The 20s at a Glance
Red Scare Palmer Raids/Deportation National Origins Act 1924/Quotas KKK Nativism Sacco & Vanzetti
Economy & Business Henry Ford/Effect on Society Radio Advertising Effect on Worker/Welfare Capitalism
Economy & The Household Credit Installment plans
Prohibition 18 th Amendment 1919 Bootlegging Speakeasies Al Capone
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Fundamentalism Scopes Trial
Sports Babe Ruth Gertrude Ederle Jack Dempsey GOLF Tennis
Flight Charles Lindbergh Amelia Earhart Bessie Coleman
Entertainment Charlie Chaplin Jazz Singer Rudolph Valentino Winnie the Pooh
Inventions
Arts Art Deco Bauhaus, Germany Hemingway
Warren G. Harding “Normalcy” Republican Pro-business Role Government/Federal Budget Cut taxes on wealthy-why? Fordney-McCumber Tariff Effect on Europe? Teapot Dome Scandal Dies
Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge VP Harding/Republican Limited role government Role of Business? Federal Budget Veteran Bonuses
Herbert Hoover Elected 1928/Republian Stock Market Crash Reaction to Depression Business & Gov. Hoover Dam Cooperatives-Farmers Hoovervilles Bonus March/Army Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Tax increase 1932
Election 1932 Sum up politics of the 20’s Change? FDR/Democrat
What did I say? I went on this blind date thinking the guy would be a real cake eater. We went to a flick then the speakeasy to get some hooch. He was gaga for my gams. He ended up being a blotto and upchucked. The whole date was a flat tire. I went on this blind date thinking the guy would be a real cake eater. We went to a flick then the speakeasy to get some hooch. He was gaga for my gams. He ended up being a blotto and upchucked. The whole date was a flat tire.
Closure: Why are the 20’s considered “roaring”? How will the lifestyle of the 20’s effect the 30’s?