More notes over the 'Roaring 20's' -
- 5. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.(Ch. 12-13)
-Roaring 20's
-entertainment
Automobiles and electricity came in, entertained people's lives.
-Red Scare
Took place after WW1. *We feared we'd be communist; that immagrants would come into our country and be communist. Fear of communison. US passed immigration laws to restrict immigrants from coming in. Fredrich Engels came up with the theory of communison. They thought that the people who were poor should overtake the government and rich people so that there were no classes and everyone was equal. It sounded good but it really wasn't because they don't have the freedom of speech and other things. Vladmir Leinn was the first communist. They called it the red scare because of the red flag of the soviet union. We did these Palmer Rads as a response to the red scare. They went after radicals, socialist, communists, and they would deport them. J. Edgar Hoover was the head of FBI. Palmer house was bombed out. Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants, they're italians and they were anarchists. They shot and killed the guy who paid them. The only proof was the gun they had that was Sacco's. They were convicted and killed. Because of the fear of radicals were killed. KKK were anti black and anti radical and communists - huge popularity - known for hanging and killing african americans in the south, or catholics or immigrants or radicals.
-Republican Domination
*Laissez Fairre means that government was going to do as little as possible and interferr as little as possible too. Presidents in the 20's undid Laissez Fairre because they thought the government should do more with the people.
*Do nothing - Calvin Coolidge thought that if people sat back and did nothing, things would be better.
*Trickle Down Theory - Help rich with tax cuts, will trickle down to help everybody else, better wages, better factories.
Presidents were - Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.
-War Prevention
A big one was the league of nations. Another thing is the washington naval conference. There are four countries that signed it. US, Great Britan, France, and Japan. Each country would respect each others possessions in the Pacific. It promoted Peace. The five power treaty was the countries plus Italy. This froze navies at 1921. The didn't build up their navies so that they didn't fight and get into war. They found loopholes around this law. The mine power pack were alll of the previous plus Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, and China. It kept an open door for China. It promised chinese independence. The Kellog-Briand Pact outlawed war. It outlawed war for over 60 countries. It settled disputes. Brought a false sense of security. Four years after, the pact was broke after China invaded Japan.
-Automobile/Airplane
Route 66 was known as the "Mother Road". Was the first transcontinential road. Today it is just a naval highway. Henry Ford was the guy that brought the cheap automobile to the masses. He was able to get them made fast and efficiently. Famous for his Model T Ford. Also people could get credit to buy these car. Automobiles had a HUGE impact on the US. They were used to transport mail and small groups of people. Charles Lindbergh "Lucky Lindy" was the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic. She disappeared while flying around the world.
-Prohibition
Noble experiment. It was the 18th amendment. It was the movement made by the progressive women, They helped make the 18th amendment. During the 18th amendment the transportation, manufacturing, and sales of alcohol was illegal. Supporters believed alcohol created corruption. Wife and children were abused and accidents. Supporters were mainly from rural areas. This failed because this was supposed to prevent crime but actually created higher crime rates and made crime more of a risk. There were two ways alcohol was made legal: used it as medicine, or sacramental wine orders for communion and such at church. There was a group set up called Volsted Act which created the Prohibition Bureau to enforce the law. Speakeasies were people who spoke nicely and easy to obtain alcohol. People went underground the get alcohol. Speakeasies were illegal and had to keep themselves quiet. Flappers worked in bars and wore short dresses.
-Science vs Religion
In the 1920's, people started to drink, do drugs, and care less about religious values. Religion was in control in the 20's in a way. The not so religious people began fighting back against the move reiligous valued people.
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