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1. Red Scare-scared that we would become a communist country. Lots of strikes. Us was afraid of a communist revolution. Government had to take measures to prevent communists from taking over government. Red Scare hysteria drove Sacco and Vanzetti case.
Anti-immigration-US wanted to keep immigrants out of the country. Passed the Emergency Quota Act of 1921, an act limiting immigration to three percent of the number of immigrants of any particular country that had been living in the US in 1910. Three years after this act was passed Congress passed another act, the Immigration Act of 1924. This law restricted new arrivals to just two percent of foreign-born residents according to the Census of 1890. This law almost eliminated all immigration from southern and eastern Europe and also immigration from Asia.
2. Planes-use to transport mail and cargo. made it easier to receive mail so you didn't have to wait very long. Stated carrying people short distances, 6 at a time, helped with travel time. Used for entertainment.
automobiles-Henry Ford invented assembly line, made building faster and easier. The Ford Model T. Affordable for most people. Changed the way people moved from place to place. Buying on credit, HUGE impact on our society.
inventions- Cities were electrified-electricity was made accessible. 3D movies-Power of Love. Hairdryer-handheld. Bandaid-created for man's wife, started manufacturing them, later sold company. Kool aid. Lie Detector-1921, designed it to read blood pressure, pulse, and breathing pace. 4 way traffic light-invented by police officer, electric street lights. water skiing.
3. Gangs due to prohibition-Al Capone-Born in New York, parents were Italian immigrants. Was expelled after hitting teacher and never returned to school. Took over gang. Went to Chicago. Murdered several people, but little evidence so he was never convicted. Sold alcohol and had gambling and prostitution. Was eventually arrested for tax evasion.
4. Harding presidency Accomplishments/failures- Cut taxes to get out of post war depression helped the unemployment rate. Established the furlough of Veterans which helped the Veterans of WWI to get into hospitals. Signed the first child welfare program. The tea pot dome scandal when his secretary leased land in Wyoming which was oil rich and sold it to people for the money and it was government land that wasn't supposed to be sold. He died of a heart attack in office. Background- Born November 2nd 1895 was the 29th president. He married the daughter of a rival newspaper company.
5. Coolidge Presidency - He was the first vice president to have official duties. He was elected twice. His nicknames were silent cal, and cool cal. He was a calm and relaxed person. He believed in doing nothing. Accomplishments - a bill to help farmers, by giving money to them, He cut taxes through revenue. He got all native Americans to be official Americans.
6. Hoover Presidency - He was the thirty first president, from Iowa, was born into a Quaker family, and he was a miner and an engineer. He was the head of the US Food Administration. Believe strongly in being efficient. "Don't spend more than you make" Born August 10th, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. Well known for helping out Belgium in World War One. Accomplishments - He fought for regulation and didnt believe in the laissez-faire free market, He supported farm supports and tariffs on imports. He canceled oil leases made by previous (corrupt) administrations. He prosecuted gangsters for tax evasion and finally got Al Capone. He set aside millions of acres for national parks. He built many veterans hospitals for the vets of WW1. He got the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge built. He instituted prison reform. He began construction of the Boulder Dam (later named after him). He reorganized the Bureau of Indian Affairs, he was actually part indian. He formulated what would later become FDR's 'Good Neighbor Policy' by withdrawing American troops from Central America. Failures - He proposed a national pension plan that Congress rejected, he proposed federal loans to clear slums, and Congress rejected it as well. He tried to give low-income Americans a tax cut. His biggest failure was the Great Depression, which wasn't really his fault. He didn't believe in government solutions and didn't pursue legislative solutions until the very end of his term, and what attempts he did make to remedy the situation were ineffective.
7. Women in the 20's - For women in the 20's it was all about fashion and women's rights. The woman's suffrage movement that started in 1840 and in 1920 the senate finally passed the 19th amendment. It was also the age of a flapper, which was a young woman that wore makeup, short skirts, and smoked cigarettes. The 19th amendment allowed women to vote, saying "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Flappers or Gibson Girls had their hair cut into a bob and styled it into a "shingle" style. They participated in every rebellious act at the time.
8. African-Americans in the 20's - They started feel better about being african-american, and a lot moved out of the south into the north and into bigger cities, into Harlem. It was called the great migration. Then the Ku Klux Klan showed up and were hateful to the african-american. Their homes became crowded and lots became homeless then the Harlem renascence started, and artistic movement.
9. The stock market crash-What happened and why did it happen? - People were selling, but not buying things. Most Americans were in debt, thus companies were losing money, but stocks were going up, but that shouldn't happen. Businesses cut back on production and then unemployment happened, with 24% unemployment.
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