Two friends arrested for killing a pay master and his guard. they were robbed and shot. these two guys were arrested
they are anarchist- believed in no government and immigrants
they killed, stole, and killed him and his guard,
from Italy
KKK
every time blacks get rights or something they show up
Immigration act
greatly reduced immigaration to us
the law was aimed to restricting immagrants of southern europesan, eastern european, and jews, they ment like the kkk people
severly restricted teh immigration of afteicans and prohibited the immagration of arabs, east asians, and indians
the pourpose of the act owas to presrve the ideal of american homogeneity
WASP
Republican Philosophy
Trickle down theory
Tacks breaks to the wealth, so give them that they will be able to make more jobs and better ones for the less fortunate
to help the poor, give them jobs and make them work.
Laissez- faire
Gov stay out of businesses, let them do what they please.
Rugged individualism
Its all about you, how hard you work.
ill help you, but to a certain extent. the rest is up to you.
Radio was just starting during this era.
Route 66, first transcontinental highway
Model T - Henry Ford, $5 a day for his workers
Wednesday:
Charles lindbergh-know as racist
Amelia Earhart
first woman to try and go all the way around the world and left form oakland, and then landed in howland island but no one really knows
Rural vs Urban
First census where over halve people lived in cities of 2500 or more.
more than 2 mill people moved form farms to the cities each year
rural areas tried to hold on to moral values and close social relationships
started seeing the "cultral war" were librals tried to ruin the morals of our contry
really started seeing a clash like conservitve vs rural
Prohibition
18th amendment
sale and transport fo alcholic beverages was illegal
suppoertes believe alcohol brought about corruption, crime, wife and child abuse and acciednts
supposrts come mostly form south and west rurl
antisaloon league and womens hristain tmeperece union led tha attak of acholl
at your house was fine but not giving it to your friends but inviting them over was fine.
did the exact opposite, organized crime and everything came together.
Organized Crime
Came about as a result of the prohibition
eveyr major city had a big gang
al capone bootlegging businees inchigcago made over 60 mill a year
due to gang violence, only 19% of americans supported prohivition by 1925
prohibition was repealed in 1933 by the 21st amendment
Thursday:
new girls were called flappers, the hair the make up, the knees, the fur boots, plus the attidue
dont think they have to get married, its okay to think for yourself, smoke and drink in public, not have kids, be their own person. majority of them werent flappers, naybe dressed like them but didnt have the attitude.
flagpole sitting. go on top of flagpole and just sit there. fads of the 20's
oxford bags- dresses to the knees, the pants very baggy dress pants, hats were big with women. hats wer everything. flood pants, comb over, suits
ties were super wided and were short, everything as like under 5 dollars, there were jeans but they usually didnt wear jeans alot
famous people
greta garbo
clara bo- true flapper girl, actress
mary pickford
charlie chaplin, the trap dressed as a homeles person
Comments
Tuesday:
Bruns notes power point.
Sacco and Vanzetti Case
KKK
Immigration act
Republican Philosophy
Radio was just starting during this era.
Route 66, first transcontinental highway
Model T - Henry Ford, $5 a day for his workers
Wednesday:
Charles lindbergh-know as racist
Amelia Earhart
first woman to try and go all the way around the world and left form oakland, and then landed in howland island but no one really knows
Rural vs Urban
Prohibition
Organized Crime
Thursday: