PPT-1920s

Politics Taxes amp Foreign Policy Analyze the United States rejection of internationalism including postwar disillusionment the Senates refusal to ratify the Versailles Treaty the election of 1920 and the role of the United States in international affairs in the 1920s. By: Amanda . LaFayette. , Madison Chandler and . Rihana. Wilson. Historical Events in the 1920’s. This time was also called the Roaring 20’s because it was a big cultural, industrial, and political growth.. The United States between WWI and the Great Depression . Postwar Adjustments. As a result of WWI, USA was world’s largest CREDITOR nation.. In 1922, European nations owed the US $11.5 BILLION. Britain and mainland Europe were completely destroyed by . The Roaring Twenties. Life Magazine cover page celebrating the 1920s, http://theroaringtwentieshistory.blogspot.ca/p/events-of-twenties.html . The Roaring Twenties. Music. Jazz, fast, happy, fun. Fashion. The 19th Amendment. Several states granted women suffrage in late 19th and early 20th centuries. Constitutional amendment proposed in 1918. Ratified in 1920. Guarantees the right to vote regardless of gender. Intro. One of the great mysteries of the 20th century is how the U.S. economy could have gone from a state of unprecedented prosperity in the 1920s to one of unprecedented failure in the 1930s. In the 1920s jobs were plentiful, the economy was growing, and the standard of living was rising. . As communism swept through Russia, fear that labor unions were influenced by Bolsheviks. “Red Scare” of 1919-20 (1. st. Red Scare). Crusade led by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer against suspected communists. British empire, 1920s. Cecil Rhodes. The Zulu Wars. The death of General Gordon. Empire Marketing Board posters, 1930s. Taking cranial measurements, . c. . 1905. Lord Curzon with an Indian potentate, . Section 1. America Struggles . with Postwar Issues. Nativism. Came out of various worries following WWI. Prejudice against foreign-born people. Evident in immigration quotas, rise of the . Ku Klux Klan. 1919-1929. Chapter Introduction. This chapter will cover the economic boom and government policies of the 1920s. It will discuss changes to American culture that arose from the consumer revolution, new technology, and the Harlem Renaissance. . Introduction. Quote. : “American women were transformed after World War I. They seemed to embody the changes going on in the country itself. The United States went from a young industrial state that was accumulating the capital to build factories and railroads to a world power with a consumer economy that relied on its citizens to keep the boom going by borrowing money and buying homes and cars. Meanwhile, the celibate settlement house worker was replaced as a female prototype by the jazz-crazed flapper dancing the Charleston in a speakeasy. Everything that had anything to do with consumption was in style. That included drinking, smoking, and sex - for women as well as men.” -- 'America's Women, 400 years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines' by Gail Collins. Seeing Red. Seeing Red. Fear of . Russia. ran high even after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, which spawned a communist party in America.. The ". red scare. " of 1919-1920 resulted in a nationwide crusade against those whose Americanism was suspect.  Attorney General . 1.) 18th Amendment. . -- passed in 1919, made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal. Why were people for prohibition?. •. People blame high crime rates on alcohol. •. People believe alcohol is evil. Chapter 20: . The Roaring Twenties. Main Idea:. The United States experienced many social changes during the 1920s.. Chapter 20 . Section . 1: American Life Changes. New Roles for Women. New Opportunities. Reconstruction. Progressive Movement/Party and Populist Party. World War I. The Reconstruction/Civil Rights. Think About It:. What . . has been the lasting impact of the 13. th. , 14. th. , and 15.