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Warren G Harding-Republican Who Wanted a Return to Normalcy After the War. Think history is boring? Harding doesn’t. He had many scandals, the most famous was called Tea Pot Dome And he had many affairs. He lived such a wild life he died of a heart attack after 2 years in office.
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Warren G Harding-Republican Who Wanted a Return to Normalcy After the War Think history is boring? Harding doesn’t. He had many scandals, the most famous was called Tea Pot Dome And he had many affairs. He lived such a wild life he died of a heart attack after 2 years in office. VP Calvin Coolidge took over.
Social Problems After the War 1919 the Year of Strikes 1st Red Scare Immigration Restriction Sacco and Vanzetti
African Americans 78 Lynched 1919 Chicago Race Riots Langston Hughes Marcus Garvey I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.
Ku Klux Klan 4-5 Million Strong
Calvin Coolidge-Republican Prosperity-Wins In 1924 Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 Outlawed War Isolationist…..except in South America
Prosperity Buying on Credit Fridge $5 Down, $10 Month
Advertising Halitosis
Prohibition Al Capone
The Roaring 20s Clara Bow Rudolph Valentino Flappers The Charleston
Sports Knute Rockne Jack Dempsey Babe Ruth Helen Willis
Cars Created Suburbs
Fears The Scopes Trial The Great Gatsby-F Scott Fitzgerald
Herbert Hoover Republican 1928 Election
But Bust Buying Stocks on Margin Land Speculation Black Tuesday 1929