1920’s - Key Points
Red Scare (1919-1920): result of Russian Revolution-first anti-communism in US
nativism & KKK strong: immigration quotas limit Europeans, others
rural fundamentalism vs. urban cosmopolitanism: Scopes-Monkey trial, prohibition, reactions to "flapper" culture
growth of consumer society: advertising as American culture?
Ford Model-T’s create a very mobile society
1920’s- Key points (ct.)
prosperous, leisure society allows for more freedom-focus on recreation
dance, music, movies & sports captivate & entertain the American public
cultural heroes: Rudolph Valentino, Aimee Sample McPherson, Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh
significant literary movements: Harlem Renaissance, social satire of Fitzgerald, Hemingway
1920’s - American women
19th amendment (suffrage) finally passed in 1920: rooted in 19th-century movement, progressivism, WWI labor needs
"flapper" culture: emblematic of new attention to appearance, more open sexuality - movie stars as models
feminist movement: led by Alice Paul & Rose Winslow-National Women’s Party: key issue: protective laws
Margaret Sanger & beg. of American Birth Control League
1920’s - Politics
Warren Harding ushers in conservative era: term racked by Teapot- Dome Scandal
isolationism is rule in foreign policy, though sig. treaty is Washington Conference 1922
Kellogg- Briand Treaty - 1928: war outlawed: emblematic western mood of era
tariff, war debts continuing economic issues w/political implications
Calvin Coolidge: "The business of America is business." (Hoover as natural heir in ‘28)