1 / 28

Warren G Harding

President: 1920-Republican “A Return to Normalcy” Friends with big business Scandals by cabinet Disarmament Quota Acts limited immigration. Warren G Harding. Harding's “Ohio Gang” Albert Fall secretary of the Interior sells government land in Wyoming for profit. Made Harding look bad.

ria-english
Download Presentation

Warren G Harding

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. President: 1920-Republican “A Return to Normalcy” Friends with big business Scandals by cabinet Disarmament Quota Acts limited immigration. Warren G Harding

  2. Harding's “Ohio Gang” Albert Fall secretary of the Interior sells government land in Wyoming for profit. Made Harding look bad. Teapot Dome Scandal

  3. 1924-Republican Supported big business. High Tariffs, allowed mergers, and lowered business or corporate taxes. No scandals ”The chief business of America is business.” Calvin Coolidge

  4. Europe doesn’t need our crops anymore. Surplus crops cause prices to fall Government does not reach out. Farmers suffer during the 1920’s

  5. Unions became associated with communism and the Red Scare The IWW or Wobblies were a very radical union that was seen as a threat Our government sided against unions Anti-Unionism in the 1920s

  6. Convicted of murder Italian anarchists Many people felt innocent victims of Red Scare Sacco- Vanzetti case

  7. Industry to Midwest More Freedom and independence for teenagers and women Growth of Suburbs Effects of the Car

  8. Factories can use power to run machines and create more goods. Lights allow factories to run around the clock. Technology allows it to be transferred anywhere. Electricity and the 1920’s

  9. Radio, Movies, Newspapers, Advertising People had more time for hobbies (Unions and labor laws). Americans were brought together. All Americans were using the same products (cars* , food, etc…) Diffusion of Popular Culture

  10. Harding (1920), Coolidge (1924), and Hoover (1928) Republicans Laissez faire economics Little regulation of business, credit/ stock market 1920’s Presidents and Big Business

  11. Americans get into debt and stop purchasing and also default on loans This fuels the great depression which starts in 1929 Easy Credit in the 1920’s

  12. Fundamentalism vs. Evolution John Scopes is a biology teacher who taught evolution in a public school This was illegal in Tennessee ACLU defends Scopes He loses, but it shows how traditional values where being challenged Scopes trial

  13. Fundamentalism (Creationism) vs. Science (evolution)

  14. Young Women with a new attitude toward morality and their role in society They had an emancipated (free) attitude toward life) Flappers

  15. The Changing Role of Women • Marriage no longer the only acceptable goal. You could have a career and more were going to school. • Women took more of an equal role in society. • They became an important voting block for politicians.

  16. 19th Amendment • In 1920 Women get the right to vote. • This was due to efforts of women in WWI and agitators who called for suffrage. • They became an important voting block.

  17. Made alcohol illegal Lasted until 1933 (21st repeals 18th) Led to more organized crime Al Capone and others took control of the liquor industry. 18th Amendment Prohibition (No Alcohol)

  18. This law gave the U.S. Treasury Department the power to enforce Prohibition. Organized crime made it difficult to enforce. Volstead Act

  19. Nativist groups such as the KKK tried to preserve their cultural values and way of life. Lack of jobs and Red Scare contributed to racial tension. Nativism and Intolerance (again)…

  20. Quota Acts restricted immigration. It was designed to discriminate against the later arrivals to America (SE Europe) 3% rule The Quota Acts of the 1920’s

  21. U.S. Attorney General who used ruthless tactics to deport and imprison suspected communists. Progressives spoke out against his actions and some formed the ACLU. Palmer Raids

  22. Formed in 1920’s to protect Civil Liberties (rights). For example against the Palmer Raids. Defended Scopes in Evolution trial They do many 1st amendment cases. ACLU

  23. This was a rebirth of African American Culture. Writers, Jazz musicians and Actors. It spread the message of “Black Pride” and political unity. Harlem was near NAACP HQ and home to many educated African Americans. Harlem Renaissance

  24. Zora Hurston and Langston Hughes • Zora Hurston and Langston Hughes were famous writers from the Harlem Renaissance. • Their messages cultivated Black pride and political unity.

  25. Achievements of African Americans overcoming obstacles. This poem notes that equality will be achieved. “I too America”

  26. Back to Africa Movement Message of Black Pride He had his own steamship company. Many Black leaders took his message of unity, but did not call for going back to Africa. Marcus Garvey

  27. Dubois and the NAACP believed that Blacks should aggressively seek their civil rights and equality. Booker said that Blacks should focus on education and then gradually seek equality. He founded Tuskegee institute to help train people with useful skills. W.E.B Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington

More Related