January 23th- presentation day
- (look at last week's notes for women's rights)
* Economy and strikes
- the age of invention, there was mass productions
-tremendous prosperity
-mass- consumption economy
-depression for farmers.
-stock market: financial instruments, building wealth, raise money for expansion(go public), fraction of total ownership, open bidding, company supply and demand.
- buying on credit: to buy things and pay them later
- tariffs: tax on imported goods, more options, protected businesses
-many strikes:
+Boston police- 1919, the Boston police wanted to form a union but they weren't allowed so, they went on strike and stopped working. some college students at Harvard volunteer to try and stop the trouble that were going on on the streets while the police men weren't working. more than 1,000 police officers lost their jobs and never recovered.
+US steel- 1919, more than 350,000 workers went on strikes for better wages and working conditions. the National guard were called in to help control the strikes.
-American federation of labor- still the largest workers union.
+united mine workers- 1902, Profits were low and the conditions weren't the best. they wanted more pay, an shorter hours. there was two kind of coal being worked on bituminous and anthracite.
*an other one happened in 1919
January 24th- presentation day
(look above for economy and strikes)
*Red scare
RS- America's fear of communists, socialists and immigrants were going to take over America's government. Fear started to rise when people found out about spies selling U.S. government's secrets to the soviets.
what caused it- The Bolshevik Revolution was taking place(immigrants from Russia were going to come in America)
Attorney General Palmer, took the law into his own hands and started raiding homes, clubs, union halls, and coffee shops.
*Palmer had his house bombed which resulted in this fear of his.
It resulted in 5,000 people held in jail, not allowed to call anyone, and were treated terribly.
Most of the people deported did nothing wrong.
America didn't want any immigrants in the U.S. so, they created anti- immigration acts.
- Anti-immigrants acts
immigration act of 1917- people from the Eastern Asia and Europe were forbidden to come to the U.S.
immigration act of 1921- Limited the number of immigrants that came to the U.S.
immigration act of 1924- Made each person that came into the U.S. pay for a visa, which was $9-10
These acts made less and less people come to America.
- Sacco and Vanzetti case
Two men that were immigrants robbed Slater and Morrill shoe factory and killed Frederick Parmenter (payroll clerk) and Alessandro Berardelli (security guard)
They didn't find any evidence of them doing it but they just needed someone to take the blame so why not immigrants that were anarchists?! they lost their lives.
Harlem Renaissance/ KKK
It was a cultural, social, artistic time for the African Americans/Africans
It took place at the end of WWI
Writers, Artists, Musicians, photographers, scholars.
most of the people moved from the south to find their place and a place to express their talents. It is also known as the great migration.
*KKK
it's a hate group that started originally in march 3 of 1866 in the Southern United States. They hated on African Americans, Catholics, jews and, immigrants.
they were after something called "white power" and often committed violent acts, such as killing people.
January 25- presentation day
*Politics
Warren G. Harding- 29th president, senator of Ohio
return to normalcy.
energy strategy
America first
child welfare, unemployment, bill with African Americans (stopping violence)
James M. cox- governor
newspaper publisher, domestic issues, fought for a lower income tax and women's rights
Teapot dome scandal
Oil companies
happened in Wyoming
(bribery) was a rock formation on the land holding oil, owned by the government
Calvin Coolidge- 30 president
lawyer Vermont
government of Massachusetts
modernized
corruption
taxes
Indian citizen acts
(^^^^what he did)
John W. Davis- american politician
was a US rep
ambassador of Great Britain
seized national steel mills
Herbert C. Hoover- 31 president
mining engineer
failed to recognize how bad the economy was failing
was from Iowa
lead economic recovery, advocated stronger labor laws
Alfred E. smith
speaker, Urban, leader of PM
anti-prohibition
Normalcy & isolationism
-other countries
-agreements/ diplomacy's
-peace and order
trickle down theory
- gain tax breakers
-other financial business
-help economy grow
rugged individualism
-all individualism should own weight
laissez-faire
-idea/ concept of letting things take their own course
January 26th- presentation day
* The automobile(cars)
- the model t
1908-1927
cheap so that everyone could afford ($250)= ($3,128)
sold in every colour as long as it was black
Tin Lizzie( nickname for the Model T)
the model T had 20 horse power
hand crank start
1/2 the weight of today's cars
10 gallon fuel tank
General motor (other major industry)
$680=$8,686
"GM should offer not cheaper cars but, better quality"- Alfred Saloan
more aesthetics and rounded body lines and shorter roof and more colours
Chrysler (more like a sport car)
$995= $12,199
70 mph
hydraulic brakes
replaceable oil filter
rubber engine mount
contoured glass
#the car became popular because it got cheaper and people could now buy it by credit.
*The electricity- homes and news appliances
first discovered 600 B.C. (static electricity)
Thomas Edison created the first long lasting and reliable light bulb but did NOT create the first light bulb
Inventions made possible by electricity
- vacuum cleaners
-refrigerators
-washing machines
in 1924 2/3 of american houses used electricity and 1/2 of refrigerators sold were electric.
January 27- Presentation day
*airplane
the first airplane flight was in 1903 by the wright brothers
in the 1920s airplane shows were famous
they weren't really used to travel they were more used for shows and fun
Amelia Earhart
she was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and was only the 16th woman issues a pilot license
she tried to fly the pacific Ocean but got lost and got declared dead.
Charles Lindbergh
Charles was the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic ocean solo and non stop
the trip from new York to Paris took 33.5 hours
he was a pilot in the army and was the best in his class then flew mail from st. Lewis to Chicago.
*Scopes-monkey trial
the scopes monkey trial was a trial of creationism vs evolution
creationism- the bible
evolution- the formation of how one thing becomes an other
- John Thomas Scopes
he was a high school teacher and a football coach.
he broke the Tennessee butler act which basically which basically stopped people from teaching about evolution.
- American Civil Liberties Union
They placed an ad inviting a teacher to help test the laws in courts
The trial happened in Clarence Darrow
during the trial the Tennessee act got destroyed and professionals scientists were allowed to test laws.
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