• Have a clean sheet of paper ready to go
• Be prepared to do an image analysis on 3 pictures:

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Learning Target: Today I will identify major events, concepts and individuals that contributed to or were caused by political, economic and cultural events of the 1920s by taking notes

Notes

Postwar and 1920’s

Trends:

Demilitarization

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• WASHINGTON NAVAL DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. -International reduction in naval forces
• Kellogg-Briand Pact – “War is Illegal”
• Totally unenforceable

Post-War Debts

• England and France had to pay the U.S.
• How? 2 ways:
• Sell goods, but couldn’t.
• Or they can dig into Germany for money
• Germany couldn’t pay England and France; their economy was ruined by the Treaty of Versailles
• The U.S. helped Germany by investing $2.5 Billion (basically paying ourselves)

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Consumer Revolution

• People were able to make purchases on goods that were previously unavailable because prices came down on products
• LETS GO BUY A CAR
• LETS GO BUY A FRIDGERATOR
• LETS GO BUY A HOUSE

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• Don’t worry – we can pay for it later!

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Installment Buying

• CONSUMER CREDIT = DEBT
• Advantages:
• Pay as you enjoy
• More time to come up with money
• Made items affordable
• Disadvantages:
• People still couldn’t pay small amounts
• Interest made item more expensive in the long run
• People went into debt and didn’t realize it

Buying on the Margin

• Basically credit… but on the STOCK MARKET.
• Purchase stock with a downpayment, and pay it off when you sell it at a profit
• Worked great IF the value of the stock continued to rise…. But does it always do that?

2^nd Rise of the KKK

• Original KKK had been outlawed shortly after the passage of the Enforcement Acts
• The film “Birth of a Nation” was wildly popular and depicted the destruction of American society due to African Americans taking control.
• Nativism was a large motivator.
• Goals of preserving Traditional American Culture

“A Crack in the Glass”�Picture Activity

For the picture you’re about to view, you may look at your homework. You may look in your book for help.

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The objective is to explain the picture as best as you can. The more FACTS, TERMS, NAMES, etc. that you can include, the better. You should have plenty to write!!!!

Palmer Raids

• The First Red Scare
• American Nativism (anti-immigrant) sentiments led to a fear of alien loyalty
• Return to isolationism
• Palmer Raids were almost completely unsuccessful and most cases were thrown out of court. Why?

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Social/Cultural Changes

- Scopes Monkey Trial (Picture Activity)

• Women have more engagement that is socially acceptable (19th Amendment - Womens’ suffrage)
• Flapper Culture & Education for girls

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Social Changes Cont’d

• Harlem Renaissance – “Literary and artistic celebration of African American Culture”.
• Claude McKay
• Langston Hughes
• Louie Armstrong
• Bessie Smith

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