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Chapter 15 A Stormy Era 1919-1929 (Pages 444-474)

Chapter 15 A Stormy Era 1919-1929 (Pages 444-474). Post war adjustments Decreased Production War Goods Food Products Returning Veterans Unemployed Forced Women and minorities out Factories move south. Russian Revolution and the Red Scare. Kerensky vs. Lenin Bolsheviks?

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Chapter 15 A Stormy Era 1919-1929 (Pages 444-474)

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  1. Chapter 15 A Stormy Era 1919-1929 (Pages 444-474) Post war adjustments Decreased Production War Goods Food Products Returning Veterans Unemployed Forced Women and minorities out Factories move south

  2. Russian Revolution and the Red Scare • Kerensky vs. Lenin • Bolsheviks? • Socialist and communist U.S.S.R. • Civil War • Reds win

  3. Kerensky

  4. Lenin

  5. Strikes and Unrest • Fear of revolt • Violent attacks against unions • Gary Indiana Steel Workers Strike • Forcibly put down • 18 dead 100’s wounded • The Palmer Raids • Attorney General • 1,000’s wrongfully jailed

  6. Renewed Isolationism and Nativism • 1921 Limits on immigration • Europe needed to face its problems alone

  7. Social and Political Developments • The women’s movement fades • Did not flock to the polls • Excluded from holding office • Did get polling places out of saloons • Money given to support prenatal and infant care • 1st steps

  8. African Americans and the Great Migration • Jobs in the North from World War I • Conditions in the South • Lynchings • Low paying jobs • North was not a promised land • Maids-better paid still living in poverty • Hostility from white workers

  9. Race Riots • East St. Louis • Washington D.C. • Chicago • July 27, 1919 • Segregated Beaches • African American youth drifts into a white beach is hit by a stone and drowns • African Americans retaliate • 40 dead 100’s injured

  10. Race Riots

  11. Race Riots

  12. Harlem Renaissance • That’s up to you

  13. The Garvey Movement • Marcus Garvey • Racial Pride • Return to Motherland Africa • Oversold stock on his cruise ship

  14. Decade of Republican Dominance • Improved Economy • Warren G. Harding • Scandal ridden Administration • Appointees were corrupt • Tea pot dome • Sold oil land for personal gain • Calvin Coolidge takes over • “Business is America’s Business” • Herbert Hoover next President

  15. New Manners, New Morals • Youth Culture • College • Returning Vets • Night Clubs-Jazz Bands, Records • Dance Marathons • African American Dances-street corners-pop culture

  16. Breaking Social Conventions in the Jazz Age • Dated without chaperones • Used Slang • Bodies touched while dancing • Revealing clothing • Make up • Cars

  17. Flappers

  18. Flappers and Rakes • Not as widespread • Some did not rebel • Women still only menial jobs • Stop working after marriage • Except African Americans

  19. Impact of Technology • Cars for groceries • Installment payment plans

  20. Creating a Shared Culture • Shorter work days made more free time • Radio • Pittsburgh’s KDKA 1st commercial news, sports, church • NBC • Movies • MGM, Warner Bros • Talkies • 1927 The Jazz Singer

  21. The Rise of Superstars • Movie Stars • Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford • Sports Heroes • Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey • Charles Lindbergh • Nonstop flight from New York to Paris

  22. Charlie Chaplin

  23. Charles Lindbergh

  24. New Products and Ideas • Chain Stores • Shopping Centers • Fast Food • A & W • Advertising • Kleenex-tissues • Affordable Automobiles • Travel more • Public roads, beaches, and parks

  25. Stemming the Tides of Change • Moral controls • Prohibition 1919 18th Amendment • Bootlegging and speak easies • Organized crime • Morality at the Movies • Control on beliefs • Fundamentalism • Scopes trial 1923-1924 • Dayton Tennessee Darrow vs. Bryan • Fined but thrown out

  26. KKK Rides Again • Against Everyone • Violent nature brought KKK down • David Stephenson of Indiana • Failed to free him so he turned state’s evidence

  27. Election of 1928 • Herbert Hoover vs. Al Smith • Hoover-Quaker, sensible, sounded better on radio • Smith-Catholic, opposed prohibition, came from an immigrant Family • Hoover wins

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