Today we continued with blog discussions. We talked about our semester tests and possibilities of what to include. We don't have to cover everything, we just need to pick out what is important to us. Question 2 was Chapters 5-8. After we ended class, we played "Name that Tune".
Jazz -
Louis Armstrong started playing in New Orleans. Duke Ellington was another famous Jazz Age musician. Duke played a lot at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Sports -
The 1920's were also known as the Golden Age of Sports. Babe Ruth was a famous baseball player. Football became big in the 20's. Red Grange was a famous football player in that time. Boxing was another huge sport. Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney were a few boxers that were well known. Bill Tilden was a great tennis player at the time. The radio came out during that time which allowed people to listen to their favorite sports. Also the automobile was very popular during that time which made it easier for people to get to games.
Fashion -
The men wore more comfortable clothes during that time. The women had more of a "boyish" look during this time. Ladies had started to wear shorter skirts. Coco Chanel brought the idea of "the little black dress". During the day the men wore tuxes. The upper class wore top hats, the middle class wore fedoras, and the working class wore newspaper hats. The flappers had shorter dresses that were loose. That's only one half, the other half is their attitude and beliefs. Oxford bags were very popular pants in the day.
Movies -
Many of the movies that came out were silent movies and horror movies. Peter Pan came out, along with Phantom of the Opera. We watched a couple videos from back then.
Buying on Credit -
By the late 1920's, a lot of people were in debt. This caused the factories to lay off workers. Which was the start of the Great Depression.
Fads -
Mahjong was a very popular game during that time. Flagpole sitting was very popular too. A man, Alvin Kelly sat on a pole for 49 days. Drinking illegally was another fad. Barn storming and airplane shows were other fads.
Red Scare -
The United States had a fear that we would fall to communism. The government stopped immigration. J. Edgar Hoover was the head of the FBI. He was an assistant in the 20's to Michael Palmer. The people had to make sure that there were no communists in our country. The Palmer Raids were a way to be sure that the communist didn't take over our country. The Anti-Immigration Act of 1924 and the Emergency Quota Act were acts placed to stop immigration. The Emergency Quota Act was to put a limit on how many people were allowed in. The main point for the Acts were that there were no communist people allowed into our country. Sacco and Vanzetti were two men that were convicted on circumstantial evident of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Plane and Automobiles -
The planes weren't popular until WWI. At first planes were only used for mail, but then companies started to transport people. The rich people were the only ones who could afford a plane. Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. She tried to fly across the whole world, but she disappeared in the South Pacific. Route 66 was "The Mother Road". It was the road you took if you were going on vacation to the west.
Prohibition -
Prohibition was passed through the 18th amendment in 1920. It was the production and distribution was illegal. Owning alcohol and drinking it was not illegal. Many people went to underground bars. You could get doctor prescriptions for whiskey, but the price went up drastically. A lot of alcohol was smuggled from Canada. Wine for communion was still allowed, but the need for that went up. A lot of cops ignored the fires or whatnot, because they were bought off with alcohol.
Gangs -
Gangs came about as a result of prohibition. Every major city had it's gang. Al Capone's bootlegging business in Chicago made over $60 million a year. Due to gang violence, only 19% of Americans supported prohibition by 1925. Prohibition was repealed in 1933 by the 21st amendment. Capone's nickname was "Scarface."
Harding/Coolidge/Hoover -
Republican Philosophy -
- Trickle-down theory -
- Laissez-faire -
- Rugged individualism - The government shouldn't have to pay for everything, or give you money for everything, because there comes a time when the people have to fend for themselves.
Harding wanted to stay out of the League of Nations. He didn't do a whole lot. The Teapot Scandal took place during his presidency. Coolidge's philosophy was to do nothing.
Hoover didn't have very many accomplishments.
Women in the 1920's -
Class dismissed.
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