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(normalcy) a … of progressive reforms
rejection
(normalcy) a retreat from …
world affairs
(normalcy) laissez fair economics: government follows a “…” policy; the … determines things
hands off; free market
(election of 1920) woodrow wilson is …., served .. terms, disabled by …
done; two; massive stroke
(election of 1920) james cox: ohio …, continue …, promote …
governor; wilson’s progressive policies; league of nations
(election of 1920) warren g.
harding
(election of 1920) results … as well
slide
(harding’s economic policies) cut federal spending: 1918- … billion; 1925: … billion
$25; $3
(harding’s economic policies) cut regulations: the rules that …
business must follow
(harding’s economic policies) hiked tariffs, the goal of which is to
protect american industry
(president harding)was a … man; but not esp. … or …
likable; intelligent; detail-oriented
(president harding) relied on .. and … from Ohio
friends; advisors
(president harding) relying on friends and advisors from ohio: appointed to .. positions and heads of …
cabinet; departments
(president harding) harding hung out and played … with many of these ohio men and they were known as the “…”
cards; ohio gang
charles forbes- dept. of ….; wasted …. and bought …
veteran affairs; hundreds of millions $; 100 years worth of floor cleaner for $70,000
forbes neglected …, approved claims for … while … had been wounded and failed to provided promised …
veterans; 47,000; 300,000; vocational training
harry daugherty was … and accepted …
attorney general; bribes from criminals
(teapot dome scandal)… in California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming were dedicated to the … as a ..
oil fields; Navy; reserve
(teapot dome scandal) secretary of interior … arranged to have these oil fields transferred from …
albert fall; navy to his department
(teapot dome scandal) fall leased the oil fields to
private companies in exchange for bribes
(harding’s role) harding not directly … or knew … of any scandals but knew his friends were up to no good; woories kept him “…”
involved; details; walking the floor at night
stress of … too much for harding; he had a … and died on …
office; heart attack; august 2, 1923
scandals went … after harding’s …
public; death
vice-president .. takes over
calvin coolidge
coolidge was .., …, and … and he trusted …
quiet; honest; frugal; business
coolidge believed government was no place for …., but he was no friend of …
tricksters; progressivism
coolidge was president from … to …
1923; 1928
(coolidge’s economic policies) created a … economy; reduced …; cut .. and … and reduced national …
pro-business; federal spending; taxes; regulations; debt
the nation’s debt was owed from
ww1
results of coolidge’s presidency was six years of
economic boom
farmers suffered from
falling prices after war
factory workers; wages didnt … and conditions were ..
rise much; still poor
african-americans continued to suffer … esp. in the …
discrimination; south
african-americans suffered …, … and ..
economically; politicaly; socially
coolidge didn’t believe it was the government’s job to fix
african americans’ problems
nations of the world scarred by … and … of ww1
death; horror
“…” was the common theme
never again
created international organizations to
settle disputes without war
league of nations was … by us
rejected
world court created to make judgments in ….
international disputes voluntarily submitted by nations
the world court was … by US
rejected
washington naval conference: 1921-22; …., …., and … diplomats met to prevent a
american; european; japanese; naval arms race
washington naval conference: limited size of … and established … for the size …
ships; ratios; navy each nation could have
kellogg-briand pact 1928: … nations (including U.S) signed a pact that outlawed … as a ….–> ultimately …
62; war; national policy; unsuccessful
(foreign policy) u.s. tried to avoid … and … by following a policy of …
war; foreign entanglements; isolationism
isolationism is a policy of …
withdrawing as much as possible from foreign affairs
u.s. only got involved when
necessary or easy
the roaring twenties was the decade when
modern american society was born
roaring tweenties brought about modern
technology, culture, economy, landscape
henry ford did not invent … or …/…
car; mass production/assembly line
ford revolutionized …, perfected …, made cars …, and changed …
production; assembly line; inexpensive; america
mass production: rapid manufacture of
identical items in large quantities
ford studied how … and … were made through mass production
typewriters; sewing machines
scientific management: experts review every step in production to reduce
time, effort, and expense
as a contribution to scientific management, ford studied
meat plants in Chicago
ford combined … and … to …
mass production; scientific management; assembly line
assembly line is an arrangement of .. and … in whcih work passes from operation to operation in a … until the …
workers; equipment; direct line; product is finished
ford began making cars in
1908
within two years, production of a Model T car went from … to ..
12hrs; 90 min
(model T) cost: 1908-…, 1927-….
$850; $290
(model T) availability: 1919-… of americans owned one; 1927- … of americans owned one
10%; 56%
(ford’s workers) in 1914: raised worker pay from … a day to … a day
$2.35; $5.00
(ford’s workers) in 1914: reduced workday from … to …
9 hrs; 8 hrs
(ford’s workers) in 1914: gave workers … off
saturday/sunday off
(ford’s workers) in 1914: most workers word .. or … days a week
6; 7
(ford’s workers) ford’s purpose for bettering conditions was to have …, … employees and they would be beter workers if they are …
better; hard-working; rested
things that are around because of the automobile
paved roads; stoplights; gas stations; parking lots; drivethroughs; highways; bridges/tunnels; suburbs; malls; car part stores/washes; motels
(impact of the automobile) economic …
boom
(impact of the automobile) auto industry and … industries expand:
steel; glass; rubber; asphalt; oil; service stations
(impact of the automobile) migration from … to … began
cities; suburbs
(impact of the automobile) .. change: americans had a new sense of … and …; affected how we .. and …
cultural; freedom; mobility; work; play
(consumer revolution) a flood of .. and … products became available
new; affordable
(consumer revolution) many new items possible due to
spread of electricity
(consumer revolution) new innovations:
washing machines; refrigerators; vacuums; radios; irons
(consumer revolution) growth of advertising: did not focus on … instead focused on “…”
people’s needs; desires and fears
(consumer revolution) forms of advertising: print … in … and …; and … advertising as well as
ads; magazines; newspapers; radio; billboards
installment plan: purchase of goods for a …. the balance is paid … with regular …
small down payment; overtime; monthly payments
U.S. cities continued to
grow
(1920) for the first time in US history, more people lived in
cities than in rural areas
technological advances with … allowed for … to be constructed
steel beams; enormous buildings
.. served as symbols of American … and …
skyscrapers; prosperity; economic power;
chrysler building in 1928 remained the … for some time
largest building in the world
chrysler building was eclipsed by … in 1931
empire state building
chrysler building was able to be built under … and ahead of … despite …
budget; schedule; depression
(charles lindbergh) 1st man to
fly the atlantic solo, non0stop
(charles lindbergh) flew from … to … for .. hours in May 1927
new york; paris; 33.5
(charles lindbergh) sparked interest in … and accelerated …
aviation; development of early airlines
babe ruth: NY .., …
Yankees; home run hitter
jack dempsey: … champ (1919-26); first … gate
heavyweight boxing; $1 million
before 1920s, women expected to center their lives around
home and family
after 1920, some (not all) women began to feel they had the same
political and social rights as men
women got the right to vote in
1920
some women fully embraced this attitude and felt
“liberated” from past norms
flappers- young women who
defied traditional rules of behavior and dress
examples of u.s. getting involved only when necessary or easy:
washington naval conference; kellogg briand pact; dawes plan (& financial advantages)
(flapper- new behavior) … and … styles; … and … in public; … whom they wanted
dress; hair; smoked; drank; dated
not all women became ..
“rebels”
many women continued to follow … and some adopted some parts of “…”
tradition; flapper-style
the “…” persisted (stereotypes and crap) still a “man’s world” for …
double-standard; jobs/education
many americans felt … after WW1
disillusioned
… and … hugely impacted younger generation
war experience; death
the .. generation
lost
(dawes plan) germany was going to .. on their …
default; loans
(dawes plan) america … to Germany to help …
lends money; pay British and French
(dawes plan) this is an effort to
avoid conflict
lost generation: american … of the 1920s who lost faith in … and …; books searched for
authors; traditional beliefs; values; new meaning
the lost generation consisted of (example works and people):
the great gatsby: fitzgerald; hemingway- a farewell to arms; sinclair lewis- main street
art deco: a … yet … art style that refelcted the …
lavish; modern; mood of the 1920s
art deco was … into the late …
popular; 1920s
characteristics of art deco:
linear and angular; decorative; symmetry; eclectic (varied) styles