Jan 11- Work day on our video
Jan 12- Continuing video/ editing
Jan 13- Took notes over Sacco Vanzetti and the Red Scare
Definition- a period of time where the US was fearful of communist takeover
The Soviet Union was becoming communist, training people to start communist revolution
Communism (Karl Marx)- The government is in complete control; press
Karl Marx envisioned only a middle class, anarchy- absence of government
Vladimir Lenin then Joseph Stalin (rule through fear)
The Palmer Raids (Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover; Head of FBI)- hunting down anarchist to make sure they were caught, 249 people were deported, gotten heated after Palmer’s house was bombed
Sacco and Vanzetti- paymaster killed , S and V were convicted for the murder- only circumstantial evidence
The immigration Act of 1924 greatly reduced immigration to US “ to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity”
Limiting Southern and Eastern Europeans, Jews, Africa, Arabs, East Asians, and Indians
- We wanted people from Scandinavia (WASP)
Jan 14 and 15- Took Notes on women's rights, the Harlem Renaissance, the KKK and aviation
Women got the right to vote- 19th Amendment
It’s important for women to vote because they can have a say in government that benefits them
Women were starting to work outside the home and go to college
¾ stayed home- traditional
Clerks, Cleaning, Teaching, Seamstress, Waitress, Telephone operators, Nurses
Flapper- dress, pump shoes, makeup, bob hair, natural waistline, attitude of not getting married but going to college, getting a job, dating more than one man
Clara Bow
Cult of Domesticity- developed throughout the 1800’s
womanhood had four characteristics: Piety- religious leader of the children, Purity- saving yourself from marriage, being with one person, Domesticity- taking care of the home and children, Submissiveness- the man is the leader of the household
WWI interrupted the campaign for woman suffrage
Women took the men’s jobs during WWI
Margaret Sanger- in 1921, She founded the American Birth Control League.
Now known as Planned Parenthood.
Women were then able to control their own bodies
This movement educated women about existing birth control methods
Women were earning 39 percent of the college degrees given in the US
In 1900 it was 19%
Almost 60% of bachelor's degrees are earned by women
1928 Olympics were the first that women were allowed to compete
There were many arguments about these actions
- Some argued that was historically inappropriate since women did not compete in ancient Greek Olympics
WASP- White, Anglo Saxon, Protestant
KKK used violent acts
Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith
- Cotton Club- speakeasy in Harlem, Blacks would perform to the Whites
Entertainment shows, mail, military
C. Lindbergh- first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean (most famous person in the US) Racist, Anti-Jew
His baby was kidnapped and after climbing down the ladder, they dropped the baby, baby died but they tried to get ransom money
- A. Earhart first woman to fly nonstop across Atlantic- Could have run out of gas, crashed and died on an island in the Pacific
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