Politics, The Economy and Business of the 1920’s Prosperity and Its Price.
“Politics of the 1920’s” - SCASD
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“Politics of the 1920’s”
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Renewed isolationism: U.S. began to pullaway from involvement in foreign affairs. EX.Wouldn’t join League of Nations
Resurgence of Nativism: suspicion of foreign-born people
Political conservativism: return to laissez-fairephilosophy. Opposite of active gov’t duringProgressive Era
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Red Scare: 1919-1920. An intense fear ofcommunism. Fear that “reds” or communistswould take over America
WHY did we have a Red Scare?
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BolshevikRevolution
Led by VladimirLenin
Seized power fromCzar Nicholas
Establishedcommunism inRussia
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Karl Marx Class struggle
between “haves andhave nots”
Struggle between theowners and workers
Workers would seizepower and overthrowthe Capitalists
Communist partywould control govt,land , property
Then only one politcalparty
Individuals wouldhave no rights
Govt. would even outsociety (no rich orpoor)
Only 70,000 membersof Communist Partyin U.S. (1/10 of 1%)
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A. Mitchell Palmer Demagogue Spread fear that
“reds” were goingto take overAmerica.
What evidence didhe have toconvince people?
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3,000 strikes 4 million workers High costs, low
wages Many believed
communists werebehind numerousstrikes
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Boston Police Strike 1919: no raise since 1914.$21.00 week. 75% of police force on strike.Gov. Coolidge called off the strike. Replacedall workers.
Steel Strike 1919: 350,000 walked off job.Wanted shorter hours/higher wages.Company hired scabs. 18 killed. 100’s injured
Coal Strike 1919: low wages/long hours.Ordered to return to work. Did get a raise.
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J.Edgar Hooverappointed to head FBI
Hunt down suspectedcommunists,socialists, anarchists
Conducted “PalmerRaids” to rid Am. Ofradicals
Nov 1919-Jan.19206000 arrests; 500deported
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Emma Goldman Anarchist, political
activist, wellknown for herwritings/speeches
Came to Am. 1885 Deported back to
Russia
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Palmer Raids failed to turn up any evidence tosupport a communist conspiracy in Am.
Died out after May 1, 1920 --Why?? Palmer predicted a national strike to occur on
that day, signaling a communist plot tooverthrow the government.
What happened??
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Xenophobia Nativism Two most famous victims of the Red Scare: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Italian immigrants, anarchists, draft dodgers,
poor (represented everything Ams. Hated)
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Braintree, Mass. 1920 2 men shot, killed $15,000 payroll stolen Arrested Sacco and
Vanzetti 3 weeks later Had alibis;
circumstantialevidence
Found guilty;sentenced to death
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1910-1930 Black population more than doubledin the north (Great Migration)
Job competition following WWI. Led to renewal of KKK 1924--4.5 million members Devoted to 100% Americanism
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Race riots common in Am. Cities in 1919 No longer limited to the south 25 cities had riots Chicago Race Riot-6 days, 15 whites and 23
blacks killed, 500 injured Gov’t. did nothing to stop activities of hate
groups like KKK 70 reported lynchings in 1920
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Republicans had the advantage. Why? Warren G. Harding: Senator Ohio, Rep. VP Running mate: Calvin Coolidge, Gov.
Mass. Remember him? Ran against James Cox, Gov. Ohio, Demo. And
Eugene Debs, Socialist, in prison Harding’s campaign slogan “Return to
Normalcy”
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Appointed some wise, able men Andrew Mellon (Sect. of Treasury) Herbert Hoover (Sect. of Commerce) Charles Evans Hughes (Sect. of State) Some positions filled by incompetent,
dishonest men from Ohio. What was their nickname??
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Isolationism: foreign policy reflected ourdesire to avoid political and economic allianceswith foreign countries.
Disarmament: give up our weapons and getother countries to do the same.Washington Naval Conference: got 5 nations to scrap
many battleshipsKellogg-Briand Pact: 64 nations agreed to outlaw war
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff: raised tax onimport to highest level ever (60%). Designed toprotect Am. Businesses. Many Europeancountries could not pay back war debts to U.S.
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Limiting Immigration: Nativism growing inAm. (strikes, Red Scare, job competition)
1919-1920: 1 million immigrants came to Am. 1905-1907: peak years of immigration. 11,000 a
day entering through Ellis Island 1920’s called for strict new immigration laws
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Emergency Quota Act: yearly immigration setat 350,000 year and quotas set on immigrantsfrom each country
National Origins Act: 150,000 per year. NoAsians, strongly discriminated againstSouthern and Eastern Europeans. Why?
Quotas remained in place until 1960’s
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1923 country began to bounce back fromrecession. Economy growing.
Multiple scandals broke out in 1923 involvingbribery, fraud, stolen govt. funds.
Harding died in office Aug. 2 whilevacationing in Alaska; some suspected suicide
Was Harding involved in the scandals??
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Veteran Affairs Scandal: V.A. hospitalsovercharged govt. 250 million.
Att. Gen. Harry Daugherty used his position toprotect men who violated prohibition
Teapot Dome Scandal: U.S. naval oil reservesin Wyoming and California leased to privateoil companies by Sect. of Interior. Received$325,000
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Calvin Coolidge becomes the new presidentfollowing Harding’s death on Aug. 2, 1923.
Coolidge ran in Election of 1924 and won by alandslide.
“Keep Cool with Coolidge” -- campaign slogan Very conservative: “gov’t. works best when it
governs the least”
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Number of millionaires in Am. Rose from 4,500in 1914 to 11,000 in 1926.
Low interest rates for borrowing money Construction booming Electricity reaching more Americans New inventions (technology boom) Consumer goods replacing capital goods
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Consumer Goods: Electric refrigerator Electric range Toaster Vacuum Cleaner Air conditioner Radio
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Emphasis on materialism: Rise in standard of living (indoor plumbing, central
heat) Installment plan -- buying on credit. Allowed
people to live beyond their means (sound familiar?) 40% of U.S. families had incomes under $1500 a year
(poverty range) Advertising and marketing (Pre WW1: $300-400
million a year. 1927: $1.5 Billion a year)
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Rise in per capita income for top 1% ofpopulation from 1920-1929: 75%
Rise in per capita income for nation as a whole:9%
Percentage of American families with nosavings: 80%
Percentage of savings held by top .1% of Ams:34%
Percentage of savings held by top 2.3%: 67%
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New goods flooding the market Businesses begin to rely on advertising to sell
products Advertising became a “big business” (3 billion
dollars by 1920’s) Agencies began to study “what sells”?
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Mass Circulation Magazines
Radio Broadcasting
Motion Picture industry
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The automobile (nation’s biggest industry bythe end of 1920’s) Landscape, roads, driveways, garages, steel, rubber,
glass, gas stations (400,000 miles of roads built1920’s)
Liberated rural families Mass production (assembly line so good, by 1925,
made 9,000 cars a day) 1925: Model T cost $290.00 Ford cleared $25,000 a day. He paid his workers
$5.00 day for eight hour day.
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1922- 2millionautos
1929-5 millionautos
1910- $750.00 1914- $490.00 1915- $390.00 1929- Avg. 1 car
per every family
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Prohibition (1920-1933)
The Nobelexperiment
Volstead Actpassed byCongress 1919
18th Amendmentenacted Jan. 1920
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Drinking was a sin (churches led to crusade toabolish alcohol)
Government should protect public’s health Drinking led to crime, abuse, accidents on job,
poverty W.W. 1 created a strong anti-German sentiment
(beer associated with Germans)
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Disrespect for the law Smuggling and bootlegging evident;
impossible to enforce New source of income for criminals Organized crime grew significantly
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1920 Census: first time more than half ofAmericans lived in urban areas
America was divided between rural and urbancultures and values
Rural Am. Represented: small towns, close tiesto family, hard work, strict morals
Urban Am. Represented: big cities, anonymouscrowds, money-makers, pleasure seekers,immigrants, liberal views and ideas
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Prohibition (anti-saloon league, WCTU)
Religion (fundamentalists vs. modernists)
Social life (flapper, jazz music, sport events)
Popular culture (movies, fads, mass media,fashion, etc)
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Flapper: emancipated young woman whoembraced the new fashions and urban attitudesof the day.
1920’s female: more assertive; smoke anddrank in public. Learned to play sports likegolf.
Double standard: still expected women tofollow traditional values. Vast majority ofmarried women remained homemakers.
By 1930, only 24% of workers were women
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Fundamentalism: Protestant movementgrounded in literal interpretation of Bible.Resisted the ideas of scientific theoriesregarding evolution (Darwin)
Some states had laws to prohibit the teachingof evolution
Butler Act: Tennessee forbade the teaching ofevolution in public schools
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Created in 1920 as an organized that calleditself the defender of peoples’ rights
Promised to defend any teacher who broke thislaw
John Scopes: young substitute Biology Teacherread a passage in class relating to evolution.Arrested. No question of quilt or innocence.He broke the law to try and get rid of it
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Clarence Darrow: Defense attorney for Scopes
William Jennings Bryan: Prosecuting attorneyand three time democratic candidate forpresident. Devout fundamentalist
The court upheld the Butler Act and Scopeswas fined $100.00. Law remained in place formany years
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Modernism: can accept Darwin’s theory ofevolution without abandoning their religiousfaith
Fundamentalists: Every word of the Biblemust be accepted literally.
1920’s saw many popular “preachers” whoused the radio to preach fundamentalistmessage. Religious tent revivals popular
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School enrollment: 1914—1 million attendedH.S. 1926—4 million attended H.S.
Prior to 1920’s, formal education ended after 8th
grade. Only college bound students attendedH.S.
During 1920’s, H.S. offered broad range ofcourses including vocational training.
Big challenge teaching immigrant children Americans became better educated in 1920’s
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Radio: By 1930. 40% of households had one.
Magazines: (Time, Reader’s Digest, SaturdayEvening Post, Ladies Home Journal)
Newspapers and Tabloids: more available;beginning of the associated press (AP).
The public was better educated and readingmore