Post WWI – The Twenties 1919-1929

1920’s, Roaring ’20s, The Jazz Age A boom in the “American economy, the change in political landscape with Harding & Coolidge, the cultural and social divisions that arose, the new trends in popular culture and the Harlem Renaissance

Economy The impact of Henry Ford The automobile The assembly line Mass production – scientific management Innovation Stimulate

How is the increase in industry affecting the economy?

Explain the effects on society’s wage earners.

Explain the change in income for farmers.

Analyze the global effects on the nation.

Continued Growth Consumer revolution Installment buying Bull Market Buying on Margin

Society Changing attitudes towards, women, African Americans and immigrants cause social tensions.

The Rise of Organized Crime 18th Amendment – Volstead Act Bootleggers Speakeasies – secret bars Police powers – government’s control over people & property in the interest of public safety 1933 – 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition

Nativism A feeling of the need to protect the United States against immigrants Belief that anyone not born in the country was either an anarchist (someone that opposes all forms of government) or inferior to U.S. citizens

Restricting Immigration Emergency Quota Act 1921 - limited immigration National Origins Act 1924 - limited immigration quotas even further

Social Tensions Rise of KKK NAACP Jewish Anti-Defamation League

Society – Traditionalism vs. Modernism Evolution vs. The belief that human beings developed from lower forms of life over time (Charles Darwin) Creationism The belief that God created the world as described in the Bible

Scopes Trial - 1925 See page 673.

Society continued Changing role of women – flappers Firsts 1920 – state judge & automotive engineer 1922 – U.S. Senator 1924 - Governor 1926 – Swim English Channel 1927 – Direct talking movie & earn federal pilot’s license

Mass (Popular) Culture Art & Literature – Bohemian-different and unconventional, Leisure Activities Sports – Major League sports Movies – Saturday Nights Radio – from less than 1 million in 1922 to over 13 mil. In 1930 Music – The Charleston

The Harlem Renaissance Great Migration – movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North Called the Harlem Renaissance because many settled in this area of New York City

Writers Claude McKay Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Immigrant from Jamaica Langston Hughes Wrote of the difficulties of African American life Zora Neale Hurston Used females as leads in her stories

Music Jazz – world wide populartity Blues Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Cotton Club Blues Bessie Smith Ma Rainey

Black Nationalism Marcus Garvey Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association to promote black pride and unity Created a plan to create a settlement of African Americans in Liberia

Politics – Nationwide Andrew Mellon – Secretary of the Treasury Herbert Hoover – Secretary of Commerce President Harding’s Scandals The Ohio Gang Teapot Dome

Politics – Nationwide Harding’s Death Calvin Coolidge Also supported business Disagreed with Progressives

Politics Movement to getting African Americans to vote and show their power NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Protested against lynching Lobbied against racist officials

Politics - Worldwide The Washington Naval Conference Kellogg-Briand Pact Dawes Plan