Thursday, December 18, 2014

Effects of WWI and Roaring '20s

Following WWI, the US went through many changes.

  There were many issues that arose and increased in the aftermath of WWI.  Racial unrest, labor strikes, radicalism, and anti-immigration movements increased and forced government response.  Use of the National Guard to break of strikes and riots, deportation of immigrants and radicals were some of the methods used. 

Be sure to be able to describe the effects of the following:
Great Migration
Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Riots of 1919
Steel Strike
Prohibition (18th Amendment)
Washington Conference
Kellogg-Briand Pact

Election of 1920 - Return to Normalcy
New Industries:
Automobile
Radio
Airlines
Consumer Credit
Mass advertising

Nativism and Immigration:
Sacco-Vanzetti
National Origins Act (Quota System)
Mexican Immigration

Clash of Cultures:
New Woman - "Flapper"
Fundamentalism
Scopes "Monkey Trial"
Prohibition - Video

Pop Culture:
Art and Literature
Movies and Radio shows
Sports
Inventions Video

Harlem Renaissance:
Writers
Music
Theater
 Video - Harlem Renaissance

African American Politics:
NAACP
Black Nationalism
Marcus Garvey
 

 

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