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45a - explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restrictions (Sacco and Vanzetti) 45b - identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile 45c - describe the impact of sports heroes (Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey), radio and the movies 45d - describe modern forms of cultural expression including Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz, Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Ernest Hemingway and the Lost Generation, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley
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Explain the domestic climate in the U.S. after WWI. Why was the 1920’s so “roaring?”
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Nativism—prejudice against foreign-born people—sweeps nation The Red Scare! Communism—economic, political system, single- party government ruled by dictator no private property 1919 Vladimir I. Lenin, Bolsheviks, set up Communist state in Russia
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Red Scare feeds fear of foreigners, ruins reputations, wrecks lives 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrants, anarchists, arrested Anarchists oppose any form of government charged with robbery, murder Jury finds them guilty Sacco, Vanzetti executed 1927
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What is nativism? What was the “Red Scare?” Who were Sacco and Venzetti?
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With a partner discuss how American fears in the 1920’s relate to today… some things to help you out: Arizona Illegal immigration 9/11 Terrorism Islam
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Quota system sets maximum number can enter U.S. from each country sharply reduces European immigration Discriminates against southern, eastern Europeans Prohibits Japanese immigration Does not apply to Western Hemisphere; many Canadians, Mexicans enter
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EQ(s) What is the legacy of the Harding and Coolidge administrations? What were some of the social and political changes of the 1920’s? How did these changes lay the foundations for the Great Depression?
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In office: 1921 – 1923 Died in office Self-made newspaper man Senator and Gov. from Ohio Administration marred by scandal The Ohio Gang Teapot Dome Scandal
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Ohio gang—corrupt friends who cause embarrassment Teapot Dome scandal—naval oil reserves used for personal gain Harding dies in 1923 and Calvin Coolidge assumes the presidency
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In office: 1923 – 1929 Gov. of Massachusetts VP – succeeded Harding Favored limited government
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Automobile How does this impact where people live?
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Income grows Electrical appliances Modern advertising Buying goods on credit Installment plan— pay for goods over extended period with interest
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