U.S. History
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Standard 6 Review

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the conflict between traditionalism and progressivism in the 1920s and the economic collapse and the political response to the economic crisis in the 1930s.

Explain the impact of the changes in the 1920s on the economy, society, and culture , including the expansion of mass production techniques, the invention of new home appliances, the introduction of the installment plan, the role of transportation in changing urban life, the effect of radio and movies in creating a national mass culture, and the cultural changes exemplified by the Harlem Renaissance.
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The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
Henry Ford Mass Production
Transportation Automobile
Aviation
Assembly Line made travel easy movement to the
Suburbs
Charles Lindberg pilot
New Inventions Household appliances
Installment
Buying
Buying w/ Credit
People purchased things they could not afford

The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
Harlem
Renaissance
Langston Hughes
An outpouring of
African American literature, art, and poetry
F. Scott Fitzgerald/
The Great Gatsby
The “Lost
Generation”
Entertainment
Called American cultural values into question
Radio & Movies
Ernest
Hemingway/
Farewell to Arms
KDKA
Movies like Birth of a Nation influenced cultural attitudes.

Explain the causes and effects of the social change and conflict between traditional and modern culture that took place during the 1920s, including the role of women, the “Red Scare,” the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, immigration quotas, Prohibition, and the Scopes trial.
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 Caused by the Rise of Communist Countries in Europe
 Palmer Raids arrested alleged communists
 New wave of American nativism

 New hatred focused on the immigrants
 Geographic shift to the Northern States

 Polices limited immigration in the
1920’s
 Asian immigrants were banned
 Eastern and Southern
European immigrants were limited

 Flappers—women that revolted against the Victorian Ideal

19 th Amendment gave women the right to vote
 Same jobs but less pay than men

18th
Amendment prohibited alcohol
Repealed by the
21st
Amendment
Temperance movement
Leads to the development of organized crime

 Scopes fined for teaching Evolution
 Religious Fundamentalism
 Evolution is against GOD-secular

Called the “Monkey” Trial
FACT: The phrase, “Monkey Trial,” was coined by H.L.
Mencken, a reporter covering the trial for the Baltimore Sun.


Explain the causes and consequences of the Great
Depression, including the disparities in income and wealth distribution; the collapse of the farm economy and the effects of the Dust Bowl; limited governmental regulation; taxes, investment; and stock market speculation; policies of the federal government and the Federal Reserve System; and the effects of the Depression on the people.
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“Easy Money” Policies Overconsumption
During the 1920s, the
Federal Reserve kept interest rates low, which encouraged borrowing.
Consumers borrowed money to pay for new appliances and other consumer goods, purchasing these items on credit.
Stock Market Speculation
Since the stock market was doing so well, many people borrowed money to speculate in the market. Borrowing money to invest in stocks is called buying on the margin.
STOCK MARKET
CRASH (1929)
By the late 1920s, consumers had so much debt that they could no longer pay for expensive consumer goods, which lowered demand. This resulted in overproduction, resulting in decreased profits for companies.

“Hoovervilles”
Shantytowns were the homeless lived
The Dust Bowl Unemployment Banks
Severe drought in the Midwest
25% of the population was unemployed
Banks failed because of the crash and the run on the banks
President Herbert Hoover tried many things, such as increasing tax rates and the tariff, but his efforts failed to bring about recovery. Hoover rejected the idea of Direct Relief (payments from the government to individuals).


Analyze President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the economic crisis of the Great
Depression, including the effectiveness of New Deal programs in relieving suffering and achieving economic recovery, in protecting the rights of women and minorities, and in making significant reforms to protect the economy such as Social
Security and labor laws.
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 Franklin D.
Roosevelt
 Wife: Eleanor
Roosevelt

The “First 100
Days”
 Bank Holiday

The “Three R’s” of the New Deal:

Agency Issue addressed
AAA approved loans to farmers and paid farmers subsidies to not grow certain crops to keep prices high
FDIC insured bank deposits up to $100,000.00 to prevent people from withdrawing money during panic
NRA passed to bolster industrial prices and prevent U.S. business failures. Also created the Public Works Administration which constructed dams, highways, and bridges
SEC established to regulate the stock market and prevent unfair trading practices
TVA TVA built dams to create jobs and bring cheap electricity to parts of the South

Agency Issue Addressed
NLRB created a board to monitor unfair business practices like firing workers for joining labor unions.
Established by the
Wagner Act
SSA Created Social
Security which established retirement income for workers when they reached 65.

African American workers were typically the last hired and the first fired, leading to black workers suffering from a much higher level of unemployment (50%) than whites (25%). Although FDR took little official action to combat racial discrimination, black voters began to align themselves with Roosevelt’s Democratic
Party in the 1930s. Before the New Deal, African American voters had typically supported the Republican Party.

 Many of the New Deal successes did not address labor problems that were faced by women