Bellwork: How did the Harlem Renaissance change America? Notes: other changes in 1920s Homework: Americans on the Move, Agenda
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Postwar recession lasted 2 years as businesses adjusted to reduction in orders and increase in available labor force Availability of new consumer goods lead the change to drive the gross national product over $70 billion in 1922, and over $100 billion by 1929 GNP is the total value of all goods and services produced New technologies allowed businesses to lower prices and increase profits Economic Changes
60% of American homes had electricity in the 1920s, opening way for increase in home products Refrigerators, stoves, vacuum cleaners, fans and radios became increasingly popular for household use Resulted in a transformation in daily life as people had less time on chores and more time for leisure. Propaganda techniques from war turned into advertising techniques to sell the new products. Consumer Economy
Installment buying (credit) was used by many to purchase new cars. Resulted in increase in other industries: highways, gas stations, rest stops. Increased profits from tourism Growth of suburbs as people could travel farther between jobs and homes Automobile Age
Changes & Developments Charles Lindberg became the 1 st person to fly solo across the Atlantic 19 th Amendment gave women the right to vote in all states women had more freedom and traditional values were shifting Movies and Radio brought entertainment into everyday life
Clash of cultures as social norms changed lead to temperance movement 18 th Amendment outlawed manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor in the U.S. While prohibition succeeded in the south and midwest, in the cities it created further problems Speakeasies opened as illegal clubs, and bootlegging illegal alcohol were lead by organized crime Al “Scarface” Capone controlled organized crime and politics in Chicago. Prohibition was realized as a failed experiment and repealed in 1933 with the 21 st Amendment. Prohibition
Fear of communism grows—Red Scare Racial tensions grow, and nativism revives the Ku Klux Klan Congress passes quota laws to limit immigration Conflict between science and religion with the Scopes Trial between creationism and evolution Time of Turmoil