英语国家概况1920s.ppt

America in the 1920s Highs and Lows 19th Amendment Women’s suffrage movement began in 1848, but the 19th Amendment wasn’t passed until 1920. Why? Anti-Suffrage Pamphlet, 1910 A Return to “Normalcy” World War I made America a world power, but was not politically popular back home. Espionage Act of 1917 made anti-war speeches illegal. Election of 1920—Warren G. Harding and the Republican party came to power Political foundation for industrial and economic prosperity A Strange time for Democracy Women received the right to vote. The Espionage Act and “clear and present danger” reduced free speech