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the Roaring 20's

Unrest post-WWI, Jazz, and Crash

theRoaring 20'sUnrest post-WWI, Jazz, and Crash

In the 1920s, the end of World War I brought a clash of cultures, a booming economy, and changing roles in society for some Americans

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ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS


  • The "Roaring 20s" represents a clash of cultures, a booming economy, and changing roles in society for some Americans.
  • Changes in technology and culture created a more homogeneous America.


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UNREST POST-WWI (social, racial, labor, political)

Nativism

Limiting Immigration

Labor Unrest

Emergence of the KKK


Isolationism (after foreign war)

Urban Sprawl


Fear of Communism/Red Scare


Sacco & Vanzetti Case

SOURCE: Summary of Case Evidence

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/s&vevidence.html


the Palmer Raids

SOURCE: "the Case Against the Reds" Mitchell Palmer...

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/palmer.html

FELIX the CAT, Animated Cartoons w/ a Message... 1920s

Immigration Quotas... Is it Acceptable to Allow Certain Groups to Immigrate While Denying Others?

President Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding: "Return to Normalcy"
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Return to Normalcy

President Harding promised a return to normalcy following America's involvement in WWI and the reforms of the Progressive Era.

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the Dawes Plan

Plan to ensure payment of reparations by Germany after World War I

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Teapot Dome Scandal

Federal oil reserves were leased secretly by secretary of the interior Albert B. Fall. Large sums of money were pocketed by Fall. This corruption tarnished Harding's presidential legacy.

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CAUSES of ECONOMIC PROSPERITY (domestic policy)

President Coolidge & Harding

"Unregulated Prosperity"

Return to Normalcy (Harding)

Reduced Taxes

Increased Efficiency in Production

FORD Efficiently Mass Produced a Less Expensive Car for Americans

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Moral War in the United States?

Rural Vs. Urban

Prohibition

the Scopes Trial

Charles Lindbergh - From New York to Paris 1927
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The Entertainer's Rag player piano roll
My 1925 Ford Model T - How to Start & How to Drive