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Return to Normalcy

Return to Normalcy. 1918-1929. Objectives. Identify major political, economic, and social changes the US faced after the war. Examine Republican leadership during the “Roaring 20’s.” Analyze political cartoon on events during the 1920s. Warm up. Introduction to Unit 3

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Return to Normalcy

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  1. Return to Normalcy 1918-1929

  2. Objectives • Identify major political, economic, and social changes the US faced after the war. • Examine Republican leadership during the “Roaring 20’s.” • Analyze political cartoon on events during the 1920s

  3. Warm up • Introduction to Unit 3 • 1920-1940: From Boom to Bust

  4. After WWI • Public Hysteria • Red Scare- fear of Communists • Bomb Scares • Urban Riots • Fear of Foreigners

  5. Wilson After WWI (1918-21) • End of Progressive Spirit • 18th / 19th Amendment • Demobilization • End govt control = inflation • Cut back production = prices  • Surplus workers = wages  • Union strikes • Recession 1920-21

  6. Post-War Political Developments • Democratic Party Split • Progressives v. Conservatives • E poly bosses v. S & W rural leaders • Republican Party • Conservative businessmen and “Old Guard” politicians • Win 1920-1928 Presidential elections!

  7. Warren G Harding • President 1921-1923 • Less govt • Government by “cronies” • Pro-business • Isolation • “Return to Normalcy” Reading

  8. Harding’s Accomplishments • Domestic Legislation • Emergency Quota Act • Veterans Bureau Act • Fordney-McCumberTariff Act • Foreign Affairs • Reject League • Payment of War Debts (Dawes & Young) • Washington Naval Conference • Naval disarmament • Chinese independ.

  9. Harding Scandal • Ohio Gang- pals appt to Cabinet • Vet’s Bureau- Forbes • Attorney Gen Daugherty- kickbacks • Teapot Dome • Albert Fall, gets $ and gifts for leasing govt oil reserves…jail • 1923 Sudden Death http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=teapot+dome+scandal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7p7C6nTNog

  10. Activity • You are working for a big time newspaper. Using all the information you know about the Harding Scandal, you need to sum up the scandal into a creative slogan. You are to work with a partner to design your slogan. Remember it must be appropriate! • When you finish write your slogan on the board

  11. Coolidge • 1923-1929 • “Business of America is Business” • Deregulation • Stock market spec. • Reduced govt spend • Low taxes • No govt aid to farmers

  12. Coolidge’s Accomplishments • Domestic Legislation • Immigration Act • Soldier’s Bonus Act • Foreign Affairs • Kellogg-Briand Pact • Outlaw war

  13. Think-Pair-Share • Whose domestic policy (in theory) was more beneficial to the American people, Hardy or Coolidge? • Whose foreign policy (in theory) was more beneficial to the American people, Hardy or Coolidge?

  14. Jazz Age • “The Roaring Twenties” • Jazz • Speakeasies • Lindbergh • http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/?assetGuid=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&fromMyDe=0&isPrinterFriendly=0&provider=&isLessonFromHealth=0&productcode=US&isAssigned=false&includeHeader=YES&homeworkGuid= • New products for living • Radios, refrigerators, automobiles, etc • Factory improvements • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US • Health and Education http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  15. Hoover Administration 1929-1933 • Rugged Individualism • Big govt endangered econ progress and personal liberty • High tariffs • Low taxes • Free enterprise • Balanced budget

  16. Closure • How has the United States returned to “normalcy,” in what ways has it not? (i.e. any lessons they did not learn from the war?) • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

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