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Social Change & Conflict of the 1920s

Social Change & Conflict of the 1920s. 1920s Previewed. AMERICAN POSTWAR ISSUES. How did Americans feel after WWI? What did they fear? What concerned them? How might this spark change?. ISOLATIONISM. Isolationism - pulling away from involvement in world affairs. FEAR OF COMMUNISM.

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Social Change & Conflict of the 1920s

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  1. Social Change & Conflict of the 1920s

  2. 1920s Previewed

  3. AMERICAN POSTWAR ISSUES • How did Americans feel after WWI? • What did they fear? • What concerned them? • How might this spark change?

  4. ISOLATIONISM • Isolationism - pulling away from involvement in world affairs

  5. FEAR OF COMMUNISM • Communism • an economic and political system based on • single-governmental party, • equal distribution of resources, • no private property • rule by a dictatorship • Can anyone see pros in Communism?

  6. SOVIET UNION COMMUNISM Lenin • Vladimir Lenin • follower of the Marxist doctrine • This is important for future discussions.

  7. NATIVISM • Nativism – fear of immigrants; desire for America to be American. • Why?

  8. SACCO & VANZETTI

  9. THE KLAN RISES AGAIN • Red Scare and anti-immigrant attitudes = KKK more popular than ever • By 1924, the Klan had 4.5 million members

  10. Post War Intolerance

  11. The PALMER RAIDS

  12. CONGRESS LIMITS IMMIGRATION • The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 set up a quota system to control and restrict immigration America changed its formally permissive immigration policy

  13. A TIME OF LABOR UNREST • Strikes were outlawed during WWI • 1919 - more than 3,000 strikes involving 4 million workers

  14. BOSTON POLICE STRIKE • Boston police - no raise in years and denied the right to unionize

  15. STEEL MILL STRIKE • Sept 1919, U.S. Steel Corporation refused to meet with union reps • Scabs were hired while strikers were beaten by police and federal troops

  16. COAL MINERS’ STRIKE Lewis • 1919, United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis called a Strike • Won a 27% pay raise

  17. 1920s: TOUGH TIMES FOR UNIONS • The 1920s hurt the labor movement • Union membership dropped from 5 million to 3.5 million • Why? Ford Foundry workers in 1926; only 1% of black workers were in Unions at the time

  18. The Presidents Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge

  19. THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA • “The business of America is business.” President Calvin Coolidge 1924-1928

  20. Cal gives the people what they want….. LAISSEZ FAIRE!!!!!!!

  21. THE IMPACT OF THE AUTO The Ford Model T was the first car in America. It came only in black and sold for $290. Over 15 million were sold by 1927.

  22. IMPACT OF THE AUTO Among the many changes were: • Paved roads, traffic lights • Motels, billboards • Home design • Gas stations, repair shops • Shopping centers • Freedom for rural families • Independence for women and young people • Cities like Detroit, Flint, Akron grew • By 1920 80% of world’s vehicles in U.S.

  23. AIRLINE TRANSPORT BECOMES COMMON When commercial flights began, all flight attendants were female and white

  24. EXPANDING NEWS COVERAGE

  25. RADIO COMES OF AGE What's the most important consequence of the radio?

  26. AMERICAN STANDARD OF LIVING SOARS PROSPERITY!!!!

  27. ELECTRICAL CONVENIENCES Electric refrigerators, stoves, irons, toasters, vacuums, washing machines and sewing machines were all new

  28. MODERN ADVERTISING EMERGES

  29. Advertising in the Jazz Age Another ad legitimizing desire; it associates the product with glamour and modernity

  30. Advertising in the Jazz Age See this ad, buy the radio, hear more ads, buy more stuff!

  31. “Kiss Me with your Barbasol Face”

  32. Forever Young

  33. Americans and their waists…

  34. Mobile Advertising…

  35. And the Best part is, it won’t cost you anything…

  36. Buy Now Pay Later!

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