for power
and fame (i.e. the Presidency.)
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of robbery and
murder. They were convicted, found guilty and
sentenced to death. Both were anarchists and
Italian immigrants. Many believe they were found
guilty and sentenced to death because of their
race and political beliefs, not because of the
evidence.
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Warren G. Harding (R) 1921 - 1923 Promised a
return to normalcy. He believed in laissez
faire economics and isolationism as a foreign
policy. His presidency was racked with scandal.
The most important of these was the Teapot Dome
scandal. Harding died in office. Some believe
he was murdered to keep his mouth shut about
scandals during his administration.
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Teapot Dome Scandal 1924
1. Secretary Of Interior Albert Fall gets US
Navy to transfer oil rich land in Teapot Dome,
Wyoming and Elk Hills, California over to his
department. 2. Although this oil rich land was
for the US Navys own use, Secretary Fall sold
this land to private oil companies. In return
these private oil companies paid Fall money for
picking them. 3. Fall was caught and convicted,
but was later acquitted.
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CalvinCoolidge (R) 1923-1929 His first priority
was to clean up Washington DC. To get rid of the
dirt bags under Harding was job number one. He
too was a laissez faire economist and
isolationist in foreign policy. He would keep
doing what Harding was doing minus the scandal.
The business of America is business.
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KKK
In the 1920s, Klan membership skyrocketed. The
Klan hated blacks, any non-white immigrant,
Catholics, union members, Jews and anyone else
not fitting their philosophy. Their membership
grew to over 5 million and expanded beyond the
South and into the Midwest. Their membership
included five US senators and 4 governors.
However, as fast as their membership grew, it
shrank by the end of the decade to less than 9000
members mostly do to scandal.
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Henry Ford is going to help mass produce the
Model T. At first it will take about 12 1/2
hours to assemble one, but with the introduction
of the moving assembly line, it will take only 90
minutes to assemble.
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The automobile is going to change the countrys
culture and geography. Economically the
automobile is going to have a huge impact. All
the materials needed to build a car will grow
because of this impact. What do you need to
build a car?
Model T
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The Moving Assembly Line
Each person has one task that they repeat over
and over and over. Instead of going to their
work, the work comes to them on a conveyor belt.
This allows Ford to mass produce his model T. It
also cuts down costs for him making it cheaper
for the consumer.
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Prohibition
18th Amendment 1919
The selling, transporting and making of booze was
illegal.
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Volstead Act
Enforced the 18th Amendment. Remember, if you
dont enforce the law, no one will follow the law.
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Speakeasies sprang up as soon as the Volstead Act
was passed. A speakeasy was a place where people
drank illegally.
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Whadda yooz lookin at?
Al Capone
a.k.a Scarface
Crime Boss and booze smuggler. His gang killed
400, he killed 40 himself. He was convicted of
tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to 11 years
behind bars.
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St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1929
Crime actually increased because of prohibition.
Here in Chicago, Capones north side gang gunned
down Bugs Morans south side gang. Morans gang
was waiting for a hijacked truck of whiskey.
Capones men, dressed as cops, showed up and
lined Morans men up against the wall. Morans
gang thought they were being busted, but
instead..
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Fundamentalism
vs.
Evolution
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Fundamentalism
The literal interpretation of the Bible.
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Evolution
The belief that man evolved from apes.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Challenges the constitutionality of laws that
violate the Bill of Rights. The ACLU was created
in response to A. Mitchell Palmers reckless acts.
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Scopes Trial
1925
John Scopes was a biology teacher in Tennessee.
He taught evolution not fundamentalism when it
came to the origins of humans. His attorney was
Clarence Darrow, an agnostic, (someone who says
the existence of God cannot be proven.) The
prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan, a
fundamentalist. Scopes was found guilty but
released on a technicality.
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Oh my God!
Who?
Clarence Darrow Agnostic
William Jennings Bryan Fundamentalist
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Flappers
Young women in the 1920s broke away from
traditional values and did their own thing.
Flappers cut their hair short, (bobbed,) wore
less clothing, smoked in public, swore openly and
drank bootleg liquor.
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19th Amendment
With the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920,
women were finally given the right to vote.
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Charles Lindbergh flew his Spirit of Saint Louis
across the Atlantic from New York to Paris
non-stop in 1927.
Charles Lindbergh
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RADIO
In 1920, KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcasts the first
radio program. The radio is going to become the
mass media tool for the next 30 years only later
to be replaced by the TV in the 1950s. Because
of the radio, advertisement will become more
common and so will the rise of spectator sports
such as boxing, baseball, and football.
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Jack Dempsey
Babe Ruth
Red Grange
Gertrude Ederle
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Herbert Hoover (R) 1929 - 1933 He will continue
the economic and foreign policies of Harding and
Coolidge. He went up against Al Smith (D) in
1928 and won. Why? Smith was against
prohibition, an Irish immigrant and Catholic.
Hoover was Protestant, for prohibition and born
in this country.
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Paul Robeson made it big on Broadway in New York.
He would go on to be an activist for African
American causes.
Charlie Chaplain made it big in the movies as a
comedian.
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The first movie with sound, or talkie was the
Jazz Singer. It starred Al Jolson who was a
white Lithuanian immigrant who put on black make
up and acted as a black minstrel singer.
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The Lost Generation
Young artist such as poets and writers, became
disillusioned with America and materialism. Some
big names of the day were F. Scott Fitzgerald,
pictured here, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost and
Georgia OKeefe.
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Marcus Garvey
A Jamaican immigrant who urged African Americans
to look within their own culture for dignity and
pride. He set up the Black Star Line Steamship
Company to ship African Americans back to Africa.
He was found guilty of defrauding his followers
and was booted out of the country. He would
greatly influence Malcolm X.
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GHETTO
A segregated slum of a city.
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Harlem
An urban ghetto located in New York City. It is
the largest African American community in the
country.
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Harlem Renaissance
African Americans expressed their culture in
music, (jazz and blues), poetry and art work.
This proved to be an invaluable way of expressing
their feelings towards racial prejudice and
intolerance. The Harlem Renaissance would gain
wide spread popularity and spread to other major
cities having large African American populations.
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Langston Hughes
The most famous of the African American
writers/poets during the Harlem Renaissance, he
expressed his views and feelings about racial
oppression in his writings.
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J A Z Z
Originating from African American Blues and West
African musical rhythms, jazz will sweep the
country. One of the name s given the 1920s was
the Jazz Age. Here is a picture of Duke
Ellington and his band. Another famous musician
was Louis Armstrong.