After WW1 Flashcards
What was the domestic and foreign US policies?
Isolationist and less hands on so they were less progressive
Who were the 3 presidents in the Roaring 20s
All republican:
Warren G. Harding (1920-23)
Calvin Coolidge (1923-28)
Herbert Hoover (1928-32)
Demographic shifts
Rural to urban, Great Migration (AAs from South to Northeast, Midwest, and West)
Cultural Shifts
Roles of women, mass media, Jazz age and harlem renaissance, Economic boom with a rise of consumerism and materialism.
Women changes
Social and political (19th amendment), flappers demonstrated new roles and young women challenging tradition and values.
Consumerism
Growing middle class meant more leisure and new products for easier chores.
Electricity: fridges, washing machines, irons, and vacuums.
Automobiles
And mass amount of buying on credit
mass media
Information to large numbers of people: movies, tabloids, newspapers, magazines, radios, and sports.
Cultural conflicts
Religious fundamentalism: literal interpretation of religious texts to dictate daily life
Scopes Trial in 1925
tennessee banned the teaching of evolution in public schools. Teacher John T. Scopes challenged the ban and was arrested and fined $100. Showed the clash of modern vs. traditional beliefs.
Effects of WW1
Jobs for soldiers in short supply because there was less demand so workers, especially women, were laid off had pay cuts or had longer hours. there were a lot of strikes.
Villains of war
People viewed Germans as villains, Russians and communists, and South and Eastern Europeans as the main cause. They were anti-immigration and employers used communism to cut pay.
