Blog Discussion
1920's-
Sacco and Vanzetti- They were not loved because they were Italian, were immigrants, and are anarcest. Accused of murder and then were put to death.
The Palmer Raids- He organized raids in three different cities on January 2, 1920
Anti-Immigration- Had immigrants take a literary test. They passed the immigration act of 1924. Reduced immigrants from coming to America. Feared the communists and ant-artists. We pretty much didn't let immigrants into the U.S.
Negative- U.S. didn't like immigrants.
Positive- Auto-mobiles were made to help transportation in America. People could go to the cities more with auto-mobiles, we could drive to school because of auto-mobiles.
Charles Lindbergh- They used planes as a big part of entertainment. 1st person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Planes were getting much better because of WWI. He was a huge celebrity for flying across the Ocean. His kid was kidnapped upstairs in his house and the robber dropped the baby and killed it, but he didn't know his son was dead until after a while.
Amelia Earhart- She was flying when she mysteriously disappeared after trying to fly around the whole world. She was mid 20's when she passed.
Henry Ford- Made cars cheaper and faster. Other companies were trying to catch up with Ford. A very famous vehicle was Mobile T, which you could have in any color as long as it was black, so it had to be black.
In 1922, 3D glasses, were red and green. The hair dryer was a big help for people to make their hair dry and positioned good. In 1927, A drink called kool-aid and didn't have the "Oh Ya!" until later. The band Aid was invented. In WWI, they ordered a ton of band-aids for the wounded warriors.
Gangs of 1920- Al Capone was born in New York. He was in school until he was kicked out for hitting a teacher. When he was 14, he met a gangster and they started to hang out. He moved to Chicago where he killed a lot of people but wasn't caught because he is street smart. He got in trouble for dealing alcohol and prostitution. He went to prison for not paying taxes even though we was very wealthy.
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