Identify: Intolerable Acts
American Life in the “Roaring 20s” Chapter 31 American Life in the “Roaring 20s”
“Seeing Red” Fear of Russia after 1917 revolution “red scare”: 1919-1920 Attorney General: Mitchell Palmer
Criminal Syndicalism Laws State laws Illegal to advocate the use of violence for social change Freedom of speech restricted
“Americanism” Antiforeignism and antiredism Sacco and Vanzetti trial
Sacco and Vanzetti activity
KKK Resurgence in 1920s Intolerance and prejudice of American public
Klan Anti-foreign Anti-Catholic Anti-black Anti-Jewish Anti-pacifist Anti-Communist Anti-internationalist Antievolutionist Anti-bootlegger Antigambling Anti-adultery Anti-birth control
Klan Pro-Anglo Saxon Pro- “native” American Pro-Protestant
Klan Dies out in late 1920s when Klan officials get caught embezzling money
Immigration Reform
Emergency Quota Act of 1921 Quota on number of European immigrants 3% of people of the same nationality that were living in US in 1910
Immigration Act of 1924 Replaced Quota Act 3% to 2% Japanese banned from coming to America Canadians and Latin Americans exempt
Immigration Acts Ended the age of “unrestricted” immigration to the US Significantly reduced immigration
Prohibition
18th Amendment- 1919 Banned manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol Volstead Act- enforces Popular in the south and west
Prohibition lingo Speakeasies= secret saloons Bootleggers/rum runners Moonshine
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Effects of Prohibition Nascar Violence Organized Crime
Success? Not enforced well, not enough manpower Bank savings increased Absenteeism in industry decreased
“Golden Age of Gangsterism” Rival gangs fought over control of alcohol sales Chicago: “Scarface” Al Capone Gangs expanded to other “industries”: gambling, narcotics, prostitution, kidnapping for ransom Lindbergh Law
Education 1920s: more state focus on education Progressive education: “learn by doing” and “education for life”
Evolution Controversy Fundamentalists Conservatives Evolution contributing to moral breakdown of youth Destroying faith in God/Bible
Scopes “Monkey Trial” John Scopes arrested in TN in 1925 for teaching evolution Prosecuting attorney: William Jennings Bryan! Found guilty, fined $100
Economics Mass Consumption Advertising
Sports Baseball, basketball Attendance increases Babe Ruth
Credit Increased personal debt Economy vulnerable
Cars Assembly line, mass-production Detroit Henry Ford, Model T 1930, 20 million Model T’s being driven
Effects More jobs Gasoline Railroad business hurt Women less dependent on men Suburbs grew Death rates
Airplanes 1903: Wright Brothers WW1: planes used successfully Private companies and passenger airlines
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Entertainment Radio: 1920s Movies: 1903 Hollywood Propaganda Assimilation of immigrants
The Dynamic Decade Margaret Sanger: birth control Alice Paul: Equal Rights Amendment Religion: Fundamentalists to Modernists Sigmund Freud
Flappers
Jazz and the Charleston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psch9N4PmO4
African Americans Marcus Garvey: United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Harlem Renaissance
Stock Market 1920s: popular to average citizen Tax cuts that shifted taxes from wealthy to middle class
Practice Long Essay Thesis: 1 point Use of Evidence: 2 points Historical Skill: 2 points Synthesis: 1 point
Analyze the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s. In your response, focus on TWO of the following: Immigration Prohibition Religion