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Post-WWI America: Business, Migration, and Social Change in the 1920s

This chapter delves into the transformative years of the 1920s in America, addressing the rise of anti-foreigner sentiments, the Palmer Raids, and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North. It discusses Marcus Garvey's "Back to Africa" movement and highlights the social landscape, where Prohibition and women's suffrage gained prominence. Additionally, it explores economic policies under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, the impact of the Teapot Dome Scandal, the consolidation of businesses, and the rise of white-collar workers, emphasizing how advancements in technology spurred productivity.

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Post-WWI America: Business, Migration, and Social Change in the 1920s

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  1. Chapter 11 Review Getting on With Business

  2. Sacco and Vanzetti • Anti-foreigner feelings

  3. Palmer Raids

  4. The Great Migration • African-Americans move North

  5. Marcus Garvey • “Back to Africa” • Pride back to African Americans

  6. Prohibition • 18th Amendment

  7. Suffrage • 19th Amendment

  8. Warren G. Harding • Normalcy • Teapot Dome

  9. Calvin Coolidge • “Never before, here or anywhere else, has a government been so completely fused with business.” - The Wall Street Journal

  10. Herbert Hoover • Inherited the blame when prosperity came crashing down

  11. Dawes Plan • Allowed Germany to pay war reparations

  12. Washington Naval Conference • Disarmament • G.B. & U.S. – 500,000 tons • Japan – 300,000 tons • Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce, Ford

  13. Latin America • Why? – Markets and raw materials • Coolidge – Sent marines to stop revolt

  14. Prosperity and American Business • Skylines – Empire State Building (1930)

  15. Prosperity and American Business • Oligopoly – few major producers influence an entire industry

  16. Corporations • Formed mergers and caused many smaller businesses to have financial problems or go out of business

  17. America’s Productivity • Soared in the 1920s due to new technology and techniques in manufacturing

  18. Henry Ford • Efficient assembly-line methods • Created great profits for Ford Motor Company

  19. Henry Ford • Today?

  20. Henry Ford • Doubling workers’ wages. How? • Workers have more money, they buy more Ford cars • Well-paid workers less likely to seek other jobs and more likely to do their boring jobs • He could because of mass production and profits

  21. White-Collar Workers • Professionals, wholesale and retail salespeople, and clerks

  22. White-Collar Women • Typists • Telephone Operators

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