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Red Scare/Anti-immigration
1. Red Scare
  1. Worried after Bolshevik Revolution that we were going was going to become communist
  2. Many people were imprisoned and then released caused they didn't do anything
2. Palmer Raids
  1. If police suspected you were communist, they broke into your house, kidnapped, and exported you
3. Anti-Immigration Laws
  1. Wanted to keep radicals out of our countries... Limited amount of immigrants coming in
Planes, automobiles and inventions
1. Planes
  1. Used to transport mail and other small amounts of cargo
  2. Rich people used them to travel instead of using the train
  3. Used for entertainment-Wing walkers
2. Automobiles
  1. Henry Ford invented the moving assembly line for Model T. First affordable car
3. Other Inventions
  1. Band-Aide, Kool-Aid, the Polygraph test, and the four way electrical traffic light
Gangs due to prohibition
1. Al Capone
  1. Kicked out of school when he was young because he hit his teacher... very violent
  2. Joined a gang at age 14... later became leader of gang
  3. Alcohol, Prostitution, and Gambling
  4. Arrested for Tax Evasion
Harding presidency
1. Background
  1. Born in 1865... Raised in Ohio... Before being president was a journalist
  2. In office from March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923...Died from Heart-Attack in 1923
2. Presidency
  1. Known for corruption
    1. Cabinet members were corrupt, not him
  2. Created: First Child Welfare Program...Veterans Bureau
  3. Supporter of prohibition and limited immigration
Coolidge Presidency
1. Background
  1. Born in 1872... Raised in Vermont... Before being president worked his way up through all levels of government
2. Presidency
  1. Lowered taxes on several occasions
  2. Immigration act of 1924... restricted more immigrants
  3. Native American Citizen Act... Gave them citizenship but let them keep their tribal rights as well
  4. Didn't want to join League of Nations
  5. Radio act of 1927... helped to regulate radio stations
  6. Signed Washington Naval Treaty... restricted size of our navy and other country's
Hoover Presidency
1. Background
  1. Born in 1874... Born in Iowa, raised in Oregon... Both parents died by the time he was 9... Went to Stanford, got a degree in Geology, and became a Mining Engineer... Made millions of dollars
2. Presidency
  1. Helped African Americans
  2. Made Star Spangled Banner the National Anthem
  3. Organized federal Bureau of Prisons
  4. Tried to helped farmers... didn't go very well... Federal Farm Board
  5. Set aside land for national parks and national forest... conservationist
  6. President during beginning of Great Depression... Blamed for Economic collapse
  7. Gave out big loans to big businesses and banks... Trickle down theory
    1. Intended to increase size of business and create new jobs for people
    2. RFC- Reconstruction Finance Corp
Women in the 20's
1. Women took over jobs during WWI... became permanent jobs
2. Flapper Girl-Looser clothing, shorter skirts (knees) believed they were equal to men
3. Became more politically active and received right to vote
4. Big supporters of Prohibition
African-Americans in the 20's
1. Segregation was still common along with Racism
2. Great Migration took place
  1. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved north after WWI
  2. Moved for better job opportunities, better quality of living
  3. KKK started attacking in the north as well
3. Harlem Renaissance
  1. Center for art, music, and literature
  2. Started up culture of African Americans... specifically in Jazz
The stock market crash-What happened and why did it happen?
1. Causes
  1. Overproduction of goods and under-consumption
  2. Buying on credit
  3. Nobody paid back to the banks
  4. Government had no regulation over stock-market
2. Effects
  1. Banks and businesses had to close... put people out of jobs
  2. Thousands of people committed suicide
  3. On average 12,000 people lost their jobs everyday

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