Friday December 16th

[4Chancey]

On this day we covered the rest of the 1920's. Here are the questions from yesterday in addition to the notes that I took today.1. Roaring 20's-People bought many things on credit, the automobile comes into pop culture, radios become popular, the depression was a few years away, women start to become more and more revolutionary, econemy boomed, businesses thrived, sports boomed, movies made people millionaires, advertisements, newspaper, prohibition.2. A "return to normalcy"-WWI ended. Soldiers returned home. Means back to the days before the war, in other words, isolationism.3. Red Scare-Russian government was overthrown, and feared that the US government would be taken over. Russians became communists in 1913. Communism tried to take over Spain, and Italy had Fassists and Communists. We feared the thought of going into communism.Immigration: Immigration was booming, and then we almost stopped it in case Communists came to the United States.Karl Marx: Had a Robin Hood type idea, taking from rich to give to poor.Vladimir Lenin: Marxist, or believed in Karl Marx. Russia was in trouble, and he had an idea of turning the people into the most important voice. Succeeded by Stalin.Palmer Raids: J. Edgar Hoover, created the F.B.I. Mitchel Palmer was his partner. They hunted down Communists and deported them.4. Buying on credit-People bought a lot of stuff and said they pay it back later. Naturally, debt followed.5. Planes and automobiles-Suberbs appeared. Gas stations and roads came to be. Mechanics and gas station managers, hotel managers became high paying jobs. Route 66 was the first international road, known as the Mother Road. Henry Ford designed the Model-T. Wright brothers made the airplane. Used in WWI. Only used in transportation and messaging. Mostly used for tricks and shows. Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart were the two most famous pilots of the 1920's.6. Prohibition-18th Amendment. Illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol. Supporters thought it would decrease corruption, crime, wife and child abuse, and work accidents. Anti-Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperence Union led the attack on alcohol. Alcohol was legal for medical and religious purposes. Prescriptions and church-goers skyrocketed. People thought the government was meddling in people's lives. Regular people and even cops became criminals. Speakeasies went to underground bars and spoke quietly. Could be anywhere, and had to have a password to enter. Bootleggers made alcohol illegaly. Can be imported from Canada. Al Capone made about 60 million dollars a year due to all of his bad stuff.7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, HooverHoover: President during the depression. Popular before preseident.Coolidge: A quiet guy who "did nothing".Harding: Wanted return to normalcy.