January 19th-22nd

Monday: Absent

Tuesday: Took notes and and watched presentations

Wednesday: Took notes and watched videos

Thursday: Took notes and watched videos

Friday: Took notes

Republican Philosophy- 1920's

Trickle-down theory
- "Pro-rich" party
- Republicans would give tax breaks to the wealthy
- The prosperity will trickle down and give more money to the middle and lower class people
- Would create more jobs
- They did not want the Welfare check
Laissez-faire
- "Leave alone" "Let alone"
- Government stay out of business. Let them do their thing
Rugged Individualism
- It's up to you
- Don't rely on the government for handouts, it's your responsibility
- Work hard, get a good education, get a good job
Normalcy
- Going back to the way things were
- Isolationism- keeping our heads in the sand and focusing on America
- Harding's platform

Harding-- Teapot Dome Scandal

Teapot Dome is a rock formation in Wyoming with oil under it that was supposed to be set aside for the Navy
Albert Fall (secretary of the interior) took this information and allowed 2 oil companies to use it. He was given bribes to make sure that the 2 companies were given exclusive rights. This wasn't illegal for him to do it if he would've given all companies an equal chance, but he was guilty of taking bribes and put in jail for one year

My notes

Entertainment

Movies were big in the 20's
Silent and talky movies. They made silent films in talky's. Realized they didn't need subtitles
Famous actors/actresses
- Greta Garbo
- Clara Bow
- Charlie Chaplin
  - Portrayed Hitler later on in a movie
  - Post WWII- he was put on the blacklist of being a potential communist
  - Came back to the US to receive the lifetime achievement award
- Rudolph Valentino
- Al Jolson-
- The Marx Brothers- comedians
- Harry Houdini- magician
- Babe Ruth- baseball player
- Jack Dempsey- boxer
- Gene Tunney-boxer
- Bill Tilden- Tennis
- Red Grange- Football
- F. Scott Fitzgerald- wrote the Great Gatsby (author)

Causes of the Stock Market Crash

Stock prices were grossly inflated, did not have real value-watered stock prices
Over Speculation during the 1920's
- Led to watered stock
"Buying on margin"
- Led to people being in debt and watered stock prices
Over production of goods
Uneven distribution of wealth
Too much borrowing from banks
Federal Reserve increased interest rates
Lack of government regulation
Dow Jones
- 30 largest companies in the United States
  - Boeing, Home Depot, Microsoft, Unitedhealth, Verizon, etc...
  - If the Dow Jones are doing well, the stock is doing well and vice versa

Economy

Buying on Credit
- "Buy now, pay later"
- Stocks market was booming
  - Buying on margin
High Tariff Policy
- What is a tariff?
- Why did progressives want to lower tariffs in the early 1900's?
  - More competition = lower prices
- Why did the Republicans raise tariffs in the 1920's?

Cars/Automobiles

What impact did automobiles have on the United States?
- Faster transportation
  - Goods, services, people
  - brings about lower transportation
  - People can move to suburbs
  - Allowed people to move away
- Jobs
  - Rubber companies
  - Steel companies
- Tourists attractions
  - More Vacations
- Dating
Other Cars
- Model T- Ford
- 1928 Dodge Brothers Victory 6 Deluxe
- 1929 Buick 4-Door Sedan- David Buick
Route 66 "The Mother Road"
History of NASCAR

Airplanes

Started as an entertainment device, mail carrying, small number of passenger carrying
Charles Lindbergh "Lucky Lindy"
- First person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic
- Child was kidnapped
- Lost his luster seemed to be on the side of Adolf Hitler
- Racist person especially towards Jewish
- Lost some credibility because of it
- Hero of the 1920
Amelia Earhart
- First woman to fly across the Atlantic
- First person to fly across the Pacific
- Wanted to be the first person to fly across the world but crash landed and disappeared

The Red Scare (1919-1920)

U.S. were afraid that communists we going to take over our country
Communism
People
- Karl Marx- communist
- Vladimir Lenin- true marxist
The Palmer Raids
- Palmer wanted to round up communists an radical and deport them. Led to violence and hysteria
- Sacco and Vanzetti
- Ku Klux Klan
  - Anti-anyone that wasn't white angelic catholic

Immigration in the 1920's

The Immigration act of 1924 (national origins Act/Asian Exclusion Act greatly reduce immigration to U.S.)
- The law was aimed at restricting immigration of southern europeans, Eastern Europeans, and jews
- Severely restricted the immigration of africans and prohibited the immigration of Arabs, east asians, and indians
- The purpose of the Act was "to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity"
- W.A.S.P

Strikes

Scopes Monkey Trial (Science vs. Religion)

Blogs