Economic Growth Purple Group: Alec Hicks Autumn Cotton Courtney Cockrell
Bull Market During the 1920s the stock market enjoyed a dizzying bull market, a period of rising stock prices. As the market soared, people began buying on margin another form of buying on credit. The dangers of this was if the price fell the buyer still had to pay off the loan.
Consumer Revolution & Installment Buying Allowed less wealthy consumers access to variety of new affordable goods Accessibility of electricity contributed to consumer revolution by aiding in the sales of electric-dependent appliances and products All products were available to purchase with down payments and regular monthly payments Advertising was heavily used during the 1920s to impact a consumer s buying decision through fear or luxury
There is no Bugatti that does not pass!
Free Enterprise System the economic freedom to promote, sell, or advertise a product based on consumer interest within the market rather than government interest Enabled the innovation of new products to satisfy the consumer market All of the economic freedom gave scientific opportunities to research newly discovered items from rubber factory plants to electronics Scientific advances and inventive technologies all accredited to the free enterprise system The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get. -Scott Alexander
Corporations/businesses slowly wringing out money from consumers.
Sources Bull MarketCopyright 2016 Pearson Education Inc. United States History: Reconstruction To The Present Consumer Revolution & Installment BuyingCopyright 2016 Pearson Education Inc. United States History: Reconstruction To The Present Free Enterprise SystemCopyright 2016 Pearson Education Inc. United States History: Reconstruction To The Present
New Ideas Javier Diaz Kayla Chestang Justyce Morocco Chloe Barnes
THe New Split Modernism- a movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The two groups were separated between those who believed in religion and those who rejected all religious morals for arts and literature. The both of them wanted to make America a good place to live. Fundamentalists Modernist
Rural and Urban Education Farmers expected their children to learn how to read, write, and arithmetic. They only enforced a basic education since they had chores to be done. Urban Americans needed to master math and language to be able get a higher paying job.
Fundamentalism Fundamentalism is a movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles. Rural America followed. It kept developing during this time period because many Protestants believed that every word in the Christian Bible was the literal truth. They believed any important answers could be found in the bible.
Modernism & Fundamentalism
Evolution Evolution- Charles Darwin believed that complex forms of life, such as human beings, had developed gradually from simpler forms of life.
Scopes Trial Scopes trial took place in 1925, also in Dayton Tennessee. The Scopes Trial was about the teaching of evolution in tennessee public schools. Tennessee passed a law making it illegal to teach evolution in school the law was passed. This was challenged by john scopes who taught evolution and was arrested. They named it the monkey trial because evolution believed we developed from monkeys.
Darrow and Jennings Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. William Jennings Bryan was was an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States. Destiny no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Outcome The Scopes trial found John Scopes guilty of violating the Butler Act by teaching evolution in schools. Scopes was fine $100 and brought light to new issues such as the cultural and religious divisions.
Red Scare Yasmine Alejandro Casey
Compare and contrast communism and the free enterprise Communism-where everyone is treated exactly the same. Where all property is publicly owned, and everyone is equally paid. Free enterprise- Is a type of economy where product prices and services are determined by the market not the government, and property is able to be privately owned.
What s the Red Scare? - The Red Scare was a wave of widespread fear of suspected communists and radicals thought to be plotting revolution within the United States. - Palmer Raids were a series of raids in early 1920. Palmer was a leading law-enforcement official who mounted a broad offensive against radicals in the United States in 1919 and 1920.
What happened to Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti? `Both Nicola and Bartolomeo were charged with shooting and killing two men during a hold up at a shoe factory, they both were arrested and charged with the crime. Nicola and Bartolomeo were both put to death on an electric chair on August 23, 1927. Immigrants were abused and those who didn t Know how to read were prohibited from entering the United States.
Immigration Alex, Daizaha, Angel, Emmanuel
Nativists 1.Who were nativists and why were they upset? Nativists were those who preferred native-born Americans to immigrants. They were angry because the new arrivals took jobs away from native-born workers and threatened American traditions. 2.What law was passed by congress shortly before WWI? Why is this important? The Selective Service Act. This was important because it builded the U.S. army. 3.Why did the immigration debate spark up again during the red scare? The case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti made people believe their convictions were based upon their ethnicity.
Eugenics Eugenics is the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Eugenics came from social darwinism which came from Charles Darwin's Natural selection.
S.3 1.the emergency quota act 1921 restricted immigration into the United States and national origins act of 1924 is also restricting immigration by making a system of quotas that discriminated against immigrants. 2.Define quota system: The quota system is eliminating the number of immigrants who come into the United States limiting how many of each race or country come in pretty much 3.Who did the system apply to?: The system applied to everybody except for Mexico
Showing the effect of quotas on immigration
Prohibition Jason Centeno Julian Ramirez Valerie Demantes
What s Prohibition? -Prohibition: Where the U.S banned the production/sales of alcohol. -This took place from around 1917-1933 -This took place because it seemed unpatriotic to use wheat and barley to make alcohol when soldiers needed bread overseas. Also stopped violence from men coming home drunk, and help get rid of saloons. -18th amendment- forbid the manufacture, distribution,and sale of alcohol anywhere in the U.S. -Volstead Act- law that officially enforced the amendment (ignored)
Drys / Wets Drys: Advocates of Prohibition - Drys believed that Prohibition improved individuals, strengthened families, and better societies. - Drys decided to ban alcohol. Wets: Opponents of Prohibition - Wets believed that the ban only caused more trouble. - Wets believed that Prohibition only created an atmosphere of hypocrisy and increased organized crimes.
Did prohibition work? Prohibition did not work because Americans did not stop drinking. They ignored the 18th amendment. Bootlegging is the illegal business of transporting alcohol behind the laws back. Prohibition improved people, made families stronger and made a better society.
End of Prohibition On December 5th, 1933 the 21st amendment was passed and that ended prohibition. Prohibition ended because it failed. It was a failure because it caused billions and many did not stay sober anyways. The 21st Amendment mandated nationwide probation on alcohol.
Ku Klux Klan in the early 1900s. Bradley Thacker, Anahi Gallegos, Gisselle Padilla
When did the KKK revive? The KKK was first founded in 1866 by ex-confederate soldiers and revived 50 years later in 1915. William Joseph Simmons brought the KKK back after D.W Griffith s film claimed the Klansmen as heroes. Now they targeted not only blacks but Catholics,Jews, and foreigners. All about white supremacy.
Ku Klux Klan Info They would mostly put crosses on yards and light them on fire. They would try very hard to scare the African Americans. They were called the invisible empire because they had many groups in all different locations of the world.
Opposed Groups of Kkk The groups that opposed the ku klux klan were African Americans Jews Catholics Immigrants They opposed NAACP and national association for the colored, the corruption of the klan was because of hypocrisy
Where is the KKK today? There are about 190 KKK active groups today containing 5,000-8,000 members all around the U.S