Monday: Mr B was gone and we worked on our 1920's project.
Tuesday : Went over forum post.
Sacco and Vanzetti - Were 2 Italian immigrants who were convicted of killing a paymaster, and the paymasters guard. They had three strikes against them
- Italian
- Immigrants
- Anarchists
They were executed.
Kl Klux Klan
- first started after the civil war
- after the progressive era they came about.
- Hate Blacks, Catholics, or any dark skins, Immigrants even from Southern Europe.
Immigration in the 1920's
- The immigration Act of 1924 greatly reduced immigrants
Republican philosophy - 1920's
- Trickle - down theory - giving tax brick to the rich, they would create more jobs for the poor or middle class
- Laissez -faire - government stays out of business
- Rugged individualism - it all about you what you do and what you wanna do
Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
- 62 countries pledged not to use war to settle disputes.
Charles Lindbergh and the "Lucky Lindy"
- Most Famous Man of the 1920's
- First Solo Flight across the Atlantic
- "Spirit of St. Louis" was the Plane he flew
- Crime of the Century when his son was kidnap and killed
Amelia Earhart
- Tried to be the first Women to fly across the World
- Disappeared around the Holland Island
Rural vs Urban
- 1920 census - 51.2 people lived in cities of 2500 or more
- 1922-1929 - more than 2 million people moved from farms to the cities each year
- Rural areas tried to hold on to moral values and close social relationship
Thursday:
Fashion of the 1920's
- Guys had oxford bags pants
- Women wore hats and dresses were to the knees and big fur coats
- Men wore fedoras and wore suits
Famous people of the 1920s
- Greta Garbo
- Clara Bo
- Mary Pickford
- Charlie Chaplin
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Rudolph Valentino
- The Marx Brothers
- Harry Houdini
- Babe Ruth
- Jack Dempsey
- Gene Tunney
- Booby Jones
- Bill Tilden
- Red Grange
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Louis Armstrong
Friday: Had our party
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