1920’s1. Roaring 20’sNew women in the 20’s, they did not wear corsets and they were called Flappers. Their attitude was different in thinking that women were equal to mean. They had lots of money during the 20’s. It was the Jazz Age. It was the dance music of the day and of the young people. The automobile was mass produced. Buying on credit and in the early twenties they bought tons of things on credit and by the late twenties people stopped buying so much. Electrical outlets in the home became more common. The radio came along.2. A return to normalcyPresident Harding ran on the platform to return to normalcy. He won and it was saying that they would return to isolationism. We would get back to America and building up businesses. And stay out of foreign affairs.3. Red Scare1919-1920 a period of time after world war one communists were all over. Russia became a communist country. We were fearful of becoming communists too. We took measures like restricting immigration, not totally got rid of it, but greatly restricted it. The Palmer Raids- Mitchell Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover they went after communists. They got tips that was communists and then deported them.Karl Marx was the guy that came up with the idea of communism. He said that everyone should be equal. That has never happened in history. But when we think of it it is run with super tough regulations and people’s rights are taken away.The first leader of Vladimir Lenin was a Marxist. But he realized that the country was in pieces because of war. So he thought that the government could help them and then when they got things going they would dissolve the government.4. Buying on Credit5. Planes and automobilesIt transformed society. People could move and people moved to Suburbs. Construction, gas stations, paved roads made lots of jobs. Route 66 went from Chicago to the west coast. Henry Ford. The Model T was the most popular car. $400-500. Airplanes were used for mail carrying and they were used as entertainment. Lucky Lindy flew nonstop across Atlantic. Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She is thought to be lost at sea.6. Prohibition18th amendment and it was called the noble experiment. The manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal. Protestants liked it and immigrants didn’t like it that had been drinking their whole lives. It failed miserably. Alcohol was allowed for medical and religious purpose. It failed because people thought it was stupid and it made common people law breakers. The prohibition bureau was undermanned to stop alcohol in the whole country. Organized crime became commonplace. Speakeasies.7. Republican presidents and philosophy- Harding, Coolidge, HooverThe 20’s was republican dominated. Hoover was from Iowa. He wasn’t the cause of the Great Depression but he was blamed for it. Coolidge was Silent Cal was a do nothing kind of guy. Their philosophy was trickle-down theory which said that if you help the wealthy it will trickle down to the poor, laissez-faire, the government should keep their hands out of business, and rugged individualism where people need to help themselves and people need to quit being lazy and it was a very small government until the 30’s.2,3, causes for us involvement, us home front, the roaring 20’s and returning to normalcy, and prohibition.
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