Monday - We continued on presentations and notes.
3. Politics-elections, Normalcy and isolationism, President’s backgrounds and accomplishments, scandals, Republican philosophy
- Politics
- Republican Philosophy
- Trickle-down theory
- Start at the top and the causes trickle down
- Help the rich and eventually help the poor
- Laissez-faire
- Government is hands-off
- Rugged individualism
- Do it yourself
- Normalcy
- return to isolationism
- Trickle-down theory
- Albert Fall - Teapot Dome Scandal
- Scandal of the 1920's
- Teapot Dome, Wyoming
- Lots of oil
- Set aside for US Navy
- Secretary of Material
- was selling (government) land to private interest
- took bribes (money)
- Republican Philosophy
4. Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads
- Entertainment
- Greta Garbo
- Charlie Chaplin
- Actor
- Rudolph Valentino
- Actor
- The Marx Brothers
- Actor
- Comedians
- Harry Houdini
- Magician
- Escape Artist
- Babe Ruth
- Gene Tunney
- boxer
- Jack Dempsey
- boxer
- Bobby Jones
- Golf
- Bill Tilden
- Tennis
- Red Grange
- Football
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Writer
- Great Gatsby
5. Economy-Booming economy and stock market, buying on credit, high tariffs
- Buying on Credit
- people didn't have all the money to buy an object
- they used loans
- bought item and paid monthly bill on it
- High Tariff Policy
- people wont buy goods from other countries
- protects American businesses
6. Red Scare-anti-immigration, Sacco and Vanzetti case
- Red Scare
- Communism
- Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels founded communism
- The Palmer Raids
- A. Mitchell Palmer
- did raids
- his house was bombed (blamed communist)
- deported many immigrants
- A. Mitchell Palmer
- Sacco and Vanzetti
- accused of killing a pay master
- Italian immigrants
- Anarchist
- found guilty
- put to death
- electric chair
7. Harlem Renaissance-KKK
- Ku Klux Klan
- Anti:
- Communist
- Catholic
- African American
- Immigrants
- Anti:
- Immigration Act
- restricting immigration
- Southern Europeans
- Eastern Europeans
- Jews
- Africans
- prohibited immigration of
- Arabs
- East Asians
- Indians
- the act was to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity
- restricting immigration
- Harlem Renaissance
- the rebirth of African American culture
- jazz music
- Louis Armstrong
- Duke Ellington
- Bessie Smith
- African literature
- Marcus Garvey
- big on Black is Beautiful
- African art
8. Lots of strikes-Boston Police, US Steel, United Mine Workers
9. The Model T and the impact of the automobile
- People got around better
- Affordable to all
- lower-middle class people
10. Electricity in the homes and new appliances
- Washing machine
- Vacuum cleaner
- Radio
- Hair dryer
- Curling Iron
- Lights
- Factories can stay open 24/7
- night shift
- 2/3 home in cities had electricity
11. Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and the airplane
- Charles Lindbergh
- stunt man
- parachuted & crashed 4 planes
- flew over the Atlantic in 33 1/2 hrs (no stops)
- biggest hero in the 1920's
- US
- World Wide
- Amelia Earhart
- nurse in world war 1
- took care of lots of pilots
- first to fly over the Atlantic Ocean
- first to fly over the Pacific Ocean
- nurse in world war 1
- Airplane
- stunts
- transported
- bombs
- ammunition
- a couple people
- exploration
12. Scopes-Monkey Trial
- John Scopes
- biology teacher
- lost case
- fined $100
- taught about evolution
- we evolved from apes
- William Jennings Bryan
- Prosecutor
- was made to be a fool
- took the stand
- Tennessee passed law making it illegal to teach evolution in school
- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) would defend any teacher willing to break the law
13. Stock Market Crash-causes
Tuesday -We watched videos and I continued notes above.
Wednesday - We watched videos and I continued my notes above.
Thursday - We watched videos and I continued my notes above.
Friday - We watched videos and I continued my notes above.
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