DO NOW Define superficial. Define prosperity. What do you think superficial prosperity mean?

Postwar America 1920s – 1930s

America and the World America expanding its influence around the world Spanish American War Protectorates – Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines Panama Canal WWI Assisted allies financially and with weapons Loans Everyone got involved in war effort When war was over everyone wanted to go back to a time of “normalcy”

Postwar America Politics Republican led Harding, Coolidge, Hoover Conservative = little gov’t involvement in economy, focus on more traditional social values Decrease military Washington Naval Conference and Kellogg- Briand Pact Tariffs and Loan repayment Fordney-McCumber Tariff – protect US business and make more $$ Dawes Plan – help Germany pay back loans by loaning them money

Postwar America Economics Factory work increases Consumer goods Automobile, new electrical appliances Farmers over produced during WWI  leads to debt Rising Consumerism Advertising Credit and installment plans Stock Market in constant flux Superficial prosperity

Postwar America Society Quota Act First Red Scare Modernism vs. Fundamentalism Urban vs. rural Urban – culturally diverse, creation of strong minority communities (Harlem), flappers, traditional morals and values being challenged Rural – more traditional morals, values, and societal roles (gender and race), Scopes Trial, religious revival Prohibition (18th amendment) and bootleggers (Al Capone) Modernism – reinvent art and literature Women’s Suffrage – 19th amendment African American civil rights – Harlem Renaissance, Great Migration, NAACP, Marcus Garvey, Moorish Science Temple

Activity Foreshadow (infer) what problems may arise in America – politically, economically, socially