Post WWI America

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Post WWI America

• Harding and Coolidge

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Standards and EQ

• SSUSH16 The student will identify key
  developments in the aftermath of WW I.
• EQ Why was WWI a turning point in American
  history that we could never turn back from?

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Bolsheviks take over MOTHER RUSSIA

• In 1917 the Bolsheviks led by Vladamir Lenin take
  over the government.
• A battle ensues for the next 5 years with the
  Reds (Bolsheviks) taking over the government
  during the Harding years.
• Lenin is able to unite multiple socialist nations
  thus forming the USSR.

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A quote by Lenin

• The outcome of the struggle will be determined
  by the fact that Russia, India, China, etc,.
  account for the overwhelming majority of the
  population of the globe. And during the last few
  years it is this majority that has been drawn
  into the struggle for emancipation with
  extraordinary rapidity, so that in this respect
  there cannot be the slightest doubt what the
  final outcome of the world struggle will be. In
  this sense the complete victory of socialism is
  fully and absolutely assured. - Vladimir Lenin
  1923

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Communism vs. Capitalism

• Difference Between Communism and Capitalism
  Difference Between
• Karl Marx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Please take 5 10 minutes to read the sheet
  about communism vs. capitalism and answer the 5
  questions on your notes sheet.

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Palmer Raids in America

• Palmer Raids 1919 War Public United Communist
  American Union
• Read about Palmer raids on p -
• 1. Could something like this happen today?
• 2. What would something similar to this in
  reaction to 9/11 look like?
• 3. Were Palmer Raids unconstitutional? Why or
  why not?

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Sacco and Vanzetti

• Immigrants Ferdinando Sacco and Baratalomeo
  Vanzetti were tried for murder and convicted in
  1920.
• Read about Sacco and Vanzetti on p -
• Issue Culpability and Conformance
• Question
• 1. What is the most important part of a court
  trial?
• 2. What things can affect the outcome of a
  trial?
• Sacco and Vanzetti - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia

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Sacco and Vanzetti ?s

• What do the Red Scare and Sacco and Vanzetti
  trials say about the state of the American psyche
  at the time? What do they say about the
  protection of our American ideals?

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Election of 1920

• United States presidential election, 1920 -
  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Harding wins the election of 1920
• Warren G. Harding - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• Campaigned to return America to normalcy
• What would have been considered normalcy vs.
  non-normalcy?

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Hardings challenge

• Wanted to put the war era behind him.
• One of first acts was to pardon Eugene V. Debs
• Created the department of veterans affairs
• Created our strategic Oil reserve in Alaska
• Died in office only 2 years after taking office

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Teapot Dome scandal

• Teapot Dome scandal - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• Harding claimed to not know about the scandal but
  he accepted the blame for the failure of his
  administration.
• Historically because of this scandal Harding is
  viewed as a massive failure.

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Calvin Coolidge

• Like Harding, Coolidge can be considered and
  isolationist President.
• Calvin Coolidge - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia
• Important things happening under Coolidge
• Scopes Trial
• Emergence of flappers
• Emergence of mass media and movies
• Emergence of icons and American Heroes
• Emergence of gangsterism
• Emergence of a car centered life
• Emergence of consumer goods
• Harlem Renaissance
• Tin Pan Alley

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The American culture

• From 1923 1929 Coolidges presidency spans the
  Roaring 20s
• During this time period American social values
  and norms change drastically.
• One of the greatest changes of the time is made
  because of the Scopes Trial - Wikipedia, the free
  encyclopedia

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Homework

• Read P. 661 and 662 and answer the following
  questions in your notes
• 1. Why did the Model T not become mainstream
  until the 1920s if they were being built well
  before then?
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• Read p. 663 and answer the following questions.
• 1. How did the mainstreaming of cars impact the
  system of roads in America?
• 2. How did the mainstreaming of cars affect
  advertising?
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• Read pages. 663 665
• 1. How did buying on credit affect the economy?
  How was this different than purchasing in the
  past?
• 2. What happened to the stock market during this
  time period? Why?