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The New Era: The The New Era: The Roaring 20’sRoaring 20’s
Take Five…Take Five…
In the 1920s, the United States experienced an In the 1920s, the United States experienced an economic boom due to, among other things,economic boom due to, among other things, A) the mobilization of the economy for war. A) the mobilization of the economy for war. B) increased government restrictions on big B) increased government restrictions on big business.business. C) installment buying and an unregulated stock C) installment buying and an unregulated stock market.market. D) the expansion of civil rights to women and D) the expansion of civil rights to women and minorities. minorities.
Economic BoomEconomic BoomNew or Improved TechnologiesNew or Improved Technologies
Auto industryAuto industry
Frederick TaylorFrederick Taylor
Ford and GMFord and GM
Economic BoomEconomic Boom
The invention of the The invention of the
RadioRadio
Mass productionMass production
Buying on timeBuying on time
Economic boom Economic boom
Commercial AviationCommercial Aviation
Wright BrothersWright Brothers
Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh
Lucky LindyLucky Lindy
Spirit of St. LouisSpirit of St. Louis
Economic boomEconomic boom
Early computersEarly computers
Genetic researchGenetic research
Gregor MendelGregor Mendel
Thomas Hunt MorganThomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt MorganThomas Hunt Morgan
Plight of the WorkersPlight of the Workers
Henry FordHenry Ford““welfare capitalism”welfare capitalism”
Unionization in the 1920’sUnionization in the 1920’sThe “American Plan”The “American Plan”
Working women and minoritiesWorking women and minorities““pink-collar” jobspink-collar” jobs
minorities and unionsminorities and unions Philip Randolph’s Brotherhood of Philip Randolph’s Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car PortersSleeping Car Porters
A. Philip RandolphA. Philip Randolph
Plight of the Workers (con’t)Plight of the Workers (con’t)
FarmersFarmers
Increased technologyIncreased technology
Supply & demandSupply & demand
McNary-Haugan BillMcNary-Haugan Bill
New ConsumerismNew Consumerism
Mass productionMass productionAdvertisingAdvertising
Bruce BartonBruce BartonMass communicationMass communication
Mass circulation magazinesMass circulation magazinesMoviesMovies
““Talkies” are introducedTalkies” are introducedThe Jazz SingerThe Jazz Singer
Bruce BartonBruce Barton
Radio broadcastingRadio broadcasting
RadioRadio
KDKAKDKA
National Broadcasting Co.National Broadcasting Co.
KDKA RadioKDKA Radio
The New Professional WomanThe New Professional Woman
John B. WatsonJohn B. WatsonMargaret SangerMargaret SangerNational women’s partyNational women’s party
Alice PaulAlice PaulERAERASheppard-Towner ActSheppard-Towner Act
Margaret SangerMargaret Sanger
Alice PaulAlice Paul
Arts and LiteratureArts and Literature““Debunkers”Debunkers”
H.L. MerckenH.L. Mercken
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald
Earnest HemingwayEarnest Hemingway
Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance
Tin Pan AlleyTin Pan Alley
Langston HughesLangston Hughes
““Duke” EllingtonDuke” Ellington
Billie HolidayBillie Holiday
Bessie SmithBessie Smith
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin
The Jazz AgeThe Jazz Age
FlappersFlappers
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway
1920’s jazz age…1920’s jazz age…
Billie HolidayBillie Holiday Duke Ellington
Irving Berlin Bessie Smith
James Langston HughesJames Langston Hughes
The FlapperThe Flapper
Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance
Literary movementLiterary movement– ““problem of being black in a white culture”problem of being black in a white culture”
Social movementSocial movement– Marcus GarveyMarcus Garvey
United Negro Improvement AssociationUnited Negro Improvement Association– Back to Africa movementBack to Africa movement– Mail fraud—deportment Mail fraud—deportment
Take Five…Take Five…
Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:Constitution:
The eighteenth article of amendment to the The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.repealed.The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution was repealed becausewas repealed because A) the President vetoed the Amendment. A) the President vetoed the Amendment. B) women demanded the right to suffrage. B) women demanded the right to suffrage. C) the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. C) the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. D) Congress and the states agreed to repeal it. D) Congress and the states agreed to repeal it.
Traditional values vs. Modern Traditional values vs. Modern cultureculture
ProhibitionProhibition
Ushering in the Gangster EraUshering in the Gangster Era
Johnny Torrio (The Fox)Johnny Torrio (The Fox)
Al Capone “Public Enemy #1”Al Capone “Public Enemy #1”
““Big Bill Thompson”Big Bill Thompson”
"We'll not only reopen "We'll not only reopen places these people have closed, but we'll open places these people have closed, but we'll open 10,000 new ones (speakeasies). 1927 in Chicago10,000 new ones (speakeasies). 1927 in Chicago
Al CaponeAl Capone
Al Capone’s “Mug-shot” 1931Al Capone’s “Mug-shot” 1931
““Baby Face” NelsonBaby Face” Nelson
* Dismissed by Al * Dismissed by Al Capone for being “too Capone for being “too violent”violent”
Renamed the FBI’s Renamed the FBI’s “new Public Enemy “new Public Enemy #1”#1”
Shot and killed by FBI Shot and killed by FBI when he was only 26when he was only 26
Bugsy MoranBugsy MoranThe only serious The only serious gangster challenge to gangster challenge to Al CaponeAl Capone
Attempted to have Attempted to have Capone killedCapone killed
Believe his gang Believe his gang superior—b/c did not superior—b/c did not have prostitutes have prostitutes
Died of cancer in Died of cancer in prison in 1957 in a prison in 1957 in a pauper’s grave just pauper’s grave just outside of the prison outside of the prison
So….why are the gangsters not So….why are the gangsters not putting up a fight?putting up a fight?
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929)St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929)
St. Valentine’s Day MassacreSt. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Take Five…for Pat Points…Take Five…for Pat Points…
What conflicts emerged between those with What conflicts emerged between those with traditional values and those with new traditional values and those with new modern values? Give 3 examples.modern values? Give 3 examples.
NativismNativism
New immigration restrictionsNew immigration restrictions
Quota systemQuota system
The National Origins Act of 1924The National Origins Act of 1924
NativismNativism
Rebirth of the KKKRebirth of the KKK
Leo FrankLeo Frank
D.W. GriffithD.W. Griffith
The Birth of a NationThe Birth of a Nation
Leo FrankLeo Frank
Mary PhaganMary Phagan
Take FiveTake Five
Which of these periods saw Which of these periods saw
the smallest overall the smallest overall population increase?population increase?
A) 1900-1904 A) 1900-1904 B) 1905-1909 B) 1905-1909 C) 1910-1914 C) 1910-1914 D) 1915-1919 D) 1915-1919
Religious Modernists vs. Religious Modernists vs. FundamentalistsFundamentalists
Creation vs. EvolutionCreation vs. Evolution
Scopes “Monkey” TrialScopes “Monkey” Trial
Clarence Darrow & William Clarence Darrow & William Jennings BryanJennings Bryan
Monkey Business…Monkey Business…
The Great “Bull” MarketThe Great “Bull” MarketWild speculation in the Stock marketWild speculation in the Stock market– Buying stocks “on-margin”Buying stocks “on-margin”– Wildcats schemesWildcats schemes
Selling under-water lots in Florida devastated by Selling under-water lots in Florida devastated by hurricanes and advertised as “soothing tropical hurricanes and advertised as “soothing tropical winds”winds”
Secretary of the Treasury-MellonSecretary of the Treasury-Mellon– Reduced the national debt by $10 millionReduced the national debt by $10 million– ““Spare the rich” policiesSpare the rich” policies
High taxes discouraged businessHigh taxes discouraged businessEliminating the excess-profits taxes, gift taxes, and Eliminating the excess-profits taxes, gift taxes, and income taxes for the richincome taxes for the rich
Democratic PartyDemocratic Party
Al SmithAl Smith
William McAdooWilliam McAdoo
John DavisJohn Davis
Warren G. HardingWarren G. Harding
Presidency in the New EraPresidency in the New Era
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)Ohio GangOhio GangScandal in the White HouseScandal in the White House
Teapot Dome & Elk HillsTeapot Dome & Elk HillsCalvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge
(1923-1929)(1923-1929)World War I debtWorld War I debt
Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover
Calvin “Silent Cal” CoolidgeCalvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge