Ch.24 “The New Era”
description
Transcript of Ch.24 “The New Era”
![Page 1: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Ch.24“The New Era”
![Page 2: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Fear of Change• Nativism• Isolationism• Red Scare• Palmer Raids• Sacco and Vanzetti• KKK• Quota System• Strikes
![Page 3: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
PoliticsWarren G. Harding “Return to normalcy”• Return to old-guard conservative Republicans.• Limited government regulation
Domestic Policy: -Reduction in income tax-Increased tariff rates to the highest ever (Fordney-McCumber
Tariff)-Bureau of BudgetScandals and Death:Ohio Gang: Appointed good and some VERY bad men for
positions. (Teapot Dome) Bribery and scandal -Died suddenly in August 1923.
![Page 4: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Harding & Foreign PolicyPeace Movement
• Washington Conference: Stabilize armaments. • Five-Power Treaty - Navy ratios: US 5, Britain 5, Japan 3, France 1.67, Italy 1.67.• Four-Power Treaty - US, France, GB, and Japan respect
each other’s territory in the Pacific• Nine-Power Treaty - Open Door Policy
• Kellogg-Briand Pact- All nations signed a pact to not use aggressive force to achieve national ends.
• Dawes Plan- A cycle to help Germany pay war reparations and Britain and France pay back borrowed money to the US.
![Page 5: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
PoliticsCalvin Coolidge “Silent Cal”“The business of America is business”
• Election of 1924: Wins reelectionVetoes and inaction: • Vetoed almost everything, wouldn’t help struggling farmers or
veterans. • Andrew Mellon (Secretary of Treasury)- Reductions in taxes,
personal income and inheritances. • Herbert Hoover: (Commerce Department)- “
Coolidge declines a second term Herbert Hoover runs for president
![Page 6: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
“New Era” Economic Development
• 1921: Postwar recession• Business prosperity: (1922-1928)
Standard of living higher, indoor plumbing, central heating, electricity, income increased for most middle and working class.
Reasons for Business Prosperity: • Increased productivity: Assembly line, mass production• Energy Technologies: Oil and electricity instead of coal. • Technological Advancements• Government policy
![Page 7: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Questions: • What did both Harding and Coolidge promote during their
presidencies?
• What did the passing of numerous armament treaties as well as the Kellogg-Briand Pact signify?
• How did the automobile change American life?
• What advances were made in the airplane industry during the postwar years?
• In what ways did the increase of the standard of living change/improve life in America?
![Page 8: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Prohibition• “Noble Experiment”• Defying the law- Popular to ignore the law and drink.• Speakeasies- Bars that gave access to bootleg liquor. • Gangsters- Al Capone used alcohol to strengthen his
posse. • 1933- 21th Amendment repealed the 18th
![Page 9: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Women and Minorities
• Women: “Pink-Collar” Jobs- Low paying jobs (secretaries, salesclerks, telephone operators, etc…)
• Blacks: Janitors, garbage collectors, dish washers. *Neither group represented by unions*A. Philip Randolph- Sleeping Car Porters union
![Page 10: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Flapper: Changing Family
![Page 11: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Rough times for farmers • Increase in tractors/production• Better planting technologies: Hybrid corn• Overproduction led to lower prices.
• “Parity”- Gov. ensure farmers a certain price for crops -McNary-Hangen Bill- Wouldn’t pass.
![Page 12: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Pop Culture
![Page 13: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Decline of the “Self-Made Man”• “Self-Made Man” becomes more of a myth
than reality.• Men sought after other outlets for “manhood”• Heroes: Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and
Charles Lindbergh (Aviator flew solo across the Atlantic.)
![Page 14: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Literature of Alienation
• Writing turned against religion and wartime. • Gertrude Stein called these postwar writers and
peoplea “lost generation”• F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, & Sinclair
Lewis, Ezra Pound, & T.S Lewis spoke out against -Ideals of earlier times-Materialism
![Page 15: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
![Page 16: Ch.24 “The New Era”](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062302/568163a2550346895dd4a389/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Harlem Renaissance• Harlem NY became famous for black actors,
artists, musicians, and writers.
Poets & Musicians: -Looked at African American heritage-Jazz Age- Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong-Blues- Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson