Chap 20 Roaring 20’s and the Crash. This Day in History Dec. 4 th, 1945 The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.

Chap 20

Roaring 20’s and the Crash

This Day in HistoryDec. 4th, 1945 The Senate approved U.S. participation in the

United Nations.

I. Harding to CoolidgeA. Harding “Return to Normalcy” 1. Laissez-faire “hands off” of business.2. 1920-21 Washington Naval Conference- limit size of

Navies.B. Coolidge1. 1924 Dawes Plan sets up a payment plan for war debts.

(reparations)

Warren Harding 1921-23 Calvin Coolidge 1923-29

II. Social ChangesA. Economy1. Mass production.2. Easy Credit

3. Advertising

This Day in HistoryDec 7th, 1941

Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, starting WWII for United States

4. Assembly line (Henry Ford “Model T”)

B. Cultural Challenges1. 1919, 18th Amendment- bans sale of Alcohol. (Helped by

Volstead Act)2. Organized Crime/Bootlegging/ “Speak Easy”- Al Capone

3. 1925, Scopes “Monkey Trial” Fundamentalist, literal bible interpretation (Clarence Darrow) vs. Modernist (William Jennings Bryan).

John Scopes – guilty fined $100.

C. Women’s Roles change1. “Flappers” –short hair, short skirts, and a change in

moral values

2. 1920, 19th Amendment- Woman’s Suffrage

D. Entertainment

1927 Babe Ruthhits 60 home runs.

Jim Thorpe Charlie Chaplin

1925 Lon Chaney stars in

Phantom of the Opera

1927 Charles Lindbergh crosses Atlantic

Jack Dempsey

1927 The Jazz Singer is the First Talking Film.

1927 Winnie the Pooh 1928 Steamboat Willie.

IV. Jazz AgeA. Harlem Renaissance1. Poetry, Literature, Jazz2. “Duke Ellington- “it don’t mean a thing”

and Louie Armstrong

V. Danger signsA. Causes of Crash1. Crop prices fall/loans going unpaid.2. uneven distribution of wealth3. Easy credit- too many goods, not enough money.4. Unregulated business

Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

B. Stock Market Crash1. October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday, “The Crash”