Identify major political, economic, and social changes the US faced after the war. Examine Republican leadership during the “Roaring 20’s.” Analyze political cartoon on events during the 1920s Objectives
Introduction to Unit 3 : From Boom to Bust Warm up
After WWI Public Hysteria Red Scare- fear of Communists Bomb Scares Urban Riots Fear of Foreigners
Wilson After WWI ( ) End of Progressive Spirit 18 th / 19 th Amendment Demobilization End govt control = inflation Cut back production = prices Surplus workers = wages Union strikes Recession
Post-War Political Developments Democratic Party Split Progressives v. Conservatives E poly bosses v. S & W rural leaders Republican Party Conservative businessmen and “Old Guard” politicians Win Presidential elections!
Warren G Harding President Less govt Government by “cronies” Pro-business Isolation “Return to Normalcy” Reading
Harding’s Accomplishments Domestic Legislation Emergency Quota Act Veterans Bureau Act Fordney- McCumberTariff Act Foreign Affairs Reject League Payment of War Debts (Dawes & Young) Washington Naval Conference Naval disarmament Chinese independ.
Harding Scandal Ohio Gang- pals appt to Cabinet Vet’s Bureau- Forbes Attorney Gen Daugherty- kickbacks Teapot Dome Albert Fall, gets $ and gifts for leasing govt oil reserves…jail 1923 Sudden Death =teapot+dome+scandal Nog
Activity You are working for a big time newspaper. Using all the information you know about the Harding Scandal, you need to sum up the scandal into a creative slogan. You are to work with a partner to design your slogan. Remember it must be appropriate! When you finish write your slogan on the board
Coolidge “Business of America is Business” Deregulation Stock market spec. Reduced govt spend Low taxes No govt aid to farmers
Coolidge’s Accomplishments Domestic Legislation Immigration Act Soldier’s Bonus Act Foreign Affairs Kellogg-Briand Pact Outlaw war
Think-Pair-Share Whose domestic policy (in theory) was more beneficial to the American people, Hardy or Coolidge? Whose foreign policy (in theory) was more beneficial to the American people, Hardy or Coolidge?
Jazz Age “ The Roaring Twenties” Jazz Speakeasies Lindbergh 73CB4450A2A2&fromMyDe=0&isPrinterFriendly=0&provider=&isLessonFromHealt h=0&productcode=US&isAssigned=false&includeHeader=YES&homeworkGuid= 73CB4450A2A2&fromMyDe=0&isPrinterFriendly=0&provider=&isLessonFromHealt h=0&productcode=US&isAssigned=false&includeHeader=YES&homeworkGuid New products for living Radios, refrigerators, automobiles, etc Factory improvements 7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US 7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US Health and Education uidAssetId=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02- 73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode= US
Hoover Administration Rugged Individualism Big govt endangered econ progress and personal liberty High tariffs Low taxes Free enterprise Balanced budget
Closure How has the United States returned to “normalcy,” in what ways has it not? (i.e. any lessons they did not learn from the war?) 73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US 73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US