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The Roaring TwentiesThe Roaring Twenties
http://www.1920-30.com/
1923 synchronized sound movies
Profession football, tennis, and golf
50 new Broadway shows open
“Bob” hairstyle
New for the New for the Election of 1920Election of 1920
1. http://blogs.lancasteronline.com/flashbacklancaster/2008/10/09/women-vote-in-1920
3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~elkridge/History.htm
2. http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/ww1/1919League2.html
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Radio from 1920
Women gain right to vote
Newspaper from Lancaster
Candidates Candidates
Republican
Senator Warren G. Harding Running mate:Calvin Coolidge
http://www.ohiojudicialcenter.gov/w_g_harding.asp
Candidates Candidates
Democrats
Governor James M. Cox
Running mate: Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.authentichistory.com/1914-1920/07-nationsforum/NF_26_Prevention_of_War-James_Cox.html
League of Nations DebateLeague of Nations Debate
Republican “Normalcy” Reject league, but
accepts idea of international cooperation
Democrat Support league Willing to make
reservations
Wilson declared this a campaign issue, but lost Democratic nomination.
http://scotland.boys-brigade.org.uk/boys/badges/images/blb/league-of-nations.gif
League of Nations DebateLeague of Nations Debate
Republican “Normalcy” Reject league, but
accepts idea of international cooperation
Democrat Support league Willing to make
reservations
Wilson declared this a campaign issue, but lost Democratic nomination.
http://scotland.boys-brigade.org.uk/boys/badges/images/blb/league-of-nations.gif
ProhibitionProhibition
• January 16, 1920– manufacturing,
selling, or transporting alcohol illegal
– 18th amendment enacted
• Dec 5, 1933– 21st amendment
passed– 18th
amendment is repealed Election of 1920 and 1928 stir
the issue
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Prohibition DebateProhibition Debate
Republican• Supports
prohibition • Owned stock in a
Marion, Ohio brewery
Democrat• Will enforce
prohibition• Republicans make
public question this by portraying Cox as ‘wet’
Cox declared that prohibition was not a campaign issue in The New York Times, but many Americans
still viewed this as an unsettled issue.
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1215168042061374347LtqrgU
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CandidatesCandidates
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Republican
Herbert C. HooverProtestant
Running mate:Sen. Charles Curtis
CandidatesCandidates
http://www.reformation.org/vatican_city_state.html
Democrat
Alfred E. SmithRoman Catholic
Running mate:Senator Joseph T. Robinson
http://www.blujay.com/item/Political-Memorabillia-US-Presidential-ALFRED-E-SMITH-paper-7080200-1389308
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http://www.wnccoins.com/0033.htm
“A man for the
people” -Smith
Prohibition DebateProhibition Debate
Republican• Supports prohibition
Democrat• Claims support for
prohibition– Running mate,
Robinson, supported prohibition
– Smith did not agree with this platform but went along with the party’s choice
• Lost many votes in Bible Belt
http://gallery.pictopia.com/philly/gallery/2394/photo/4798173/?o=1
Confiscated liquor at a DA’s office
Farmer’s Crisis DebateFarmer’s Crisis Debate
• Farm Depression since 1920 – Farmers were in dept and growing more
than they needed to after WWI ended– Crop prices fell drastically because of
huge surplus and suddenly lower consumer rate
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Farmer families during economic
boom of WWI
Farm DebateFarm DebateRepublican• Create stabilization
corporations :– Raise farmer’s income– Raise the grain price of
the world– Limit crop production– Grant government loans
to farmers who kept their crops from the market
Democrat• Provide government
support to those whose agriculture directly provided raw materials for other US industries
http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/potatoes-group.jpg
McNary-Haugen Farm Bill Debate
Republican• Rejects bill
Democrat• Does not support or
reject in campaign
Meant to make the world price and domestic price of produce equal in USAdded a tariff on imported cropsIn debate since 1924
oAfter finally passing both houses, it was vetoed by President Calvin Coolidge, Harding’s successor and Hoover’s predecessor
Senator McNary (left) with Representative Haugen
(right)
Radio’s Impact
• Smith– Inspirational
speaker– New York accent
hurt vote in West and South
• Hoover– Reserved speaker– Came across as
thoughtful
Both: http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/radio-news/3
Magazine cover from January 1928
Ad for Radio for sale in 1928
Results
http://www.eons.com/blogs/entry/1162697-American-Electoral-History
http://jewelry.ha.com/common/auction/pricesrealized.php?hdnSearch=true&cboDenomination=Political:Pinback+Buttons+%281896-present%29&ic=homepage_browse
Effect of the Elections:1920 and 1928
• Running mates Calvin Coolidge and Franklin D. Roosevelt become presidents
• Prohibition ends in 1933• US never joins the
League of Nations• Federal Farm Board
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Pres. Calvin Coolidge
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
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