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Chapter 34 Roaring twenties
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Fear of foreigners WWI Bolshevik revolution Strikes in the U.S.
Sacco and Vanzetti Rise of the KKK Collapse because of scandal and methods Immigration act of 1921: 3% of 1910 1924: 2% of 1890
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Prohibition and Crime 1919: 18th amendment, Volstead Act
Law against normal activity Speakeasies Chicago Elliot Ness, Al Capone, the Untouchables Lindbergh baby (1932)
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Fundamentalism New inventions in science, technology
Religious revivals across south Dayton, Tennessee John Scopes as substitute teacher ACLU tests Tennessee law against evolution William Jennings Bryan vs. Clarence Darrow
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Consumerism Mass consumption Credit Automobile industry Radio
Difference of Henry Ford Assembly line and mass production Auto touring, impact on family Cars’ impact on the country
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Stars & entertainment of the 20’s
Jim Thorpe Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb Charles Lindbergh: 1927; $25,000 Hollywood: 1903; the great train robbery, 1927: the Jazz singer 1st talkie Flappers, Jazz Radio: KDKA Pittsburgh Impact of network radio on the country
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Laissez Faire economics
Andrew Mellon: secretary of treasury convinces Republicans that cutting taxes for wealthy was the way to go
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African Americans in the 20’s
Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes Marcus Garvey: United Negro Improvement Association
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Lost Generation F. Scott Fitzgerald
“all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken” Ernest Hemingway
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