Bellringer #6-1

1. Bellringer #6-1 • P. 423-Route 66: Study the map and read the insert. Answer the two questions under geography skill builder on p. 423. Be sure to number your answers (#1 and #2).

2. Unit 6 Homework • WB p. 171-192

3. The Jazz AgeUnit 6

4. Return to Normalcy American Politics in the 1920s

5. America After WWI • Many in America were ready to return to a more steady time after WWI. • They disliked having U.S. men killed over what many saw as a European problem.

6. Warren G. Harding • Republican who won the presidency in 1920. • Charming, easy-going. • Died in 1923 while still in office. • http://www.history.com/topics/warren-g-harding/videos#president-waren-g-harding

7. “Return to Normalcy” • Harding’s successful campaign slogan. • The idea made sense to many Americans.

8. Ohio Gang • A group of men close to Harding who were appointed to major government positions after his election. • Many used their government jobs to conduct illegal activity.

9. Teapot Dome Scandal • Harding’s Secretary of the Interior Albert B Fall allowed private companies to lease land containing U.S. Navy oil reserves in California and Wyoming. • Fall received bribes totalling $300,000 but was sent to jail.

10. Teapot Dome Scandal

11. Calvin Coolidge • Republican who won the presidency in 1924. • Was Harding’s vice-president. Continued Harding’s goals by trying to increase America’s prosperity by strengthening business.

12. Calvin Coolidge

13. “The chief business of the American people is business” – Calvin Coolidge

14. Laissez-faire • Means “Hands-off.” • Belief that the economy worked best when government stayed out. • Dominant economic belief of the 1920s.

15. Andrew W. Mellon • Secretary of the Treasury for Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. • Had three major goals.

16. Andrew W. Mellon

17. Mellon’s Goals 1. Balance the federal budget. 2. Reduce government debt. 3. Cut taxes.

18. Supply-side economics • Belief that government would earn more tax revenue if the economy was doing well than if taxes were kept high.

19. Democrats and Progressives • During the elections of 1920 and 1924 Democrats were divided. • After Progressivism and world war, Americans no longer wanted reform and ties to Europe.

20. Rise of the U.S. • By the 1920s, the United States was the dominant economic power in the world. • Countries owed $10 billion to the U.S. after World War I.

21. Isolationism • Freedom from international affairs. Most Americans supported this in the 1920. • U.S. leaders tried to promote peace in the world without being involved in the League of Nations.

22. Dawes Plan • Europe was in a financial mess after World War I. Charles B. Dawes developed a plan to loan money to Germany to help the make reparations payments. • Did little to fix economic problems in Europe.

23. Five Power Naval Limitations Treaty • Britain, France, Italy, Japan, U.S. agreed to limit warship production.

24. Nine Power Treaty • Recognized China’s independence.

25. Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) • Agreement by 62 nations that outlawed war.

26. Homework • WB p. 171-177

27. Lesson Re-cap • Focus question, WB p. 177

28. Bellringer #6-2 • p. 416-U.S. Patterns of Immigration: Study the map and chart and read the paragraph. Answer the two questions under skill builder. Be sure to number your answers (#1 and #2).

29. A Growing Economy

30. Mass Production • Large-scale manufacturing done by machines. • Created more products and lowered prices.

31. Assembly Line • Each worker is given a specific task to complete. • Made manufacturing more efficient. • Used first by Henry Ford in 1913.

32. Henry Ford

33. Ford Assembly Line, 1913

34. Ford Model T • Ford’s first assembly-line product. • By the 1920s, Ford was selling them at $265. • Made the automobile affordable for millions.

35. Ford 1910 Model T

36. Henry ford and his model-t

37. Impact of the Automobile • Americans became a mobile society. • Created more industries such as garages and gas stations.

38. 1920s gas stations

39. 1920s gas stations

40. 1920s gas stations

41. Consumer goods • Rising income and mass production led to new goods on the market. • Razors, tissue, frozen food, hygiene products, appliances. • Advertising increased to make consumers feel like they needed to buy.

42. Airline Industry • United States Postal Service was the first industry to use the airplane in 1918. • By 1928, 48 airlines were in operation.

43. Early airline

44. Early airline

45. Charles Lindbergh • Pilot who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1927. • Demonstrated the possibilities of airline travel.

46. Charles Lindbergh

47. Radio Industry • First radio station opened in 1920. • National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) were the two earliest national companies.

48. Early radio

49. Consumer credit • People began buying goods on credit (buy now, pay later). • Led to increased debt for consumers.

50. Welfare Capitalism • Companies allowed workers to buy company stock and receive benefits such as medical care and retirement. • Benefitted the workers.