The Inter-War Years

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The Inter-War Years

• America Between WWI and WWII
• 1920s Politics

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WWI is over... Now what?
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Who would you vote for in 1920?
Warren G. Harding
James M. Cox
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James M. Cox - Democrat

• Former President Wilson was a Democrat
• WWI
• Wants to continue involvement in Europe

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Warren G. Harding - Republican

• Wants a return to normalcy
• Misses the good ol days of America prior to
  WWI
• Wears a bowtie

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• Who gets your vote?

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Who wins the 1920 Election?
Harding wins 404-127
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1920s Politics

• Warren G. Harding Elected President in 1920
• Runs on Campaign of a Return to Normalcy
• Isolationism
• Recession
• Nativism
• Fear Following WWI

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Scandalous!

• President Harding appoints several friends known
  as the Ohio Gang to cabinet positions
• Charles Forbes steals millions from the Veterans
  Bureau
• Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall and the
  Teapot Dome Scandal
• President Harding dies suddenly of a heart attack
• Calvin Coolidge becomes President

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Isolationism, Anarchism, and the Red Scare

• Americans begin fearing foreigners, especially
  Communists
• These fears lead to Nativism, and the Emergency
  Quota Act of 1921

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Emergency Quota Act of 1921 Immigration Act of
1924

• Severely restricted the amount of immigrants
  allowed in America, especially from certain
  places like Eastern Europe (Communists)
• Had no restrictions on Latin America and Canada

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Nativism the KKK

• Many Americans were fearful of those who were not
  like the majority
• Groups like the KKK attacked minorities and
  others through terror tactics and political
  actions
• Many foreigners, especially anarchists were
  jailed, deported, or executed

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Trial of Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti

• Two Italian immigrants are arrested for robbery
  and murder in Massachusetts
• With little evidence and a biased judge, the two
  are convicted
• After 6 years of appeals, they are put to death

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Disarmament The Kellogg-Briand Act

• At the Washington Conference in 1921 Britain, the
  U.S., and Japan agree to limit the size of their
  navies
• Kellogg-Briand Act signed by 15 nations on August
  27th, 1928
• Called for an end of war as an instrument of
  national policy
• Still a binding international law

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The Return of Laissez Faire

• Less regulation on economy by Government
• Example Meat Inspection Act /The Jungle
• Unions lose power
• Stock market reaches new highs
• Farmers suffer from overproduction

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1920s Politics

• Laissez-Faire
• Support Business
• Less Government Regulation
• Unions Suffer
• Stock Market

• Fear of Europe
• WWI
• Kellogg-Briand Act
• Anti-Immigration Acts
• Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
• Disarmament

• Corruption
• Tea-Pot Dome Scandal
• Ohio Gang

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The Roaring 20s - Did it really roar??

• Jazz - Harlem Renaissance
• Prohibition
• Isolationism
• Womens Rights
• Stock Market Crash