lecture 8: the 1920s
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THE 1920S
THE ECONOMY
CONSUMER DURABLES
Registered vehicles: 1917: 4.8 million 1929: 26.7 million
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
WELFARE CAPITALISM
CORPORATE CONSOLIDATION
GOVERNMENT
• Republicans & Business• Corruption & Scandals• Women & Reform
“This is a business country . . . And it wants a business government.” ~ Calvin Coolidge
MASS CULTURE
THE FLAPPER
THE FLAPPER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7neA1I9K71c
THE JAZZ AGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdAuXr4ssQ
Bathing Suits
DATING
FEARS
IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1924
“America must be kept American.”
Calvin Coolidge
THE KU KLUX KLAN
• Founded in 1915 by William J. Simmons
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/40-000-ku-klux
THE KLANSMAN’S MANUAL
ANTI-SEMITISM
FUNDAMENTALISM V. MODERNISM: THE SCOPES TRIAL, 1925
THE FAMILY
THE CHANGING FAMILY
• The rise of “companionate marriage”• From “courtship” to “dating”• The changing value of the child• From child labor to compulsory education
SCIENTIFIC PARENTING
DISCUSSION
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