Roaring Twenties – Guided Notes
Post- War America: a) ___________________ over League of Nations
b) economic ___________________ meant many faced _______________________
c) wave of _____________________ swept the country
d) return to ___________________________
e) fear of the spread of _______________________________ - Sacco and Vanzetti
f) _____________ became more popular with 4.5 million members
g) The _____________________ _____________ __________ of __________ system to control and restrict ___________________________
h) Labor Unrest – strikes were ________________________ but still occurring
1. Boston Police Strike
2. Steel Mill Strike
3. Coal Miner’s Strike
i) Union membership _____________ - ___________________
____________________ were excluded from membership and
____________________ were willing to work in poor conditions
Politics in the 20s: a) Kellogg-Briand Pact b) Dawes Plan c) Teapot Dome Scandal –
d) Tariffs were _________ which helped American Manufacturers. Government
interference in business was _________________________. Wages were
___________________.
Transportation: The auto was the _________________________ of the American economy and
profoundly ___________________ the American landscape and society.
a) Examples of changes:
b) Airlines – 1927 Pan American was making ___________________ passenger flights
Superficial Prosperity – What’s coming up? _______ _________________ ________________________
a. Businesses expanded ______________________________
b. Iron and railroad industries _______________
c. Farms are ____________________________
d. Too much was bought on _________________
The Culture of the 20s --a) Urbanization v. Rural –
Prohibition:
_________ Ammendment pass in ________ - ______________ to make, sell or transport ____________
a) Reformers believed alcohol leads to __________________________________________
b) Anti-Saloon League and the ____________ ____________________ ___________________
__________
c) Speakeasies and _________________________ d) Organized Crime –
e) Why did Prohibition fail?
Science and Religion:
Scopes Trial –
Women:
a) Style:
b) Jobs:
c) Changing Family:
Radio:
African Americans :
a) NAACP:
b) Marcus Garvey and Garveyism:
c) Harlem Renaissance:
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Claude McKay Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Bessie Smith -