Homework Check8-1 Mosaic
Warm-Up
8-1The Roaring Twenties
1919-1929
Why was their anti-immigrant feelings in the 1920’s?
How did Americans’ lives change in the 1920’s?
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Lesson Objectives
WWI is over - but life is not like it was
before
Harding Takes Office
“A RETURN TO NORMALCY”
• Return to the normal way of doing things – like it was before the war!• Nostalgic mood
Russian Revolution (from last chapter) – new government was headed by communists People who support a state-
run economy
Red Scare - Fear that communists would try to take over the United States
Many believed that immigrants were anarchists (rebelled against any form of government) and communists = anti-immigrant feelings
The Red Scare
Red Scare ContinuedAnti immigrant feelings to blames?
• Sacco & Vanzetti Case - 2 anarchists on trial for robbery and murder. Many believed conviction was because of who they were.
Congress tightened immigration policies.• Quotas – were passed to favor
northern and western European immigrants• Ended all immigration from Japan• Limited immigrants from Mexico
• “Roaring” Twenties – refers to economy
• Consumers – (people who buy goods) wanted more things to buy.
• Mass Production – (making of large amounts of goods by machine) made this happen
• Assembly lines – (mass production steps) made it cheaper to make the goods
Consumer Economy
Henry Ford – assembly line – automobiles Ford Model T - $950 dropped to $300 Affordable to middle class People moved out of cities to suburbs
Advertising became common Radio (shows brought commercials into homes,
offices and stores). Ads sang the praises of multiple products.
Consumer Economy continued
Installment credit - some $ upfront and paid the rest over time with interest. In the end you pay more for the product
Harlem Renaissance• As a result of the Great Migration – Harlem
was home to thousands of African Americans.• Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance
began – the period in which African American literature, art and music flourished.• Pride in heritage• racism
• Quickly spread to white audiences• Jazz grew out of blues and ragtime in New
Orleans
Choose a consumer good to sell and create a 1 minute radio ad for the product.
5 lines, what is the product, why should they buy it. Include how it should be purchased.
Radio Refrigerator Phonograph Vacuum Cleaner Automobile Flapper Dress Saxophone (or other jazz instrument) Movie Tickets
10 Minute Write