Chapter 24 The 1920s.pptVIP

The 1920s Chapter 24 What were we like in 1919? See p.646…conclusion. What had the Great War done? 1. Enhanced reform efforts for a. Prohibition (18th Amendment)_and the Volstead Act b. Women’s Suffrage (19th Amendment) 2. Created atmosphere of intolerance and repression: a. suppressing dissent during the war b. repression of 1. Labor and their unions steelworkers strike of 1919 2. Radicals Red Scare Palmer Raids 3. African-Americans Chicago race riots of 1919 Marcus Garvey 4. Immigrants: case of Sacco and Vanzetti 3. The end of the war caused an economic recession as U.S. industry changed from making war materials back to consumer goods. Agricultural hard times after U.S. farmers had “fed the world” and were now left with fewer markets for their goods, depressed prices for their harvests and extensive debt. 4. Wilson ended his administration a. struggling to get the Treaty of Versailles ratified without changes b. failing health due to the stress of a cross-country speaking tour to gain support for the treaty Presidential election of 1920 Warren G. Harding wins promising a “Return to Normalcy” Republican Government (pp.669-672) From 1921 to 1933 leadership in both houses of Congress and the president was from the Republican Party. Warren G. Harding Intellectual limitations = “I am a man of limited talents from a small town…I don’t seem to grasp that I am President.” Personal weaknesses = gambling illegal alcohol attractive women Gave high cabinet offices to his “buddies” nicknamed “the Ohio Gang” Teapot Dome Scandal involved his Secretary of the Interior Died in 1923 of two heart attacks before the extent of this scandal was revealed Calvin Coolidge New Englander who was honest beyond reproach Dour, silent, puritanical Convinced that the federal government should interfere as little as possible in the life of the nation. Herbert Hoover Hoover becomes president in March of 1929 pr