the 20's
changes
-the automobile- mass production made the car affordable for everyone. they also started using credit.
Credit- became very popular in the 20s, people even began buying stalks on credit.
electricty became a household thing, a huge deal.
jazz music was in this decade and radio stations started using advertising
Radios- provided lots of entertainment
washers, dryers, lots
The red Scare (1919- 1920)
americas fearing that america would become communist
either by immigrants taking over our government, or by choice
How we reacted
-immigration laws- resctricted immigration majorly
-latin america didn't have as many restrictions because we didn't think they would be communist
Karl Marx, Friedrich endgels
basically came up with communism- didn't believe that the rich should control most of the money within the contry. Believed that the people struggling with money should rise up and create an class of society, where everyone is equal
j edgar hoover- head of the FBI
sacco and vanzetti- two men who robbed a paymaster and his gaurd as they transferred 15,776 from the slater and morril shoe factory
KKK- only liked white people from germany, sweden, great britian and protestant people. everyone else they hated
Republican dimination.
Harding
coolige
Hoover
^^ all republican
laissez fairre- leave the people alone- government not getting onvolved in business
do nothing- not do as much, as little as possible. have the governemt run itself
trickle down theory- by helping the rich then eventually it will trickle down and help the lower classes
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