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POLITICS OF THE ROARING 20’S

AMERICAN POSTWAR ISSUES – Nativism – Isolationism – Fear of _____________: Red Scare _________________– Italian immigrant case ___________– arrest socialist and anarchists – Limiting Immigration revival of KKK quota system – Labor Unrest strikes in major industries workers unite to try to form unions

ISOLATIONISM Many Americans adopted a belief in isolationism ______________ meant pulling away from involvement in world affairs

FEAR OF COMMUNISM Russia was transformed into the Soviet Union in 1917, a Communist state Communism is an ____________________________based on a single-governmental party, equal distribution of resources, ______________________and rule by a dictatorship People were afraid this could happen in the U.S. Red Scare – fear of anarchism (against government) and communism ↑ people’s suspicions of foreigners & immigrants Led to Palmer Raids Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks and overthrew the Czarist regime

SACCO & VANZETTI The Red Scare fed nativism in America ________________________ ________________________ Convicted of robbery and murder despite flimsy evidence their execution was symbolic of discrimination against radical beliefs during the Red Scare

CONGRESS LIMITS IMMIGRATION ______________– set the max # that can enter from each country ↓ Southern, eastern Europeans; Japanese America changed its formally permissive immigration policy the KKK was more popular than ever against blacks, Catholics, Jews, immigrants, unions, saloons By 1924, the Klan had 4.5 million members RISE of KKK

A TIME OF LABOR UNREST ____________ against raises, unions; label strikers as Communists Union membership drops Strikes were outlawed during WWI, however in 1919 there were more than 3,000 strikes involving 4 million workers

SECTION 2: THE HARDING PRESIDENCY ______________________solved the problem of post-war debt by providing loans to Germany to pay France/Britain who then paid the U.S. Harding Return to “Normalcy” ___________________ – hands-off, non-government regulation ________________________which renounced war as a means of national policy (signed by 15 nations, but difficult to enforce)

TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL The worst case of corruption was the __________________________ ________________ The government set aside oil- rich public land in Teapot, WY Secretary of Interior Albert Fall secretly leased the land to two _____________ Fall received $400,000 from the oil companies and a felony conviction from the courts

SECTION 3: THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA __________________________ Urban sprawl; growth of auto industry ____________________( ), fit the pro- business spirit of the 1920s very well His famous quote: “The chief business of the American people is business...the man who builds a factory builds a temple – the man who works there worships there”

AMERICAN BUSINESS FLOURISHES Tariffs were high which helped American manufacturers Government interference in business was minimal Wages were increasing Both Coolidge and his Republican successor Herbert Hoover, favored governmental policies that kept taxes down and business profits up

THE IMPACT OF THE AUTO The ______ was the ___________ of the American economy from 1920 through the 1970s It also profoundly altered the American landscape and society The Ford Model T was the first car in America. It came only in black and sold for $290. Over 15 million were sold by 1927.

IMPACT OF THE AUTO Among the many changes were: Paved roads, traffic lights Motels, billboards Gas stations, repair shops Shopping centers Freedom for rural families _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ By % of world’s vehicles in U.S. Leads to Urban Sprawl Boost in oil industry 1920: 1 car for every 5 Americans

AIRLINE TRANSPORT BECOMES COMMON The airline industry began as a mail carrying service and quickly “took off” Weather forecasting By 1927, Pan American Airways was making the transatlantic passenger flights When commercial flights began, all flight attendants were female and white

AMERICAN STANDARD OF LIVING SOARS The years were prosperous ones for the U.S. Americans owned _____ of the world’s wealth The average annual _______________during the 1920s ($522 to $705) Discretionary income increased

ELECTRICAL CONVENIENCES Made housework easier, freed women for other activities _________________ coincided with trend of women working outside home Electric refrigerators, stoves, irons, toasters, vacuums, washing machines and sewing machines were all new

MODERN ADVERTISING EMERGES They hired psychologists to study how best to appeal to Americans’ desire for youthfulness, beauty, health and wealth “Say it with Flowers” slogan actually doubled sales between Ad agencies no longer sought to merely “inform” the public about their products Make brand names familiar nationwide; push luxuries as necessities

A SUPERFICIAL PROSPERITY Many during the 1920s believed the prosperity would go on forever Wages, production, GNP, and the stock market all rose significantly But....

PROBLEMS ON THE HORIZON? Farms nationwide suffered losses due to overproduction Too much was bought on __________ (installment plans) including ______________ Businesses expanded recklessly Iron & railroad industries faded