THE ROARING TWENTIESChapter 12 & 13

THE ROARING TWENTIESChapter 12 & 13

PRESIDENTIAL TIMELINE

Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)

POST-WAR ISSUES- GROUP DISCUSSION Treaty of Versailles is never ratified and the U.S.

never enters into the League of Nations

Scenario: American soldiers are coming home from war and

society (often exhausted) is starting to realize that we were pulled into a conflict that we should have never been involved with.

What do you think are some problems with American soldiers coming home after the war?

What stance do you think the U.S. takes regarding their new foreign policy?

POST-WAR ISSUES

Isolationism- policy pulling away from involvement in world affairs

Nativism- prejudice against foreign-born people Fear of communism: Red Scare Communism: equalize wealth and power, putting

an end to private property, and substituting government ownership

How did the U.S. respond to the spread of Communism? What steps were taken?

FEAR OF COMMUNISM

Red Scare Revolutionaries overthrew the czarist government Called for communists worldwide to rise up

The Palmer Raids Anarchists- people who opposed any form of

government U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Civil Rights Hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and

anarchists- failed to turn up evidence Sacco and Vanzetti

Italian Anarchists Arrested and charged with armed robbery and murder Victims of nativism

3/26WARM-UP

What was the Red Scare? Name some events that were caused by the Red

Scare.

What was the main U.S. foreign policy at the beginning (and during) the 1920s? Define it.

LIMITING AND ANTI-IMMIGRATION

“Keep America for Americans!” Unskilled Labor

Decreased Nativists felt that those jobs shouldn’t go to

immigrants but to real American Chapter 12.1 and 12.2

KKK- What was the role of the KKK during the 1920s?

Define the Quota System, what it enforced, and how it enforced it?

What was the Boston Police Strike and the Steel Mill Strike?

Describe what happened with the Teapot Dome Scandal and why it was significant.

ADVANCES TO SOCIAL LIFE

1927- Model T Ford automobile became the first affordable automobileChanged the American landscapeRoute 66Growth of suburbs

Urban sprawl Allowed workers to live miles from their job

American Standard of LivingGasoline and Electric powered machines

Electric irons, refrigerators, cooking ranges, and toasters.

Modern Advertising New advancement to promote goods

A SUPERFICIAL PROSPERITY

Productivity increased, business expandedMergers of automobile, steel, and

electronic equipment companiesChain stores sprouted

Income gap Managers paid more, workers maintained

consistent pay Some industries did not grow

Iron and railroad industries decreasedFarming/Agriculture

NEW SOURCE OF BUYING GOODS

Buying Goods on Credit Solution to the problem of luring consumers

to purchase goods Installment plan: enabled people to buy

goods over an extended period, without having to put down much money at the time of purchase. Interest rates

T-CHARTCH. 13.1

Urban Life Rural Life