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*After the World War One, there was another large influx of immigrants to the USA, - why??

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“Red Scare” - a fear that there was going to be a communist take-over of the american government

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The 20s was a period of Great Change!
• it was a time of relative prosperity after the war!
• The countries total wealth doubled between 1920-1929
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money was not equally distributed

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• raped cultural change

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old conservative values and traditions were questioned and replaced with new liberal ideas

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Great Migration

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Blacks to the north (cities)

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Beginning of the “modern age” - out with the old ideas of the

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Victorian Age” - in with the new! (Gender roles, religion, values, etc.)

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• New modern inventions that made life easier!

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automobiles, radios, motion pictures, washing machines, vacuums/toasters, etc.

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Earliest leaders of the women’s reform were (3)

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susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucrecia Mott

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*official beginning of the movement - women’s rights

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1848 - Seneca falls convention - first women’s rights convention

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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Suffragettes

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Women activists

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1910’s - alice Paul and Lucy burns

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were leaders of the american feminist movement - non violent protests

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Sexual revolution

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“new woman”
• women gained a new sense of freedom and independence
• Began to work outside the home for the 1st time

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margret Sanger

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• Birth control movement

founder of planned parenthood - less children brought more freedom

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Flappers

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the unconventional new women who wore their hair short, wore makeup, wore short skirts, and smoked and drank just like the men

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Cigarettes were called

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“freedom torches”

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Religion was challenged by

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Charles Darwin - “the origin of species” evolution theory now challenged god and creation

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Scopes monkey trial

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Was God or evolution to be taught in the schools?

evolution began to be taught in public schools as a result, as an alternative. “Modern science”

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New forms of entertainment/inventions

Music:

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jazz and the blues were new musical styles created during the period - Harlem NYC
• george Gershwin - jazz composer
• Louis Armstrong - jazz trumpeter
• Cotton club - most famous jazz club in Harlem

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Dance craze: famous dances

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the Charleston, the shimmy, and the Lindy hop - most famouse dances

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The radio

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new source of communication - one of the greatest inventions of the time!

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• WKDKA

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Pittsburg - 1st radio station in America - 1920

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jack Dempsey

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Boxing heavyweight champion

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Harlem Renaissance

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new negro movement

• a rebirth celebration of African american culture

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Prohibition

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18th amendment - noble experiment” - 1920 - 1933

• Illegal to manufacture, buy, or sell alcohol

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• “Speakeasy”
underground alcohol/dance clubs
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The Great Deppression: - 1929-1941
• severe worldwide economic crisis took place during the 30s
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Charles indbergh
1st solo transatlantic airplane flight - NYC- national hero, most welll known celebrity in america
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Marcus Garvey
back to africa’ movement Encouraged negroes to be proud of their heritage and to return to their roots of africa Established the universal negro improvement association
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W.E.B. Du bois
the co founder of the NAACP
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Earnest Hemingway -
Writer - “a farewell to arms’’ - to whole the bell tolls - etc
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F Scott Fitzgerald
wrote “the great gatsby” book that exposes that money does to buy happiness
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5 causes of the Great Depression
1. The unequal distribution of wealth 2. Overproduction in Industry 3. High tariffs - USA charge high taxes on trade goods - other countries retaliated =World wide trade stopped 4. *Easy credit - banks were giving too much credit! People were spending more money than they earned 5. Stock market crash (symbolizes the start of the great depresssion))
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“Black Tuesday”
Stock market crash - October 29, 1929
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Causes of Black Tuesday
• people were “Buying on the margin” - borrowing money to invest
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What was the official begging of the GREAT DEPPRESSION
The stock market crash
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Facts about the Great Depression (7)
* 25% unemployment * 50% of the banks in the country closed * 50% of farmers were foreclosed * The nations income dropped by 50% * 40% of businesses closed their doors * 40% of school age children did not attend * There were no social programs such as welfare, food stamps, etc. To help people
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“run on the bank” -
• 1 year later, the people panicked and there was a “run on the bank” - led to banks collapsing - PEOPLE DEMANDING THEIR MONEY
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“Hoovervilles”
• Shanty towns (unemployed)
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US president was Herbert Hoover at the beginning of the depression • during the election of 1928 - he had promised americans
“a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”
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• During the depression hoover did very little to combat it - why?
• He believed that if you just let it run its course it would be over sooon
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Bonus army: 1932
17,000 soldiers from WWWI had been promised a bonus (money) by the US government fro their service during WWI - not to be paid until 1945!
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emergency bank act
national bank holiday - closed for 5 days | • propose was to stabilize the banks!
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• Roosevelt encouraged people to put their money back in the bank - started FDIC
federal deposit insurance corporation = money is protected
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Fireside chats
Roosevelt talked with the people over the radio - this is the method of communication he used to explain his programs to the american people
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Brain trust
group of leading scholars/businessmen - cabinet (advisors) - how do we get out of the Deppression?
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New deal
a set of federal economic programs to get the country out of the Depression, all centered around the 3 R’s
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The 3 R’s
• Relief, Recovery, Reform
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New Deals that worked
1. public works program - (JOBS) built highways, parks, bridges, schools, dams, etc. - (0.75 to $1 a day) 2. Federal emergency relief program - now welfare - gave small amounts of $ to people until they get work 3. Federal assistance for farmers, businesses, and banks 4. *Social security program - set aside money for peoples retirement
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Did these programs work?
Yes and no. They did slow the depression down, but did not end it!
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Okies
people who migrated to California on Rt. 66 (first interstate) - better life (promised land) After the dust who left their farm
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The Dust Bowl - 1930s
* worst drought in American history! Great Plains, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas - farm belt! * 2.5 million farmers lost their land and left. - 40%
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Hobos
migratory worker or homeless vagabond. “ Riding the rails • most sent money home to their families - some abandoned them 2 million
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• Great depresión did not end until
the USA entered WWII - 1941

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