Economic Growth By Andrew Brown, Eliana Sanchez, and Larriance Fairley
Advertisements Consumer Revolution is when a flood of new, affordable goods, become available to the public. Installment buying is when a customer would make a small down payment and the pay off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments, Advertising was important because it was a way in which companies could promote their products so that consumers could buy their products. Companies targeted the consumers fears and desires so that they would buy their products.
Bull Markets Bull Market is a period of rising stock prices Buying on margin was another form of buying on credit Buyıng on margın was dangerous due to the fact that ıf the prıce of the stock fell, the buyer stıll had to pay off theır loan.
Free Enterprise The Free Enterprise System is an economy where products, prices, and services, are determined by the market and not the government. Businesses are free from government control. It helped because it made the economy grow in the United States. The free enterprise system also created many of jobs which gave money to workers and they could buy items on the market.
What is a bull market? What is free enterprise?
Urban Sunurban, & Rural By: Conner B, Tanisha M, Mason W.
City Life in the 1920s For the first time, more people lived in cities than the country. Technological advances in the city made lives much easier. Indoor plumbing and modern sewer systems also affected city life. Cities had electricity, which allowed them to communicate with family easier. People like Al Capone also affected the city, but in a less positive way.
Suburban Life in the 1920s Life in the suburbs wasn t as popular as life in the city at this time. You had to travel further to get things you needed. Not as many people lived in suburbs as in the city. Didn t get indoor plumbing as soon as the cities. Electricity arrived later in the suburbs than in the cities.
New Ideas By: Justin Tisby, Cristal Vazquez, and Joey Brink
The New Split Rural Farmers Crops More free land Wanted children to know their three r s Writing, Reading, and arithmetic Not really needed Muscle Endurance Knowledge of crops and animals Missed out on many new forms of leisure. Didn t fully participate in consumer bonanzas. More traditional view of religion, science, and culture. Urban Factories Much higher population Mental ability = success Mastery of mathematics Mastery of language Spelling Enjoyed new consumer products and wide array of leisure activities Open to social change and new science discoveries. Modernism
Formal Education Rural Americans: expected their children to master the three R s. Which was reading, writing, and arithmetic although not needed like muscle, strength, and endurance. Urban Americans: They wanted their children to master mathematics and language which could spell the difference between low-paying, unskilled job, and higher paying position.
Fundamentalism Fundamentalism- emphasized protestant teachings and the belief that every word in the christian bible was literal truth. It was followed in all county but was especially strong in the america
Question time haha 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What are the three R s? Who was more traditional? What does Fundamentalism take as literal truth? Which split side deals with factories? Which deals with muscle and endurance?
Scopes Trial Green Squad; Dan, Ian, and
Evolution Fundamentalism and Modernism clashed head on in the Scopes Trial of 1925 English scientist, Charles Darwin Tennessee passed law making it illegal to teach darwins theroy He believed complex forms of life such as us humans had developed gradually from simpler ways of life. The American Civil Liberties Union had a man John Scopes, a high school biology teacher to challenge the law. He taught it, and was arrested..
When, Where, What? WHEN- 1920s WHERE- Tennessee WHAT- Tennessee case involving the teaching of evolution in public schools. March 1925 prohibited teaching in public schools because bible didn t teach evolution
Monkey Trial Some say its called the Monkey Trial because humans evolved from monkeys rather than being created by god. Called Scopes Monkey Trial because its focused on the right to teach evolution.
The Red Scare Vivian, Vanessa B.,Quentin Rodgers
Communism vs. Free Enterprise Communism derived from Karl Marx Advocated class war All property is publicly owned Each person is paid based on abilities and needs Same Education Marketing Housing Free Enterprise Private business operates in competition Largely free of state control
Red Scare is the promotion of the fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. The first Red scare was about worker (socialist) Palmer Raid were a series of raids conducted by the united states department of justice to capture arrest and deport radical leftists.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti They were both Italians charged with shooting and killing two men during a holdup at a shoe factory in a Boston. On August 23, 1927, they both were put to death in the electric chair. The significance of their death important because they were charged based on their race.
Immigration Charlotte, Riley, Anton, & Justin
Who were the nativists Nativists believed they were the true native Americans despite them being descendants of immigrants themselves A law requiring immigrants to take a literacy test Socialists from eastern europe were traveling to the united states with revolutionary doctrines
Eugenics Eugenics- The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Eugenics was the attempt at a practical application of the ideas of social darwinism. The Eugenics movement coincided with one of the greatest eras in the us immigrations.
Emergency Quota Act 1921 & National Origin Act 1924 Emergency Quota Act 1921, restricted immigrants into the United States. National Origins Act 1924, limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota Quota System a policy of limiting the number of minority group members in a business firm, school, etc. This system did not apply to countries who had bilateral agreements with the United States.
Questions How do you think the quota system affected the U.S.? How do you think immigrants felt after the quota system affected their lives?
Ku Klux Klan Edward Wise Amari Powe
The Klan Reorganizes In 1915, the Ku Klux Klan was formally organized again. Back then, they aimed to promote hatred towards african americans. The new klan however targeted jews, catholics, and immigrats. Most of the klan members were in the south, but also in the Midwest, Northeast, and West.
Groups that opposed the KKK NAACP- continued its lyching crusade, supporting legislation in 1922 that passed in the house of representitives but not in the senate. The Jewish Defamation League- worked to reduce anti-semetic slurs in newspapers and break down barriers in higher education and the job market. The Defamation League also battled against the Klan and thier values.
What happened to the Klan? Eventually the Klan became corrupt. Leaders stole from its members and lied to them as well. By the 1920s, The klan became less significant and less of an issue.
What groups did the new klan target? What does the KKK stand for?
Banning of alcohol Prohibition is the action of forbidding something even by law. In 1919 the eighteenth amendment banned the making and selling of alcohol
The Volstead Act The volstead act is the enforcement of the prohibition Amendment. This act passed over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
Did prohibition work? Define bootleggers. What impact did prohibition on the society? Yes, it worked because it reduced some of the alcohol abuse people were doing and it also eliminated some of the crime which was caused by alcohol. Bootleggers sold illegal alcohol to consumers.prohibition affected the society because the american government banned the sale and supply of alcohol as they thought it would curb the crime happening, but it backfired.
How did the prohibition end? In 1933, the 21st amendment to the constitution was passed and it ended the prohibition. Some states continued prohibition and it just ended in 1966. The 21st amendment was prohibiting alcohol, and it was then ended in 1933.