20:3 The Business of America
Calvin Coolidge “The chief business of the American people is business”~Coolidge Republican policies supported business growth – Taxes – Business loans
Automobile Roads, houses, gas stations, repair shops, motels, tourist camps, shopping centers, etc. Route 66 Urban Sprawl
Impact on lifestyles Rural families Youth independence
Motor Cities Detroit Akron
Status Symbol “I’ll go without food before I see us give up the car.” Home abroad
Airline Industry 1918 U.S. Post Office Charles Lindberg Amelia Earhart 1927 Pan American Airways
Lindberg baby kidnapping Trial of the Century
Good Times Income rose Spending rose
Electricity Powered factories Spread to suburbs Effect on factory production Effect on women
Modern Advertising Psychological appeals Slogans Brand names
Buying on Credit Installment plans Advantages disadvantages
21:1 Changing Ways of Life
Prohibition 18 th amendment Liquor cause of corruption Temperance organizations
Failure of the Volstead Act Funding Borders Home manufacture Legally used
Speakeasy “Hidden” saloons
Bootleggers Smugglers Cuba, West Indies, Canada
Organized Crime Al Capone/Scarface Chicago Empire St. Valentines Day massacre
1980s Scarface
Eliot Ness Department of Justice “The Untouchables” 1931 tax evasion
21 st amendment Prohibition caused more problems than alcohol consumption – Crime – Illness – Chart pg. 643
American Fundamentalism Literal interpretation of the bible All important imformation is in the bible Religious movement-S & W
Darwin’s Origin of the Species Plants and animals evolved over millions of years Rejected by Fundamentalists
Scopes “Monkey” Trial John T. Scopes arrested Clarence Darrow-defense attorney (evolutionists) William Jennings Bryan-prosecutor (fundamentalists/creationists) 24 hour day????