Nativism Resurges

Objectives: Students will be able to….(1) explain the major themes of the Roaring 20’s (2) identify major

themes from pictures and video clips.

Homework: Finish that one page paper, and work on packet for the

1920’s

Nativism Resurges• There was a lot of fear and prejudice towards

Germans and Communists• Sacco and Vanzetti Trial:

• They were anarchists: anti-government• People jumped to conclusions because they

were Italian Immigrant Anarchists

KKK• Intended to scare African

Americans• Also targeted Catholics,

Jews, immigrants

• Hired Edward Clarke and Elizabeth Taylor as public relations managers (Recruiters) for KKK• Membership

SKYROCKETED (Estimated 4 Million Members in the 1920’s)

KKK Rallies

KKK Rallies

Cross Burning

New Morality • Traditionalism vs.

Modernity• Loving families • Women working for their

own• Women colleges• Automobiles – made

people more independent

• Flappers: Young, dramatic, and stylish women

Flappers• CRAZY WACKY DANCE MOVES

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0

Fundamentalist Movement

• Bible is the TRUTH AND WITHOUT ERRORS• Rejected theory of

evolution (Darwin) • Believe in creationism:

God created world

• Scopes Trial: John Scopes taught the theory of Evolution• Found guilty and fined

$100 dollars

• Butler Act: Banned teachers from teaching the theory of evolution

Prohibition• 18th Amendment – Banned sale,

manufacture, and consumption of alcohol (Volstead Act)

• Treasury department struggled to enforce• 540,000 Arrests! (People still

didn't’t care)

• Speakeasies – Secret bars• Organized crime rose (Al

Capone)• 21st Amendment Repealed

Prohibition

Culture• Art and literature reflected

Lindberg’s cross-Atlantic flight (Modernism)

• Prosperity provided leisure time: • Sports became more popular

because of radio and TV • Babe Ruth –

• Mass Media – radios, movies, newspapers, magazines

• For the first time ever, a large portion of Americans could listen to the same things and hear the same opinions

“The Sultan of Swat”

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance (Cont.)

Harlem Renaissance Overview

• As you watch the following video, take down some key notes and themes

Harlem Renaissance• Great migration (WWI – the 1920’s) – African

Americans moved North to avoid segregation • Environment of artistic development, racial

pride, a sense of community, and political organization

• Politics: • As numbers increased in the North, so did their

political power in the voting bloc• Legally they battled lynching

Warren Harding (29th President) 1921-1923

• Ran on a campaign for “Normalcy” (Life after war)

• Presidency marked with scandal• Ohio Gang – Betrayed by his

friends • Sold Government jobs, pardons,

and protection from prosecution • Charles Forbes (Head of Veterans

Bureau) sold scarce medical supplies and kept money for himself

• Teapot Dome Scandal • Albert Fall (Secretary of the

Interior) allowed private interests to lease US Navy oil reserves for bribes ($300,000)

• First every cabinet member to go to jail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u2-t6w4HnM

Calvin Coolidge (30th President) 1923-1929

“Silent Cal” • Former Governor of Mass – Famous

for stopping police strikes in 1919• Claimed “He could be silent in 5

different languages” • Got rid of duds in cabinet, but kept

good people • Believed that prosperity rested on

business leaders• Thought the government

should interfere with businesses as little as possible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUkBE-OCHIU