Chapter 31: American Life in Roaring Twenties

Oh no, it’s COMMUNISM Russia turns to Soviet Union and Communism in 1917 – What is communism? a : a theory advocating elimination of private property b : a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed – Simulation?

Red Scare Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer – Rooted out radicals, socialists, communists, anarchists – House was bombed – Led to anti- communist hysteria – Liberals and radicals not wanted in USA – Led to many conservative victories

Anti- Immigration Sacco and Vanzetti – Arrested and killed for murder – Murky details of case, probably innocent? – Shows anti immigration and anti radical feelings

KKK More “pro-white” than anti- African American WASP- White Anglo Saxon Protestant 5 million join in 20s Popular in “bible belt” of south Birth of A Nation

Stopping Immigration New Immigrants never really liked Emergency Quota Act- restrictions Immigration Act- more restrictions Immigration Act no Japanese Randolph Bourne and Horace Kallen led attacks on anti- immigration crusades

Questions! Why were we so fearful of Communism? How did America's nativism and isolationism get out of control? Construct an argument of a Nativist who supports anti- immigration measures. What are the underplaying cause and effects of this anti- foreign attitude? Make a chart.

Prohibition 18 th Amendment/ 21 st Amendment Largely ignored – Speakeasies, bootlegging, mafia – Led to increased organized crime, more binge drinking Benefits – Bank savings went up, skipping work went down, spousal abuse down, public drunkenness down

Gangsters Bribery, wars, murder, bootlegging Al Capone was most famous – Murdered as many as 30, jailed for tax evasion After Prohibition ended- gambling, drugs, etc Kidnapping was big as well – Charles Lindbergh’s baby

Scopes Trial Darwinism a fairly new idea Taught by John Scopes to challenge the law that said it can’t be taught – ACLU backed him Fundamentalists hated Darwinism – William J. Bryan won the case Fundamentalism wins

Mass- Economy Giant industries sparked by automobile Henry Ford used assembly line – Model T first affordable car Advertising became necessary Sports were big business

Transportation Impacts of Mass- Production of Cars – Gasoline industry, new car companies, Detroit, millions of jobs, oil production, urban sprawl, road construction, schools larger, deaths, freedoms Airplanes – Wright brothers – Lindbergh across ocean – War

Radio KDKA first radio station in USA 1920’s TV Famous shows and actors Sports more popular News more accessible

Movies first movie “The Great Train Robbery” “Birth of a Nation” KKK movie Anti- German Propaganda in WWI The Jazz Singer was first “talkie” Standardized American Culture – Everybody from all cultures watching and hearing and ultimately enjoying the same thing led to a unique American Culture instead of fragmentations of various European cultures….

DO NOW! Read page 738- The Dynamic Decade and list all progressive/ liberal happenings in the 1920s

Culture People to know: – F. Scott Fitzgerald- Great Gatsby – Ernest Hemmingway- A Farewell To Arms – William Faulkner- The Sound and The Fury – Frank Lloyd Wright- Architect Things to know: – Harlem Renaissance, Lost Generation, Greenwich Village, Architecture

CRASH! Speculation, over production, credit drove economy out of control One day of panic selling started a domino effect that created the Great Depression

Questions Were the 1920s liberal or conservative? What was the biggest contribution to American culture and society during the 1920s?