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