Return to Return to NormalcyNormalcy

1918-19291918-1929

Postwar U.S.Postwar U.S.

““Great Russian Civil War” Great Russian Civil War” (1918-1920)(1918-1920)

The Bolsheviks / CommunismThe Bolsheviks / Communism– Vladimir LeninVladimir Lenin

Creel Committee (U.S.)Creel Committee (U.S.)– Anti-BolshevikAnti-Bolshevik

More IssuesMore Issues

Bomb Scares/TerrorismBomb Scares/Terrorism Mitchell Palmer – “Red” ScareMitchell Palmer – “Red” Scare

– Bolsheviks / AnarchistsBolsheviks / Anarchists Urban Race RiotsUrban Race Riots

– LynchingLynching

Labor StrifeLabor Strife

1919: 4 million workers strike1919: 4 million workers strike– Keep wartime benefitsKeep wartime benefits– ““soaring” pricessoaring” prices– Federal Intervention (Coolidge)Federal Intervention (Coolidge)

Union Decline in 1920’sUnion Decline in 1920’s

New NativismNew Nativism

Immigration Restriction LeagueImmigration Restriction League– NativismNativism– National Origins Act(1924)National Origins Act(1924)

The “New” Klu Klux KlanThe “New” Klu Klux Klan Sacco and Vanzetti Sacco and Vanzetti

TrialTrial

ProhibitionProhibition 1818thth Amendment (1919) Amendment (1919)

– NO Booze!NO Booze! Lack of EnforcementLack of Enforcement

– Only 1500 fed. Only 1500 fed.

agentsagents– Bootleggers, Bootleggers,

SpeakeasiesSpeakeasies

Warren G. HardingWarren G. Harding 1921-19231921-1923 Fordney-McCumber Act (1922)Fordney-McCumber Act (1922) Washington ConferenceWashington Conference

– Naval TreatiesNaval Treaties Bureau of the BudgetBureau of the Budget Tax Cuts Tax Cuts

– Andrew Mellon Andrew Mellon

Harding ScandalsHarding Scandals

““Ohio Gang” = CroniesOhio Gang” = Cronies Forbes / Veteran AffairsForbes / Veteran Affairs Teapot Dome (Wyoming)Teapot Dome (Wyoming)

– Albert Fall (Sec. of Interior)Albert Fall (Sec. of Interior)– Federal Oil reserves “leased”Federal Oil reserves “leased”

Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge 1923-19291923-1929 ““Laissez Faire”Laissez Faire”

– Little or no regulation Little or no regulation of businessof business

The Farm ProblemThe Farm Problem– McNary-Haugen Bill McNary-Haugen Bill (1924, 26)(1924, 26)

““Farmers have never made $. I don’t Farmers have never made $. I don’t believe we can do much about it.”believe we can do much about it.”

The Jazz AgeThe Jazz Age

Automobiles!Automobiles!

1918 – 7 million on the road.1918 – 7 million on the road. Henry FordHenry Ford

– Assembly Line 1913Assembly Line 1913– Model T – ½ of all cars on roadModel T – ½ of all cars on road

11stst “Shopping Center” 1922, “Shopping Center” 1922, KSKS

The Model TThe Model T

The MoviesThe Movies Silent Movies Silent Movies

– (1903) “The Great Train (1903) “The Great Train Robbery”Robbery”

– (1915) “Birth of a Nation”(1915) “Birth of a Nation”““New” KKKNew” KKK

TalkiesTalkies– (1927) “Jazz Singer”(1927) “Jazz Singer”

More “New” ToysMore “New” Toys

RadioRadio– 1920 KDKA Pittsburgh1920 KDKA Pittsburgh

Phonograph (Edison)Phonograph (Edison)– GramophoneGramophone

RefrigeratorsRefrigerators

New Consumer New Consumer AmericaAmerica Advertising, Billboards(1929)Advertising, Billboards(1929) ““Buy Now, Pay Later”Buy Now, Pay Later”

Wages < PricesWages < Prices The Stock Market BuzzThe Stock Market Buzz

– SpeculationSpeculation

Harlem Harlem RenaissanceRenaissance

1920’s – 30’s1920’s – 30’s EntertainersEntertainers

– JazzJazz– Dance Dance

WritersWriters– Langston HughesLangston Hughes

1920’s Culture1920’s Culture

FlappersFlappers

1920’s Culture1920’s Culture

Organized CrimeOrganized Crime– Bootleggers Bootleggers

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GangstersGangsters

1920’s Culture1920’s Culture

Sports StarsSports Stars– Babe Ruth, Babe Ruth,

Bobby Jones,Bobby Jones,

Gertrude Gertrude EderleEderle

Cultural ConflictCultural Conflict

Prohibition Movement – “Izzy & Prohibition Movement – “Izzy & Moe”Moe”

Anti-Flirt LeagueAnti-Flirt League Tennessee v. John Tennessee v. John

Scopes(1925)Scopes(1925)– Tennessee Anti-Evolution StatuteTennessee Anti-Evolution Statute– Clarence Darrow, William Clarence Darrow, William

Jennings BryanJennings Bryan