Post WWI Tensions
Post WWI Europe New smaller countries had many ethnic minorities EX Czechoslovakia=Germans, Poles, Ukrainians, Hungarians, etc. Russia-Communist State Germany-Kaiser Wilhelm forced to quite Weimer Republic replaced Kaiser and was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles Printed off tremendous amounts of money to pay reparations=hyperinflation Nazi propaganda said treaty was unfair-Adolf Hitler=1 st national politician to speak out against treaty’s conditions.
Post WWI Europe United Kingdom-funded war at a severe economic cost.=biggest debtor United States-Helped rebuild Europe, Allied powers first and then Central powers When US goes into Great Depression, she pulls Europe in as well due to Europe's economic dependency on US. France- Annexed Alsace-Lorraine-territory Fr. And Germany were in competition in for the last 50 yrs. Fr. Had suspicions Germany would rebuild.
US Post WWI Tensions Communism -socioeconomic system Common ownership of means of production No social classes Red Scare -Fear of Communism taking over in the US Discrimination of immigrants, outsiders, political radical liberals Effects=Harsher immigration laws and an emphases on the ‘American Dream’ conformity
US Propaganda towards Communism
US Post WWI Tensions Ku Klux Klan- White supremacist group wanting to purify American society. Waves- Reconstruction(1860), Post WWI, Post WWII Cross burnings and mass parades
US Post WWI Tensions Scopes Monkey Trial John Scopes-High school teacher who was taken to court for teaching evolution to students Sparked national debate between Fundamentalist vs Modernist Controversy over religion and evolution. Case seen as a theological contest
Charles Lindbergh May 20, 1927 First non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (NY to Paris) 33 ½ hours 3min
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Lifestyle: Flappers Women’s inhibitions lessened in the 1920’s Men returning from the war Independent feeling fulfilled by wartime duties New fashions, music, night life 19 th Amendments New birth control remedies New household appliances
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Prohibition Alcohol increases: Domestic violence, rape, murder, child abuse, suicide, divorce Prohibition-Banning of Alcohol Bootlegging-Selling alcohol illegally Speakeasies-Place that sells illegal alcohol
Immigration and Prohibition: 1920’s 18 th Amendment gave organized crime an opportunity to make a name for themselves by making, selling and transporting liquor Sicilian Mafia in Italy was under attack by Benito Mussolini Some escaped to the U.S. Sicilian Mafia / U.S. Mafia: 2 separate entities U.S. mob families did adopt old- country practices: Omerta
Rituals Becoming a “made man:” Ritual of cutting the hand and holding it over a burning picture of a Saint Must be Italian Some crime families only required lineage from the father’s side. Lifetime commitment Obey Omerta
Mafia’s 20 th Century Dominance Prohibition repealed in 1933 Mafia moved beyond bootlegging to illegal gambling, loan-sharking, prostitution rings, and drug trafficking Mid 20 th Century: 24 crime families w/5,000 members FBI was naive to the Mob: very little government intrusion
Harlem Renaissance African Americans flourish in art, music, and literature. Music= JAZZ Louis Armstrong (free jazz) (swing- Glenn Miller) (blues) (Duke Ellington BeBop jazz) (Louis Armstrong)