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Post war adjustments Decreased Production War Goods Food Products Returning Veterans Unemployed Forced Women and minorities out Factories move south
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Russian Revolution and the Red Scare Kerensky vs. Lenin Bolsheviks? Socialist and communist U.S.S.R. Civil War Reds win
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Kerensky
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Lenin
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Strikes and Unrest Fear of revolt Violent attacks against unions Gary Indiana Steel Workers Strike Forcibly put down 18 dead 100’s wounded The Palmer Raids Attorney General 1,000’s wrongfully jailed
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Renewed Isolationism and Nativism 1921 Limits on immigration Europe needed to face its problems alone
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Social and Political Developments The women’s movement fades Did not flock to the polls Excluded from holding office Did get polling places out of saloons Money given to support prenatal and infant care 1 st steps
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African Americans and the Great Migration Jobs in the North from World War I Conditions in the South Lynchings Low paying jobs North was not a promised land Maids-better paid still living in poverty Hostility from white workers
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Race Riots East St. Louis Washington D.C. Chicago July 27, 1919 Segregated Beaches African American youth drifts into a white beach is hit by a stone and drowns African Americans retaliate 40 dead 100’s injured
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Race Riots
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Harlem Renaissance That’s up to you
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The Garvey Movement Marcus Garvey Racial Pride Return to Motherland Africa Oversold stock on his cruise ship
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Decade of Republican Dominance Improved Economy Warren G. Harding Scandal ridden Administration Appointees were corrupt Tea pot dome Sold oil land for personal gain Calvin Coolidge takes over “Business is America’s Business” Herbert Hoover next President
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New Manners, New Morals Youth Culture College Returning Vets Night Clubs-Jazz Bands, Records Dance Marathons African American Dances-street corners-pop culture
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Breaking Social Conventions in the Jazz Age Dated without chaperones Used Slang Bodies touched while dancing Revealing clothing Make up Cars
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Flappers
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Flappers and Rakes Not as widespread Some did not rebel Women still only menial jobs Stop working after marriage Except African Americans
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Impact of Technology Cars for groceries Installment payment plans
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Creating a Shared Culture Shorter work days made more free time Radio Pittsburgh’s KDKA 1 st commercial news, sports, church NBC Movies MGM, Warner Bros Talkies 1927 The Jazz Singer
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The Rise of Superstars Movie Stars Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford Sports Heroes Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey Charles Lindbergh Nonstop flight from New York to Paris
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Charlie Chaplin
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Charles Lindbergh
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New Products and Ideas Chain Stores Shopping Centers Fast Food A & W Advertising Kleenex-tissues Affordable Automobiles Travel more Public roads, beaches, and parks
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Stemming the Tides of Change Moral controls Prohibition 1919 18 th Amendment Bootlegging and speak easies Organized crime Morality at the Movies Control on beliefs Fundamentalism Scopes trial 1923-1924 Dayton Tennessee Darrow vs. Bryan Fined but thrown out
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KKK Rides Again Against Everyone Violent nature brought KKK down David Stephenson of Indiana Failed to free him so he turned state’s evidence
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Election of 1928 Herbert Hoover vs. Al Smith Hoover-Quaker, sensible, sounded better on radio Smith-Catholic, opposed prohibition, came from an immigrant Family Hoover wins
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