1920s Topics
1. Roaring 20's
- Economy was very great
- jazz
- Sports
- fashion
- automobile
2. A "return to normalcy"
- return to back to normal; which means Old Diplomacy and isolationism
- Warren Harding won the election and the economy was great
3. Red Scare
- Russia became communist and we didn't want the communists to take over our country
- raided people that the FBI thought was communist
4. Buying on credit
- people could buy nice things now and pay later
5. Planes and automobiles
- Route 66 "The Mother Road" pretty much the first interstate
- Henry Ford- the Model T: cheap, reliable, transportation; the assembly line
- Airplanes were mostly used for transporting mail and a couple people at a time
- Charles Lindbergh was the most famous person in the 1920s
- Amelia Earhart
6. Prohibition(The Noble Experiment)
- 18th Amendment(1920-1933)
- the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal
- alcohol was allowed for medical and religious purposes
- prescriptions and sacramental wine orders skyrocketed
- Prohibition failed because
- people despised it. Saw it as government meddling in people's lives
- The Prohibition Bureau was underfunded. Had 1,500 people to supervise the country
- Organized crime became commonplace
7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
- Coolidge and Hoover didn't do very much, their beliefs were that the government should not do very much
- Trickle-down theory: gives tax breaks to the wealthy and it they will make jobs, benefits, etc.
- laissez-faire: the government will not get involved very much in business
- Rugged individualism: it's the people's responsibility to do things, the government won't do it for you
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