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1. progressive 2. Social Darwinism 3. Eugenics 4. 18 th Amendment 5. nativism 6. demographics 7. immigrant 8. migration 9. 19 th Amendment 10. laissez-faire
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1. Prohibition 2. Flapper 3. Assembly Line 4. Great Migration 5. Harlem Renaissance 6. Jazz Age 7. Prosperity 8. Stock Market 9. Consumerism 10. Red Scare 11. American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 12. Teapot Dome Scandal 13. Tin Pan Alley 14. 18 th Amendment 15. 19 th Amendment 16. Credit/installment buying 17. political scandals
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Consumer society Political and social changes Causes and effects: immigration, Social Darwinism, eugenics, race relations, nativism, Red Scare, Prohibition, changing roles of women Changing demographic patterns Social characteristics and issues expressed and reflected in its arts (music, paintings, literature, film) Effects of scandals upon society
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1. Introduction 2. The Third Industrial Revolution 3. Urbanization 4. The Revolution in Manners and Morals 5. The Electrical Home 6. Advertising and The Pursuit of Happiness 7. The Beauty Industries 8. The Silver Screen 9. The Jazz Age 10. Prohibition 11. Nativists and Fundamentalists 12. The Golden Age of Sports 13. Lucky Lindy 14. The Coming of The Great Depression
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A Republican Decade Back to Isolationism
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In 1920: 18 th amendment (prohibition) 19 th amendment (women’s suffrage) Election of Harding “a return to normalcy” “The Ohio Gang” Teapot Dome Scandal Died in office
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“Keep cool with Coolidge” “The business of America is business.” “Silent Cal”
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“The engineer” “Hooverizing” “A chicken in every pot!”
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J. Edgar Hoover—F.B.I.The Vacuum Cleaner
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Prosperity Big Business Consumerism Laissez-faire in economics Laissez-faire in social issues
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Automobile industry Household appliances Clothing and gadgets Madison Avenue advertising Women in the workplace NOT for farmers!
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Fear of Communists Fear of Russians Fear of immigrants Fear of socialists Fear of anarchists Fear of unions Fear of foreigners
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Quotas on European Immigrants led to decrease Mexican and Puerto Rican immigration increased
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Palmer Raids (enforcement of Espionage Act) The Volstead Act (enforcement of 18 th Am) “The Untouchables” Court cases…
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Gitlow v. New York—all of first amendment applies to all states—protects freedom of press and speech— addresses 14 th amendment’s rights of citizenship Schenk v. U.S.—does not protect freedom of speech and press during war—upheld Espionage Act (result of Socialist anti-war pamphlets distributed to draftees)— “clear and present danger” (Others: Sacco and Vanzetti, Leopold and Loeb, Scopes, the biology teacher)
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Strikes and riots—Note: Union membership decreased during 1920s
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Al Smith ran for president in 1928 against HH as a Democrat against prohibition He was the first Catholic candidate for President Soundly defeated
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Growth of KKK nationwide targeted people who were not White Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. Over 5 million members Controlled 3 state governments In 1923
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It was illegal to teach evolution in most states Law was challenged by a biology teacher in Tennessee The Scopes Trial was a “media circus” Still an issue today for states—“Intelligent Design” used as explanation
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Intolerance about race Women divided about goals of feminism Distractions of mass media—entertainment became a priority “Me” Decade Farmers still suffering and not part of prosperity Note: American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 finally passed re-enforcing 14 th Amendment
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STUDY: Imperialism Vocabulary Spanish-American War notes McKinley, TR, Taft, Wilson Mahan’s book Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, Alaska WWI Vocabulary WWI Notes Propaganda Names of WWI New weapons Armistice and Treaty Great Migration Twenties Notes and trends Prosperity Republican Decade Scopes Trial Prohibition
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To what degree did the Roaring Twenties represent both extreme conservative ideas and extreme liberal ideas?
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CONSERVATIVE TRENDSLIBERAL TRENDS Conservative Politics Staying out of international affairs Big business Wall Street tycoons Isolationism Limiting Immigration Laissez-faire Prohibition KKK Religious Fundamentalism and Scopes trial Red Scare Liberal attitudes toward women’s rights Fashion Speakeasies and drinking parties Dating and youth Consumerism and paying on time Playing the stock market Church attendance down Freud Movie stars “Lost Generation” Evolution and Scopes trial Jazz and the arts
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