Today we talked about the 1920s.1920's1. Roaring 20'sprohibtition, golden age of sports, radio. advertising age, jazz age, Henry Fords model T. holes in the wall (electrical outlets) flappers2. A "return to normalcy"Harding said that we needed to go back to the old diplomacy. Stay out of the league of nations.3. Red Scare- period after world war one that the United States thought we would become communist.Karl Marx- The poor people would rise up and overthrow the rich people of the country so everyone could be equal. We severely restricted immigrant that came into our country.4. Buying on creditBuying on credit eventually led to people stop buying.5. Planes and automobilesEverything outside revolves around the automobile.Route 66 "The Mother Road" This was the main road of America. Henry Ford was not the inventor of the automobile but he made it affordable for Americans. Planes were used for transporting mail.6. Prohibitionbanning of alcohol- destroyer of families.7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, HooverThe republicans dominated and for the most part it was their philisophy. "We today are closer to the elimination of poverty than anytime in our histsory." -Hoover However, things got worse instead of getting better.philisophies:Trickle-down theory- by helping the rich which help everyone else. Giving tax cuts to big businesses and in return give those savings to their employees. The problem is that this theory does not happen overnight.laissez-faire- government is going to keep their hands off. businesses are going to do what they please. Without businesses out government would fall apart so why should we control them...we need to keep our hands off and stop telling them what to do. Businesses boomed because of this.Rugged individualism- If you lost your job, work hard and get another job. Hoover believed people needed to stop up to the plate and help out themselves. It is not the governments job to step in and help you out because that just makes you lazy.
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