THE ROARING 20’S

What do you think they mean by calling it the “Roaring” 1920’s?

What is the symbolism of this picture?

AKS 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

Essential Question Explain the domestic climate in the U.S.

after WWI. Why was the 1920’s so “roaring?”

What did American fear in the 1920’s?

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

Sacco and Vanzetti• Red Scare feeds fear of foreigners, ruins

reputations, wrecks lives• 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrants,

anarchists, arrested• Anarchists oppose any form of governmentcharged with robbery, murder

• Jury finds them guiltySacco, Vanzetti executed 1927

With a partner, PREDICT what you think the effects are towards immigrants? How does this

change U.S. policy regarding immigration?

Review What is nativism? What was the “Red Scare?” Who were Sacco and Venzetti?

Quick Lesson - Communism http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ec

onomics/communism/

Making Connections 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

The Quota System Quota system sets maximum number can enter

U.S. from each countrysharply reduces European immigrationDiscriminates against southern, eastern EuropeansProhibits Japanese immigrationDoes not apply to Western Hemisphere; many

Canadians, Mexicans enter

20.3/20.4 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?

Warren G. Harding (R) 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

The Harding Administration

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

Calvin Coolidge (R) In office: 1923 –

1929 Gov. of

Massachusetts VP – succeeded

Harding Favored limited

government

What is the most important invention of the 20th Century?

Changes to Society Automobile

How does this impact where people live?

How does commercial air travel change society?

What is this?

Changes in the 1920’s Income grows Electrical

appliances Modern advertising Buying goods on

credit Installment plan—

pay for goods over extended period with interest

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