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Chapter 12: Politics of the Roaring Twenties

Chapter 12: Politics of the Roaring Twenties. Sect. 1 Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues. Americans Struggle. Nativism Isolationism. Fear of Communism. The Red Scare Palmer Raids Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. Limiting Immigration. Ku Klux Klan “100% Americanism” The Quota System

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Chapter 12: Politics of the Roaring Twenties

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  1. Chapter 12: Politics of the Roaring Twenties Sect. 1 Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

  2. Americans Struggle • Nativism • Isolationism

  3. Fear of Communism • The Red Scare • Palmer Raids • Anarchists • Sacco and Vanzetti

  4. Limiting Immigration • Ku Klux Klan • “100% Americanism” • The Quota System • Emergency Quota Act

  5. The Harding Presidency • Fordney-McCumber Tariff

  6. Scandal Hits Harding’s Administration • “Ohio Gang” • Teapot Dome Scandal • Albert Fall

  7. The Business of America • Calvin Coolidge • “the chief business of the American people is business…” • The Automobile • Roadways • Urban Sprawl • Tin Lizzy • The Airplane • Charles Lindbergh

  8. Hot Topic Quiz #1-50 in 10 minutes • Study

  9. America’s Standard of Living Soars • Buying Goods on Credit • Installment Plan • Pros and Cons

  10. Changing Ways of Life • Prohibition • Moral Reform • Woman’s Christian Temperance Movement • Speakeasies and Bootleggers • Organized Crime • Al Capone • 21st Amendment

  11. Science and Religion Clash • Fundamentalism • Vs Evolution • Scopes Trial • Darrow vs WJB • Effect

  12. The Twenties Woman • Flappers • Old vs New • New Work Opportunities • One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

  13. Education and Popular Culture • School • Enrollment • Radio • Effect • Heroes • Ruth • Lindbergh

  14. Entertainment • “Talkies” • Writers of the 1920s • F Scott Fitzgerald • Ernest Hemingway

  15. The Harlem Renaissance • Effect of the Great Migration • NAACP • Marcus Garvey • African-American Writers • Langston Hughes

  16. Jazz • Louis Armstrong • “Duke” Ellington • Bessie Smith

  17. Chapter 14 The Great Depression Begins

  18. Causes of the Great Depression • Uneven Distribution of Wealth • Easy Availability of Credit • Relationships with Foreign Countries • Crisis in the Farm Sector

  19. Hoover Takes the Nation • Election of 1928 • Dow Jones Industrial Average • Speculation • Buying on Margin

  20. The Stock Market Crashes • September 1929 • Black Tuesday

  21. Bank Failures • How Banks Made it Worse • Unemployment

  22. Hardship and Suffering During the Depression • The Depression in the Cities • “Hoovervilles” • Soup Kitchens and Bread Lines • The Depression in Rural Areas • The Dust Bowl

  23. Hoover Struggles with the Depression • Hoover’s Philosophy • Andrew Mellon • “Rugged Individualism” • Direct Relief • Boulder Dam • Bonus Army • McArthur and Eisenhower

  24. A New Deal Fights the Depression • Franklin D Roosevelt • Background • 20th Amendment • New Deal • 3 Goals • 100 Days

  25. Fireside Chats and the Banks • Emergency Banking Relief Act • Glass-Stegall Act • FDIC • Federal Securities Act • SEC

  26. Rural Assistance • Agricultural Adjustment Act • Tennessee Valley Authority

  27. Work Projects • Civilian Conservation Corps • Federal Emergency Relief Administration

  28. The New Deal Comes Under Attack • Deficit Spending • The Supreme Court Reacts • “Court Packing Bill” • Opposition to the New Deal • American Liberty League • Charles Coughlin • Dr Francis Townsend • Huey Long

  29. The Second New Deal Takes Hold • Eleanor Roosevelt • Improving Labor Conditions • Wagner Act • Social Security Act

  30. The New Deal Affects Many Groups • Women • African-Americans • Native Americans • New Deal Coalition

  31. Culture of the 1930s • Motion Pictures and Radio • Art • Writers

  32. Impact of the New Deal • Banking • Social Security • The Environment

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