What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on U.S.?
Positives- Inventions such as cars and the hair dryer and the radio and many other things.
Today we presented our assigned blogs.
The Red Scare-1919-1920
- Fear that the US was going to become communist.
Airplanes
-They were used for transporting a few people.
-Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
-Used for entertainment by Charles Lungberg.
Automobiles
-The rich were the only ones able to afford them before the war but when the war started then things got cheaper and people realized that cars were an easier way to get around so they were made available to more people.
-Ford was the big car maker. Model T was the biggest seller.
-More roads were built the more cars were bought then more businesses were built and so on.
Other Inventions
-Bandaind
-Hair Dryer
-Lie Detector
-Q-tips
-Stop Lights
-Radio
-Frozen Foods
-Kool aid
-Pez Candy
-Double Bubble Gum
Republican Philosophy
-Trickle-down theory-tax cuts to the big business and wealth then it trickles down the the middle class and poor.
-laizze-faire- french for 'let alone'
-Rugged individualism-
Gangs
-Every city had gangsters.
-Al Capone-Scarface was his nickname because when he was young he got in a fight and got a scare on his face, made 60 million dollars on alcohol.
-Died of STD in prison.
-Didn't pay his taxes so they put him in jail.
Harding
-29th president
-Graduated at age of 17 w/ bachelors degree.
-At 24 suffered from exhaustion.
-Ohio election.
Accomplishments:
-Cut taxes to get of out the 1920-21 depression.
-The employment rate went down then as well as inflation.
-Signed the first child welfare program which helped with striking.
-Achieved more things than presidents do in 8 years.
-Tea Pot Dome, Albert Paul, in Wyoming, government land, it was a scandal.
-Harding died in office because of a heart attack. So the scandal wasn't worth it.
Coolidge
-John Calvin Coolidge.
-Very quiet.
-Born on 4th of July.
-Opened his own law firm.
-Was governor of Massachusetts.
-Vice president for Harding then when he died he took over.
-He got elected again and won.
Hoover
-Realized you can't be completely let alone.
-Federal farm bond for storage.
-Canceled oil leases.
-Good neighbor policy which gave us a good relationship with Latin America which wasn't good.
-Setup national parks.
-Help build hospitals.
African Americans
The 1920's was a better decade for the African Americans because they started pushing for their rights. jazz music was huge and literature.
Stock Market Crash
People were selling a lot and not many people were buying. They got behind so it crashed. People weren't really buying because they were in debt from buying on credit.
Impact on Great Depression
20% of Americans were unemployed. People couldn't afford their homes. People committed suicide. WW2 got us out of the Great Depression.
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