1. 1920-1939 The U.S. returns to its traditional foreign policy of…..
NEUTRALITY

2. Neutrality
We want to be neutral because we were not happy with the results of WWI
This is another reason why we didn’t join the League
Return to Normalcy…The Gov’t decided to stay out of EVERYTHING, both foreign and domestic
No more wars, no more regulating of businesses
The Progressive Era is over

3. “Return to Normalcy” Warren G. Harding Return to neutrality
No more business reform
End of Progressive Era

4. Presidents of the 1920’s Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover
Did NOTHING

5. “”The Business of America is business

6. The 20’s
Teapot Dome Scandal-people in Harding’s administration illegally leased lands for $....this and all scandals leads to a lack of faith in the govt.
Tariff rates were raised
False prosperity, the countries economy seemed to be doing well but it was on shaky ground
Farmers still suffered

7. Henry Ford The Assembly line Made cars cheaper Mass Production
A car in every driveway
Stimulated other industries
Glass
Rubber
Steel

9. Causes of the Depression
Over Speculation-people invested all of their money in the market
Mass consumption-people bought all kinds of things that they didn’t need
Credit Buying/Installment Buying
Uneven Distribution of wealth

10. Social Life in the 20’s
Flappers: women who challenged traditional roles
Short hair
Smoked
Drank

11. Harlem Renaissance
Time of great achievements by African-American writers and musicians

12. Langston Hughes
A great writer

13. Jazz

14. The Blues

15. Sacco & Vanzetti Two Italians who were accused of murder No real proof
Were convicted because of their heritage
Also because they were admitted Communists
Part Nativism
Part Red Scare

16. Sacco & Vanzetti

17. Restrictions on Immigration
Quotas-a limit on the # of immigrants
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen's Agreement: kept the Japanese out
We also didn’t want southern or eastern Europeans

18. Scopes Trial John Scopes
A Science teacher who taught evolution in Tennessee
The district told him to stop
He refused
Conflict of science vs. religion
The religious fundamentalists won

19. The Great Depression: Causes
Uneven Distribution of Wealth
Over speculation
Credit Buying
Lack of Govt involvement
Overconsumption

20. The Crash Throughout the 20’s the market had been growing
In late 1929 the market started to slip
People panicked
Took their money out of banks
Sold stocks for losses
Hoover does nothing to help

21. Crash leads to Depression
Effects of the Depression
Unemployment
Poverty

25. Hoovervilles
Name given to the slums that people lived in during the Depression

28. Culture of the Depression
Spectator Sports- baseball
Movies-Gone With the Wind, the Wizard of Oz
Books-The Grapes of Wrath; John Steinbeck
Literature often reflects the times in which it was created

29. Franklin D. Roosevelt

30. Roosevelt A cousin of Teddy The anti-Hoover
100 days: In his first 100 days he proposes more programs and laws then Hoover, Harding and Coolidge combined

36. The New Deal Name given to FDR’s programs
These program were designed to provide relief to Americans who were feeling the wrath of the Depression

37. New Deal Programs CCC: provided jobs in infrastructure
TVA: provided hydroelectric power to the Tennessee Valley region
FDIC: Insured bank deposits
Social Security: Provided income for the elderly

38. Fair Labor Act
Also known as the Wagner Act: allowed for collective bargaining.
Collective Bargaining is when union leaders and business owners negotiate contracts.

39. The New Deal and the Court
The Supreme Court declares many New Deal Programs to be Unconstitutional
Schlecter Poultry vs. U.S.: declares the National Recovery Act Unconstitutional
AAA: Agricultural Adjustment Act also was declared Unconstitutional

40. Court Packing Scam
FDR reacted to the court by trying to “pack” it with his supporters.
He wanted to add justices to the court that would support his plans.
The Senate doesn’t allow this
A classic example of checks and balances

42. Critics of the New Deal Said that it didn’t help minorities or women
Many say that it didn’t cure the Depression but that WWII did