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Lecture Guide: Overview to 1920s

 

 

1920s Politics

 

“Return to Normalcy” is challenged by the legacy of the _____________________ and ______________ of the _________ world!

 

President Harding:

• ______________ President elected in __________

 

• Most famous for three scandals:

 

 

 

 

 

Calvin Coolidge:

• Harding’s Vice President

• Became president in __________ (after Harding’s death)

• Elected in 1924 with slogan ________________

 

Herbert Hoover:

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• Believed in the individual and a __________ federal government

 

Anti-Immigration Movement:

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• He deported immigrants during the ________________

 

 

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• _________ and ________________ against immigrants & minority ethnic groups _________ throughout the U.S. 

• Ex: __________________

 

         Question: Why would Americans dislike immigrants?

 

 

Prohibition:

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• The 21st Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933

 

 

1920s Economy

 

________________ led to _______ production and the _______ of American ___________________.

 

Changing Consumer Habits:

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     Examples: (radios, automobiles, icebox, washing machine, vacuum cleaner)

 

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• Mass production of goods = ____________________

 

• Increased use of ___________________ to _______ products

 

Transportation:

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• New roads = more mobility, causing growth in _____________

 

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1920s Society & Culture

 

Progressive Era and WWI opportunities led to ___________ to _________________ societal _________.

 

Civil Rights

Women in the 1920s:

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- birth control, voting, and new fashions (though _____ in number, flappers represented the “ ________________”

 

African Americans in the 1920s:

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(ex: Marcus Garvey’s “Back to Africa” movement)

 

Sports Mania:

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(1927 Dempsey fight made $2.6 million)

 

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Entertainment:

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• ___________________________ (Rudolph Valentino & Charlie Chaplin) ___________________________

 

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