What did the public perceive “Normalcy” to mean?
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AMERICA'S PRESENT NEED IS NOT HEROICS, BUT HEALING; NOT NOSTRUMS [SOLUTIONS], BUT NORMALCY; NOT REVOLUTION, BUT RESTORATION; NOT AGITATION, BUT ADJUSTMENT; NOT SURGERY, BUT SERENITY; NOT THE DRAMATIC, BUT THE DISPASSIONATE; NOT EXPERIMENT, BUT EQUIPOISE [EQUILIBRIUM] ; NOT SUBMERGENCE IN INTERNATIONALITY, BUT SUSTAINMENT IN TRIUMPHANT NATIONALITY.
- WARREN G. HARDING
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WHAT DID THE PUBLIC PERCEIVE “NORMALCY” TO MEAN? Foreign Policy:
Domestic Policy:
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CLASS DISCUSSION: WHAT WOULD A “RETURN TO NORMALCY” MEAN FOR AMERICA AFTER WORLD WAR I?
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AMERICANISMCall it the selfishness of nationality if you will. I think it's an inspiration to patriotic devotion to safeguard America first, to stabilize America first, to prosper America first, to think of America first...Let the internationalist dream, and the Bolshevist destroy... we proclaim Americanism...
-- Warren G. Harding Campaign Speech (1920)
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PARTICIPATION IN WWI TRANSFORMED THE UNITED STATES
IN THE 1920S The US was the
richest and most developed country in the world.
Mass production, high wages, new consumer goods and forms of entertainment labeled the decade the “Roaring Twenties”
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What do these images reveal about
America in the 1920s?
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IN THE 1920S, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY “RETURNED TO NORMAL” BY EMBRACING ISOLATIONISM. The US rejected the Treaty of Versailles and
never joined the League of Nations.
Many citizens felt the US was “duped” into joining WWI and became committed to neutrality.
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HOWEVER, US ISOLATIONISM WAS SELECTIVE BECAUSE THE US DID PLAY A ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS. The US hosted a
naval conference aimed to reduce the military strength of all nations.
The US loaned European nations billions of dollars to help rebuild after WWI – Dawes Plan
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The US joined other world powers in a commitment to world peace by signing the Kellogg-Briand Pact
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REPUBLICANS RETURN TO NORMALCY
Pro-Business Kept taxes low so
Americans could spend their wages
Kept government interference in business to a minimum
Allowed private enterprise to flourish.
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TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL Oil companies bribed government officials for
prime oil leases on government land. Secretary of the Interior: Alfred Fall got over
$300,000 worth of bribes
Teapot Dome, Wyoming
*First cabinet member to go to jail*
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WHAT DOES THIS IMAGE AND QUOTE REVEAL ABOUT AMERICA IN THE
1920S?
“The chief business of the American people
is business.”
-President Calvin Coolidge, 1925
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“COOLIDGE PROSPERITY” Low Taxes Balanced Budgets Robust Economy
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NO NEW PROGRESSIVE REFORMS Americans felt confident that reforms had
Limited the influence of monopolies Cleaned up cities Regulated the economy
As workers’ wages rose and their hours declined, Americans were happy to spend their money.
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THE CULTURE WAR – “NORMALCY” UNDER ATTACK
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THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION
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PALMER RAIDS JANUARY 1920TARGET:“Radical” Immigrants Communists Socialists Anarchists
Thousands ArrestedHundreds Deported
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“WHERE THE BLAME LIES”
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IMMIGRANT ARRIVALS
1921 1925 1928Eastern Europe
138,000
10,000 14,000
Southern Europe
299,000
8,000 22,000
Asia 25,000 4,000 4,000Mexico 31,000 33,000 40,000TOTAL 805,00
0294,000 280,000
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IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONSEmergency Quota Act
(1921)
3%Of people from that country living in the
U.S. in 1910
National Origins Act (1924)
2%Of people from that country living in the
U.S. in 1890
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1920S: CONSUMERISM
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PRO-BUSINESS POLICIES AND MASS PRODUCTION DEVELOPED DURING WWI AND LED TO AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION FOR CONSUMER GOODS. High wages for
workers Cheap products
for Americans to buy
Availability of cheap credit
Decade of SPEND, SPEND, SPEND!!!
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INSTALLMENT BUYING
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HENRY FORD’S AFFORDABLE AUTOMOBILE
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Automobiles transformed AmericaHenry Ford’s assembly line
made cars affordable; By 1929, 1 of 5 Americans owned a car
Car manufacturing became the biggest industry in America
Cars gave people freedom and became a symbol of status
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THE 1920S LED TO AN ERA OF MASS ENTERTAINMENT IN MOVIES, MUSIC, AND SPORTS
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1920S: HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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The Harlem Renaissance was the flourishing of
black culture
Jazz blended African and European musical traditions into a distinctly “American”
style of music
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were
popular jazz musicians
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The most popular author was Langston Hughes, who wrote poems and novels about black pride
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WHAT DO THESE IMAGES REVEAL ABOUT AMERICA IN THE 1920S?
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Women’s roles changed in the 1920sIn 1920, women gained
the right to vote (But, many women
did not vote)
New fashion trends, voting rights, and more leisure time led to an increased
sense of freedom
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THE GREAT MIGRATION 1916-1930 African Americans Leave the South Move to North and Industrial centers
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REASONS FOR MIGRATION
Employment Opportunities
Educational Opportunities
Escape Injustice Escape Lynching
Pull Factors Push Factors
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1920S: SPORTS
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1920S: MOVIES AND RADIO
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“Talking” movies helped grow Hollywood and celebrity movie stars
By 1929, over 100 million people went
to movies each week
“The Jazz Singer” was the first “talking” picture
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New roads, gas stations, and shopping
centers were built
Country Club Plaza, the First
Shopping Center
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Airplanes captured the attention of
Americans in the 1920s
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh made the first trans-Atlantic
solo flight, becoming the biggest celebrity of the 1920s