Today is blog discussion. We are going to start presentations Thursday.
What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the US?
---Red Scare (NEGATIVE IMPACT) and Anti-Immigration?-
Red Scare (1919-1920)- fear of a communism uprising. Palmer raids- raids that went after communist.
---Anti Immigration-
if US didn't limit immigration then someone who supports communism might lead a revolution, Europe and Asia weren't really able to immigrate to US
(NEGATIVE) Ku Klux Klan- didn't like immigrants
---Airplanes-
Lucky Lindy- most known airplane. Airplanes were used for mail, and entertainment, also minor transportation. Charles Lindbergh- hero of the 1920's, first person to fly across the Atlantic, his baby was kidnapped and was killed. Amelia Earhart- another famous flyer, best known for dying in the South Pacific.
---Automobiles- (Positive)
car industry grew, soldiers brought home cars from the war, after war car prices dropped, everyone got cars. Ford was the cheapest. Buying on credit- buy something and pay for it overtime. People would go into debt. (POSITIVE/NEGATIVE) Ford biggest car dealer, model t. More roads were built, route 66 major road. Suburbs being developed.
---Other inventions-
Band-aid, hair dryer, lie detector, cue tips, telephone, traffic lights, tv/radio transmissions, frozen foods, water skiing, cool-aide, pez, and bubblegum. (POSITIVE) ELECTRICITY A HUGE POSITIVE
---Gangs-
Every city had a gang
Al Capone (Scarface) came up during prohibition mostly because they had something to traffic illegally, his city was Chicago, he paid off police officers, and judges so it was hard for him to get caught, he made 60 million dollars a year, he got charged on tax evasion and that's how he got arrested.
---Republican Philosophy-
Trickle-down theory- give tax cuts to wealthy/big businesses, it will trickle down to the middle class, help businesses create jobs, people will get them.
rugged individualism- everyone for themselves, you're on your own
Laissez-faire- government stays out of businesses
---Warren G. Harding Background-
Warren was born nov. 2 1865, 29th president, went to ohio central college, he served in the ohio senate and the US senate, was a newspaper owner. Republicans moved away from progressivism, blew out the Wilcox in election.
---Calvin Coolidge-
Born on 4th of July, mom died and sister died when young. Started in local government and moved up till he was mayor of Massachusetts, in 1920 he got vice president nomination, Harding died and he became president., 1924 ran again, right before election his son died and he kept running and got it, and served one term then was done. He believed in small government.
Farmers had overproduction and didn't get as much money. He tried helping farmers but couldn't get a compromise. He cut taxes through revenue tax. Passed bill making all Indians US citizens. Filibustering- someone can get up and talk about a different topic to prevent a vote to pass. Immigration Act- allowed less immigrants to come in.
---Herbert Hoover-
Was 31st president, mining engineer, head of US food administration during WWI, efficiency movement- tried to get rid of waste in government wanting to be more efficient, (not spend more money than make.) born in 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. Known for helping Belgium out in WWI. Humanitarian. He believed he couldn't help people as president.
He stretched Laissez-fair but didn't do it enough, helped farmers out, tried to undo the wrong done before him, good neighbor policy which made us be friendly to latin america. Put land asside for conservation, helped build hospitals to help veterans. Began construction as the boulder dam (now known as the Hoover Dam). Reconstruction Finance Corporation- he gave loans out to big businesses and banks, banks loaned people money, businesses gave people jobs.
He wanted small government. He took oath of office in March and the crash happened in October, so it wasn't his fault.
---Women in the 1920's-
Flappers (what they were called)- mostly because their shoes made noises. Wore make up and shorter skirts, smoke and drank. (Its something that women didn't do before this.) Most women weren't flapper girls. They were given the right to vote. (POSITIVE)
---African American's in 1920's-
African americans started feeling better about being AA, a lot of them moved out of the south up to the north. They moved into ghetto neighborhoods, 5.2 million out of 12 million moved north in the Great Migration (POSITIVE/NEGATIVE) They were still treated badly, Ku Klux Klan showed up then. They didn't believe the AA had a right to move north and take their jobs.
Harlem Resonance- Harlem became crowded, a lot of poverty, it was a literacy movement, people who went to school started celebrating African American culture
---Stock Market Crash Causes-
people were selling a lot, but not many people were buying, people got nervous and didn't buy stocks because they were in debt. The companies were losing money and the stock prices were skyrocketing up, the ticker got behind, got a huge panic. no government regulation and people could do what they wanted
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