Homework Check8-1 Mosaic

Warm-Up

8-1The Roaring Twenties

1919-1929

Why was their anti-immigrant feelings in the 1920’s?

How did Americans’ lives change in the 1920’s?

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

Lesson Objectives

WWI is over - but life is not like it was

before

Harding Takes Office

“A RETURN TO NORMALCY”

• Return to the normal way of doing things – like it was before the war!• Nostalgic mood

Russian Revolution (from last chapter) – new government was headed by communists People who support a state-

run economy

Red Scare - Fear that communists would try to take over the United States

Many believed that immigrants were anarchists (rebelled against any form of government) and communists = anti-immigrant feelings

The Red Scare

Red Scare ContinuedAnti immigrant feelings to blames?

• Sacco & Vanzetti Case - 2 anarchists on trial for robbery and murder. Many believed conviction was because of who they were.

Congress tightened immigration policies.• Quotas – were passed to favor

northern and western European immigrants• Ended all immigration from Japan• Limited immigrants from Mexico

• “Roaring” Twenties – refers to economy

• Consumers – (people who buy goods) wanted more things to buy.

• Mass Production – (making of large amounts of goods by machine) made this happen

• Assembly lines – (mass production steps) made it cheaper to make the goods

Consumer Economy

Henry Ford – assembly line – automobiles Ford Model T - $950 dropped to $300 Affordable to middle class People moved out of cities to suburbs

Advertising became common Radio (shows brought commercials into homes,

offices and stores). Ads sang the praises of multiple products.

Consumer Economy continued

Installment credit - some $ upfront and paid the rest over time with interest. In the end you pay more for the product

Harlem Renaissance• As a result of the Great Migration – Harlem

was home to thousands of African Americans.• Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance

began – the period in which African American literature, art and music flourished.• Pride in heritage• racism

• Quickly spread to white audiences• Jazz grew out of blues and ragtime in New

Orleans

Choose a consumer good to sell and create a 1 minute radio ad for the product.

5 lines, what is the product, why should they buy it. Include how it should be purchased.

Radio Refrigerator Phonograph Vacuum Cleaner Automobile Flapper Dress Saxophone (or other jazz instrument) Movie Tickets

10 Minute Write