The 1920s
The Red Scare/Palmer Raids Bolshevik/Russian Revolution Red Scare Use of Sedition Act Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Palmer Raids
Growing Nativism Nativism Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti National Origins Act Quotas 2nd Ku Klux Klan
Prohibition 18th Amendment Anti-Saloon League Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Volstead Act Prohibition Bureau Speakeasies/Bootleggers Organized Crime/Al Capone
Pro-Business Government Policies “The chief business of America is business”– President Calvin Coolidge Reduced income taxes on rich Reduced govt regulation of industry, opposition to labor unions Return to laissez faire form of capitalism
Growth of annual income New developments in advertising Growing Consumerism Mass production Growth of annual income Spread of Electricity New products New developments in advertising Installment Buying A Superficial Prosperity
Road Construction/Route 66 Growth of Car Ownership The Car Craze Model T & Model A Road Construction/Route 66 Related Industries Increased Mobility Suburbs & Commuting Growth of Car Ownership
Fundamentalism & the Scopes “Monkey” Trial John T. Scopes Clarence Darrow Scopes Trial William Jennings Bryan Bishop Ussher
Flappers & the Challenge to Social Norms Zelda Fitzgerald Impacts of WWI Flappers Changes in Clothing, Behaviors Changes in Dating, Attitudes Toward Marriage Limits to the Flappers’ “Rebellion”