January 18th -22nd

Monday- Forum post leaders shared their topics

Mr. Bruns presented on the presidents of the 1920's

Warren G. Harding

Tuesday-

4.-Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads

13.-Stock Market Crash-causes

Stock- buying a part of a company
Stock market- place where people buy and sell stocks
New York Stock Exchange- Wall Street, New York City
Dow Jones- the 30 largest companies in the United States
- if the Dow Jones is doing well, the entire stock market is usually doing well meaning the economy is usually doing well
Causes of the Stock Market Crash- 1929
- Stock prices were grossly inflated, did not have real value- watered stock prices
  - Companies were losing money, but the stock prices was going up (so something had to give)
- Over-speculation during the 1920's
  - Led to watered stock
- "Buying on margin"
  - Buying on margin=buying stocks on credit
  - Led to people being in debt and watered stock prices
- Overproduction of goods
  - People had to be laid off because businesses were making more than they were selling
- Uneven distribution of wealth
- Too much borrowing from banks
- Federal Reserve increased interest rates
  - If they lower interest rates, people will borrow money and spend more which helps the government
  - If they raise interest rates, people will stop spending
- Lack of government regulation
  - No rules on the stock market

Wednesday- Ellen and Charlotte shared their video for the 1920's

2hr early out

Thursday- We Watched Ron, Dillon and Dakota's video

Automobile
- Not Created in the 1920's
- More affordable in the 1920's
- Impact on the U.S>
  - Faster transportation
  - Suburban living
  - People would vacation more
  - Allowed people to move away
  - More jobs
  - Mechanics
  - Steel companies
  - Dating
  - Racing
- Model T
  - Cheap car
  - Average
  - Any color
- Route 66
  - "The Mother Road"
- Racing
  - NASCAR
Airplanes
- Charles Lindbergh
  - First to fly across the Atlantic
  - Kidnapping of son
    - Son was killed
- Amelia Earhart
  - First Woman to fly across the Atlantic and Pacific
  - Disappeared in the Pacific
- Barnstorming
  - Airplane shows
  - Tricks on wings
- WWI
  - Developed airplanes more and more
Electricity
- Impact
  - More products
  - People would spend more time outdoors

Friday- Mr. Bruns chose new leaders for forum posts

The Red Scare
- Russia was fighting a communist revolution
- America was afraid we would be overrun by communism
- Karl Marx
  - Founder/ Creator of communism
- Communism
  - Dictator
  - No rights
  - Less than .1% of people have internet
  - Government controls press
  - Supposed to be
    - Equality
    - Sharing
    - Participation
  - Vladimir Lenin
    - First leader of Soviet Union
    - Sees country is in shambles
    - Dies 3 years into reign
  - Josef Stalin
    - Came into power after Lenin
    - Purges
    - Killed more people than Hitler
  - The Palmer Raids
    - J. Edgar. Hoover
      - Started FBI
    - Mitchell Palmer
      - House was bombed
      - Wanted to deport communist and radicals
  - Sacco and Vanzetti
    - Italian Anarchists
    - Accused of shooting paymaster
    - Convicted and killed
KKK
- Speak out against people who weren't WASP
  - White
  - Anglo Saxon
  - Protestant
Immigration in the 1920's
- Slowed down
  - Fear of Communism
  - Racists
  - Wanted to preserve American Homogeneity
  - Slowed until after WWII
Strikes
- Boston Police strike
  - Wanted
    - Better Pay
    - Shorter Hours
- Didn't win big
Scopes Monkey Trial
- John Scopes
  - Taught evolution in school
  - Was arrested
  - Found guilty

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