1. The 1920s Chapter 11

2. Facts of the 1920s 106 million population Life expectancy: 54 males 55 females Average Income: $1236; 61 cents an hour

3. Gangs were a huge problem in cities NY to California by car- 13 days

4. Demobilization Process of going from war time to peace time Soldiers return home (issues?)

5. Warren G. Harding Republican from Marion, Ohio 1920-1923 “Looked like a President” Conservative, pro-business, isolationist Friends in cabinet positions Owed Republicans who got him elected (344)

7. Somewhat misleading image (White House card games?)

8. Harding Inauguration

9. Focus of Presidency was on economy –Tax cuts –Cuts in spending –Lower unemployment –Appoints Taft to Supreme Court

10. End of day 1

11. Isolationism Disarmament- Fordney-McCumber Tariff- raised import tariffs

12. Nativism- After World War I- nativist feelings grow stronger –Read 345

13. Limits on Immigration

14. First laws restricting European immigration passed in 1921 Quota- limits on numbers of immigrants from each foreign nation Asian immigration banned