1. Roaring 20's* sports, radios, clothing, advertising, jazz, Nascar, majong2. A "return to normalcy"* Harding, won and decided not to join league of nations.* things returned to normal and things boomed3. Red Scare* fear of communism spreading to our country* Karl Marx- theory of communism* Vladimir Lenin- Russian person who tries and makes russia person, and then stalin takes over*Mitchell Palmer- Attorney General and J Edgar Hoover, Charge of FBI, raided people who they thought were communists4. Buying on credit* Buy now pay later5. Planes and automobiles* Route 66* Henry Ford-Assembly Line, interchangable parts* Model T* Charles Lindbergh "lucky lindy"* Amelia Earhart6. Prohibition* 18th amendment (1920-1933)* manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal* believed alcohol brought corruption and stuff* alcohol was allowed for medicinal and religious purposes* prescriptions and sacramental wine order skyrocketed7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover* Harding ran to return to normalcy, not joining the league of nations* Harding won the presedentcy in 1920, economy boomed stock market boomed* Coolidge, took over from Harding when he died. didnt do much and everyone loved him* Hoover, iowa native, super popular, helped belgians recover, became president, ironic statement* Republican philosophy- 1920'sTrickle down theory= idea that give tax breaks to the wealthy, eventually trickle down and help middleand low classLaissez-faire= business, no regulationsrugged individualism= individual, all about people stepping up to the plate
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