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President Harding
- Not a good president
- Cheated on his wife
- Drank in the White House
- Died of disease
President Coolidge
- Was a good president
- His motto was do as little as possible
President Hoover
- Not a good president
Republican Philosophy-1920's
- Trickle-Down theory
- Laissez-faire
- Rugged individualism
- Do it yourself, Don't rely on the government to help you
- Normalcy
Teapot Dome Scandal
- Albert Fall was found guilty of taking bribes and served 1 year in prison
Entertainment
- Movies
- Charlie Chaplin
- Greta
- Clara Bow
- Harry Houdini
- Sports
- Babe Ruth
- Bill Tilden
- Jack Demphey
- Red Grange
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stock Market
- Dow Jones (30 largest companies in the United States)
- A stock market indicator
- Causes of the Stock Market Crash- 1929
- Stock prices were grossly inflated, did not have real value- watered stock prices
- Over-speculation during the 1920's
- Led to watered stocks
- Buying on margin
- led to people being in debt and watered stock prices
- Overproduction of goods
- Uneven distribution of wealth
- Too Much borrowing from banks
- Federal Reserve increased interest rates
- Lack of government regulation
- Automobiles
- What impact did automobiles have on the United States?
- people could get around
- People could get out of their hometown
- made it easier to date
- Model- T (Henry Ford)
- Chrysler (Walter Chrysler)
- Dodge (John Dodge)
- Buick (David Buick)
- Route 66 "The mother road"
- NASCAR started with people trying to outrun the police
- What impact did automobiles have on the United States?
- Airplanes
- Charles Lindbergh "Lucky Lindy"
- his baby was kidnapped and killed
- thought about moving to Germany because he was racist towards Jews
- Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and was the first person to fly across the pacific ocean
The Red Scare
- The fear of communism started in this time
- Karl Marx
- Palmer Raids
- Sacco and Vanzetti
- Were Italian Immigrants who were blamed for a murder and they were sentenced to death for it
- Ku Klux Klan
- Anti Radical Communists
- They tried to keep immigrants out. They would speak out against immigrants
- Immigration
- The Immigration Act of 1924 (National Origins Act/Asian Exclusion Act)
- The law was aimed at restricting immigration of Southern Europeans, Eastern Europeans, and Jews
- Severely restricted the immigration of Africans and prohibited the immigration of Arabs, East Asians, and Indians
- The purpose of the act was to preserve the ideal of american homogeneity
- W.A.S.P
- Scopes Monkey Trial
- Science vs. Religion
- John Scopes- arrested for speaking about something he wasn't supposed to
- Science vs. Religion
Tuesday- Watched videos on 1920's. notes
Wednesday- Watched videos on 1920's. notes
Thursday- Watched videos on 1920's . notes
Friday- Finished 1920's presentations. notes
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