Monday: Forum post leaders are talking about their topics. Working on projects.
Tuesday: Worked on videos.
Wednesday: Presenting our videos.
1920’s Topics:
1.Prohibition and gangsters
2.Women’s rights and freedoms
3. Politics-elections, Normalcy and isolationism, President’s backgrounds and accomplishments, scandals, Republican philosophy
4.Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads
5. Economy-Booming economy and stock market, buying on credit, high tariffs
6. Red Scare-anti-immigration, Sacco and Vanzetti case
7. Harlem Renaissance-KKK
8. Lots of strikes-Boston Police, US Steel, United Mine Workers
9. The Model T and the impact of the automobile
10. Electricity in the homes and new appliances
11. Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and the airplane
12. Scopes-Monkey Trial
13. Stock Market Crash-causes
1930’s Topics:
1. Causes of the Great Depression
2. Impact the Great Depression had on people and our country
3. President Hoover’s attempt(or lack thereof) to help solve Great Depression
4. 1932/1936 Presidential elections
5. Bonus Army
6. Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads
7. Franklin Roosevelt’s background and accomplishments-Focus on New Deal
8. The Three R’s
9. The difference between the First New Deal and Second New Deal
10. Fireside chats
11. The Hundred Days
12. Deficit spending and “priming the pump”
13. FDR vs the US Supreme Court-Court Packing issue
14. Critics and failings of the New Deal-Long, Caughlin, Townshend
Thursday: Video presentations!
I am taking my notes on HERE.
1920’s Topics
1. Prohibition and gangsters
Prohibition “The Noble Experiment”
The 18th Amendment (1920-1933)
Prohibition
At first saloons closed and drunkenness went down
The Volstead act created the prohibition bureau to enforce the law
Prohibition Failed for 3 reasons
People despised it. Saw it as government meddling in people’s lives
The prohibition bureau was underfunded. Had 1,500 people to supervise the country.
Organized crime became commonplace
Bootleggers
People that made or transported alcohol
Named because people carried liquor in the legs of boots
Most important alcohol came in from Canada, Cuba, or the West Indies
Speakeasies
To obtain alcohol illegally, people went underground to secret bars called speakeasies (people spoke easily or quietly about it)
Speakeasies cou
Could be anywhere
To be admitted a card or password had to be given
Organized Crime
Came about as a result of prohibition
Every major city had its gang
Al Capone’s bootlegging business in Chicago made over $60 million a year
Al was taken down by Tax Evasion - Tax evasion is using illegal means to avoid paying taxes.
2. Women’s rights and freedoms
Cult of Domesticity
Developed throughout 1800’s
The ideal of womanhood had 4 chartericsteercs:
1) Piety
2) Purity
3) Domesticity
4) Submissiveness
World War I (1917-1918)
WWI interrupted the campaign for woman suffrage
Helped the women once it was over. It showed what they could do while men were gone.
Education
By 1928, women were earning 39% of the college degrees given in the United States
In 1900, it was 19%
Almost 60% today
1928 Olympics
These were the first olympics that women were allowed to compete in
There were many arguments about these actions
Some argued that it was historically inappropriate since women did not compete in ancient greek olympics
Others said that physical competition was “injurious” to women
“Pink Collared” Jobs- 1920’s-1970’s
Give women a taste of the work world
Low paying service occupations
Made less money than men did doing the same jobs.
Secretaries
Teachers
Telephone operators
Nurses
The Flapper
Short hair
Short dresses
Shapeless dresses-eliminated corsets- see next slide
Smoked, drank in public and earned their own money
Friday: Video presentations. Taking notes.
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