U.S. History

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U.S. History

• Standard 6 Review

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Standard USHC-6

• The student will demonstrate an understanding
• of the conflict between traditionalism and
• progressivism in the 1920s and the economic
• collapse and the political response to
• the economic crisis in the 1930s.

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USHC-6.1

• Explain the impact of the changes in the 1920s on
  the economy, society, and culture, including the
  expansion of mass production techniques, the
  invention of new home appliances, the
  introduction of the installment plan, the role of
  transportation in changing urban life, the effect
  of radio and movies in creating a national mass
  culture, and the cultural changes exemplified by
  the Harlem Renaissance.

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The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
Mass Production Henry Ford Assembly Line
Transportation Automobile   Aviation made travel easy movement to the Suburbs   Charles Lindberg pilot
New Inventions Household appliances
Installment Buying Buying w/ Credit People purchased things they could not afford
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The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes An outpouring of African American literature, art, and poetry
The Lost Generation Called American cultural values into question F. Scott Fitzgerald/ The Great Gatsby Ernest Hemingway/ Farewell to Arms
Entertainment Radio Movies KDKA  Movies like Birth of a Nation influenced cultural attitudes.
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USHC-6.2

• Explain the causes and effects of the social
  change and conflict between traditional and
  modern culture that took place during the 1920s,
  including the role of women, the Red Scare, the
  resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, immigration
  quotas, Prohibition, and the Scopes trial.

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Red Scare

• Caused by the Rise of Communist Countries in
  Europe
• Palmer Raids arrested alleged communists
• New wave of American nativism

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Resurgence of the KKK

• New hatred focused on the immigrants
• Geographic shift to the Northern States

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Immigration

• Polices limited
• immigration in the
• 1920s
• Asian immigrants were
• banned
• Eastern and Southern
• European immigrants
• were limited

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Role of Women

• Flapperswomen that revolted against the
  Victorian Ideal
• 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote
• Same jobs but less pay than men

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Prohibition

• 18th Amendment prohibited alcohol

Repealed by the 21st Amendment
Temperance movement Leads to the development of
organized crime
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ScopesTrial

• Scopes fined for teaching Evolution
• Religious Fundamentalism
• Evolution is against GOD-secular
•  Called the Monkey Trial
• FACT The phrase, Monkey Trial, was coined by
  H.L. Mencken, a reporter covering the trial for
  the Baltimore Sun.

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USHC-6.3

• Explain the causes and consequences of the Great
  Depression, including the disparities in income
  and wealth distribution the collapse of the farm
  economy and the effects of the Dust Bowl limited
  governmental regulation taxes, investment and
  stock market speculation policies of the federal
  government and the Federal Reserve System and
  the effects of the Depression on the people.

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The Great Depression
Easy Money Policies Overconsumption Stock Market Speculation
During the 1920s, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates low, which encouraged borrowing. Consumers borrowed money to pay for new appliances and other consumer goods, purchasing these items on credit. Since the stock market was doing so well, many people borrowed money to speculate in the market. Borrowing money to invest in stocks is called  buying on the margin.
STOCK MARKET CRASH (1929)
By the late 1920s, consumers had so much debt
that they could no longer pay for expensive
consumer goods, which lowered demand. This
resulted in overproduction, resulting in
decreased profits for companies.
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The Great Depression
Hoovervilles The Dust Bowl Unemployment Banks
Shantytowns were the homeless lived Severe drought in the Midwest 25 of the population was unemployed Banks failed because of the crash and the run on the banks
President Herbert Hoover tried many things, such as increasing tax rates and the tariff, but his efforts failed to bring about recovery. Hoover rejected the idea of Direct Relief (payments from the government to individuals).
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USHC-6.4

• Analyze President Franklin Roosevelts New Deal
  as a response to the economic crisis of the Great
  Depression, including the effectiveness of New
  Deal programs in relieving suffering and
  achieving economic recovery, in protecting the
  rights of women and minorities, and in making
  significant reforms to protect the economy such
  as Social Security and labor laws.

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The New Deal

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Wife Eleanor Roosevelt
• The First 100 Days
• Bank Holiday

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The New Deal
The Three Rs of the New Deal
Relief   Recovery   Reform
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FDRs Alphabet Soup
Agency Issue addressed
AAA approved loans to farmers and paid farmers subsidies to not grow certain crops to keep prices high
FDIC insured bank deposits up to 100,000.00 to prevent people from withdrawing money during panic
NRA passed to bolster industrial prices and prevent U.S. business failures. Also created the Public Works Administration which constructed dams, highways, and bridges
SEC established to regulate the stock market and prevent unfair trading practices
TVA TVA built dams to create jobs and bring cheap electricity to parts of the South
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Second New Deal Legislation
Agency Issue Addressed
NLRB created a board to monitor unfair business practices like firing workers for joining labor unions. Established by the Wagner Act
SSA Created Social Security which established retirement income for workers when they reached 65.
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African Americans and the New Deal

• African American workers were typically the last
  hired and the first fired, leading to black
  workers suffering from a much higher level of
  unemployment (50) than whites (25). Although
  FDR took little official action to combat racial
  discrimination, black voters began to align
  themselves with Roosevelts Democratic Party in
  the 1930s. Before the New Deal, African
  American voters had typically supported the
  Republican Party.

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Women and the New Deal

• Many of the New Deal successes did not address
  labor problems that were faced by women