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Explore the major political, economic, and social changes in the US post-WWI, Republican leadership in the Roaring Twenties, and analyze political cartoons of the era. Learn about the Wilson era, Harding's presidency & scandal, Coolidge's policies, Jazz Age, Hoover Administration, and the impact of returning to "normalcy" post-WWI. Discover key events, policies, and societal shifts that characterized this transformative period in American history.
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Return to Normalcy 1918-1929
Objectives • Identify major political, economic, and social changes the US faced after the war. • Examine Republican leadership during the “Roaring 20’s.” • Analyze political cartoon on events during the 1920s
Warm up • Introduction to Unit 3 • 1920-1940: From Boom to Bust
After WWI • Public Hysteria • Red Scare- fear of Communists • Bomb Scares • Urban Riots • Fear of Foreigners
Wilson After WWI (1918-21) • End of Progressive Spirit • 18th / 19th Amendment • Demobilization • End govt control = inflation • Cut back production = prices • Surplus workers = wages • Union strikes • Recession 1920-21
Post-War Political Developments • Democratic Party Split • Progressives v. Conservatives • E poly bosses v. S & W rural leaders • Republican Party • Conservative businessmen and “Old Guard” politicians • Win 1920-1928 Presidential elections!
Warren G Harding • President 1921-1923 • Less govt • Government by “cronies” • Pro-business • Isolation • “Return to Normalcy” Reading
Harding’s Accomplishments • Domestic Legislation • Emergency Quota Act • Veterans Bureau Act • Fordney-McCumberTariff Act • Foreign Affairs • Reject League • Payment of War Debts (Dawes & Young) • Washington Naval Conference • Naval disarmament • Chinese independ.
Harding Scandal • Ohio Gang- pals appt to Cabinet • Vet’s Bureau- Forbes • Attorney Gen Daugherty- kickbacks • Teapot Dome • Albert Fall, gets $ and gifts for leasing govt oil reserves…jail • 1923 Sudden Death http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=teapot+dome+scandal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7p7C6nTNog
Activity • You are working for a big time newspaper. Using all the information you know about the Harding Scandal, you need to sum up the scandal into a creative slogan. You are to work with a partner to design your slogan. Remember it must be appropriate! • When you finish write your slogan on the board
Coolidge • 1923-1929 • “Business of America is Business” • Deregulation • Stock market spec. • Reduced govt spend • Low taxes • No govt aid to farmers
Coolidge’s Accomplishments • Domestic Legislation • Immigration Act • Soldier’s Bonus Act • Foreign Affairs • Kellogg-Briand Pact • Outlaw war
Think-Pair-Share • Whose domestic policy (in theory) was more beneficial to the American people, Hardy or Coolidge? • Whose foreign policy (in theory) was more beneficial to the American people, Hardy or Coolidge?
Jazz Age • “The Roaring Twenties” • Jazz • Speakeasies • Lindbergh • http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/?assetGuid=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&fromMyDe=0&isPrinterFriendly=0&provider=&isLessonFromHealth=0&productcode=US&isAssigned=false&includeHeader=YES&homeworkGuid= • New products for living • Radios, refrigerators, automobiles, etc • Factory improvements • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US • Health and Education http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Hoover Administration 1929-1933 • Rugged Individualism • Big govt endangered econ progress and personal liberty • High tariffs • Low taxes • Free enterprise • Balanced budget
Closure • How has the United States returned to “normalcy,” in what ways has it not? (i.e. any lessons they did not learn from the war?) • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C9BC8F22-7BB0-48B8-8D02-73CB4450A2A2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US