Politics of the Roaring 20's
flappers, automobile-transformed how people live, jazz.
buying on credit-on an account, buy things now pay back later.
1. Roaring 20's
-Economy boomed
-Refrigerators,dryers,automobiles
-People left the place where they were born in search of work.
-Professional sports took off because of the radio you can listen to it and car because you can go to the game
-Known as the Jazz Era and The Golden Age of Sports
-Decade of the Noble Experiment
2. A "return to normalcy"
3. Red Scare
period of time after WWI, communists trying to take over countries,
stopped or reduced immigration because we didn't want communists in our country,
Palmer raids- Hoover and Edgar were to find communists and when they did they raided and took them in
Karl Marx- came up with the idea of communism, every body should be equal- lower rise up and overthrow upper class theory never happened strong government taking peoples rights
Vladimir Lenin- true communist of marx is theory-
4. Buying on credit
-On an account
-Buy things now pay back later
5. Planes and automobiles
-Route 66-1st transcontental road, from Chicago-California,-Henry Ford-Model T-the most common car, cheap, invented in the late 1800'sairplanes-used for barnstorming, mail carry-Charles Lindbergh-"Lucky Lindy"Amelia Earhart-fist women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, tried to fly across the world, disappeared no one knows exactly what happened.br />6. Prohibition
-"The Noble Experiment"-18th Amendment(1929-1933)-manufacture, sale & transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal-supporters believed alcohol brought about corruption,crime,wife & child abuse & accidents-Anti-Saloon League & Women's Christian Temperance Union led the attack on alcohol-alcohol was allowed for medicinal & religious purposes-prescriptions & sacramental works,-failed because-people despised it, saw it as gov. meddling in people's lives,Prohibition Bureau was underfunded. Had 1,500 people to supervise the country,Organized crime became commonplace-Speakeasies-to obtain alcohol illegally, people went underground to secret bars call speakeasies(people spoke easily or quietly about it)-speakeasies could be anywhere7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
-J. Edgar Hoover-leader of the FBI(Iowa native)-Harding-died in office-Coolidge-people loved him, silent cal(nickname)-Republican philosophy-trickle-down theory-help the rich-big business & it will trickle down to the poor(help the poor by making new business,jobs), laissez-faire-hands off/gov. should leave the businesses alone/french term,rugged individulism-people need to help themselves/help yourself out-government became big in 1930's because of the Great Depression
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