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THE ROARING 20’S: THE ROARING 20’S
POST-WAR PERIOD 1918-1921: POST-WAR PERIOD 1918-1921 WILSON'S LOSS OF POPULARITY
REJECTION OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
REJECTION OF TREATY OF VERSAILLES
POOR HEALTH
ECONOMIC RECESSION
LABOR DISPUTES
2400 STRIKES
RED SCARE ?
PALMER RAIDS ?
BLACK SCARE / INCREASED RACIAL TENSIONS
CHARACTERISTICS OF ROARING 20’S: CHARACTERISTICS OF ROARING 20’S POLITICAL CONSERVATISM
ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM
BOOM AND BUST
MIXED FOREIGN POLICY
CULTURAL CHANGE
POLITICAL CONSERVATISM: POLITICAL CONSERVATISM DESIRE TO “TURN BACK THE CLOCK” AND RETURN TO THE “GOOD OLD DAYS”
DISILLUSIONED BY WWI
REACTION AGAINST PROGRESSIVISM AND LIBERALISM
RED SCARE
BLACK SCARE
POLITICAL CONSERVATISM: POLITICAL CONSERVATISM ELECTION OF 1920
REP. - WARREN G. HARDING
“RETURN TO NORMALCY”
DEM. – JAMES COX
SOC. – EUGENE V. DEBS
POLITICAL CONSERVATISM: POLITICAL CONSERVATISM HARDING ADMINISTRATION (1921-1923)
DEATH
CALVIN COOLIDGE ?
SCANDALS
OHIO GANG ?
TEAPOT DOME ?
ALBERT FALL ?
POLITICAL CONSERVATISM: POLITICAL CONSERVATISM COURT MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL ?
INSUBORDINATION
KU KLUX KLAN ?
SACCO AND VANZETTI ?
ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM: ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM RETURN TO TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN POLICIES
LAISSEZ FAIRE
TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS
HIGHER TARIFFS
RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM: ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM ANDREW MELLON ?
“SPARE THE RICH” (TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS)
HIGH TARIFFS
LOW TAXES
LOWER GOV’T SPENDING
AID TO SOLDIERS AND FARMERS
ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM: ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM ELECTION OF 1924
REP. – CALVIN COOLIDGE
“KEEP COOL WITH COOLIDGE”
DEM. – JOHN W. DAVIS
PROG. – ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE
ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM: ECONOMIC CONSERVATISM ELECTION OF 1928
REP. – HERBERT HOOVER
“A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT AND TWO CARS IN EVERY GARAGE”
DEM. – ALFRED SMITH
BOOM AND BUST: BOOM AND BUST UNPARALLELED ECONOMIC GROWTH FOLLOWED BY STOCK MARKET CRASH AND GREAT DEPRESSION
BOOM AND BUST: BOOM AND BUST INSTALLMENT BUYING ?
FLORIDA LAND BOOM
BIG BULL MARKET ?
BOOM AND BUST: BOOM AND BUST STOCK MARKET CRASH
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 1929
$11 BILLION LOST
J. P. MORGAN
TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 1929 ?
$14 BILLION LOST
CAUSES
OVERSPECULATION
EXCESSIVE MARGIN PURCHASES ?
LOSS OF CONFIDENCE
MIXED FOREIGN POLICY: MIXED FOREIGN POLICY ISOLATION
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ECONOMIC NATIONALISM
IMMIGRATION POLICY
EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT – 1921
NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT – 1924
RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION FROM SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE
MIXED FOREIGN POLICY: MIXED FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION
WAR DEBTS AND REPARATIONS ?
DAWES PLAN – 1924
YOUNG PLAN – 1929
HOOVER MORATORIUM – 1931
LAUSANNE PACT – 1932
WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE – 1921 ?
KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT – 1928 ?
CULTURAL CHANGE: CULTURAL CHANGE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIBERALISM
REBELLION AGAINST TRADITION
NEW FORMS OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION
TECHNOLOGY
CULTURAL CHANGE: CULTURAL CHANGE PROHIBITION – “THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT”
VOLSTEAD ACT ?
BOOTLEGGER ?
SPEAKEASY ?
AL CAPONE ?
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE 2/14/1929 ?
Slide22: HEROES, VILLIANS, AND SCANDALS
CULTURAL CHANGE: CULTURAL CHANGE LEOPOLD AND LOEB – MAY 21, 1924 ?
CLARENCE DARROW ?
JOHN T. SCOPES-1925
MONKEY TRIAL ?
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ?
CULTURAL CHANGE: CULTURAL CHANGE CHARLES LINDBERGH ?
HENRY FORD
ASSEMBLY LINE
MODEL T ?
RADIO
KDKA ?
MUSIC ?
DANCE ?
FLAPPERS ?
CULTURAL CHANGE: CULTURAL CHANGE HARLEM RENAISSANCE ?
MARCUS GARVEY ?
UNIA ?
LITERATURE
LOST GENERATION ?
“ALL GODS DEAD, ALL WARS FOUGHT, ALL FAITHS IN MAN SHAKEN”
CULTURAL CHANGE: CULTURAL CHANGE MOTION PICTURES
RUDOLPH VALENTINO ?
THE JAZZ SINGER ?
SPORTS
BABE RUTH ?
JACK DEMPSEY ?
BOBBY JONES ?
Slide29: HOW DID NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC INNOVATIONS HELP BRING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGES IN THE 20’S?
Slide30: IN WHAT WAYS WERE THE TWENTIES A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL REACTION AGAINST THE PROGRESSIVE IDEALISM THAT HELD SWAY BEFORE AND DURING WORLD WAR I?
Slide31: WHAT BASIC ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POLICIES WERE PURSUED BY THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE 1920’S?