Society, Politics and the Economy of the Roaring

Twenties

Life In Postwar America

American SocietyFear of Communism- Red Scare, Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti

Fear of immigrants- Nativism

Fear of the labor movement and unions-Strikes and worker unrest

Government• Pro-business, Republican

presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge elected

• Corruption in Harding administration- Teapot Dome Scandal

• Another Republican, Herbert Hoover, elected in 1928

• Post-WW I Isolationism• Immigration quotas

Economic Life• “False Sense of Prosperity”• Increased production of

consumer goods• Buying on credit-

Installment Plan• Increased standard of living

and consumer spending

Business and Technology

• Auto industry grows• Airplanes used as

transportation• Use of electricity

spreads• Advertising becoming a

popular way to sell products