APUSHUnit7-1920sReturntoNormalcy?

Why did Germany give up?

lacking manpower and

supplies and facing an impending invasion,

Participation in WWI transformed the United States in the 1920s:

The USA was the richest and most developed country
in the world

The roaring 20s

Mass production,
high wages,
new consumer goods
and forms of entertainment

Republican Warren Harding who promised

“return to normalcy”

The U.S. hosted the Washington Naval Conference (1921-22) aimed to

reduce the military strength of all nations

US gave lones to

germany

Germany paid reparations to

Britain and France

GB and France repaid war loans to

The US

The USA joined other world powers in a commitment
to world peace by signing

the Kellogg-Briand Pact

In the 1920s, Republican presidents were elected:

Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover

Republicans kept taxes
low so Americans could

Spend their money

Republican presidents kept government interference
in business to a minimum
to allow

private enterprise
to flourish

Pro-business policies meant

no new progressive reforms

Americans felt confident that reforms had
limited the influence
of

monopolies,
cleaned up cities, and regulated the economy

Pro-business policies and mass production techniques developed during WWI led to aPro-business policies and mass production techniques developed during WWI led to a

industrial revolution in consumer goods

The 1920s led to an era of mass entertainment in

Movies,music, and sports

By 1920, more people lived in 

Cities

By 1920, more people lived in
cities than in rural areas due to the

industrial revolution, mass immigration, and jobs during World War I

Urban society
was characterized by

diversity, consumerism, freedom, entertainment

Rural society was characterized by

 religious fundamentalism, nativism, and tradition

Mass production led to
a huge number of new products:

Cars, electric appliances, new fashions

Companies offered ways for consumers to buy on

credit through monthly installment plans 

The Great Migration

Migration of a concentration of African Americans in northern cities

The Harlem Renaissance was the

 flourishing of black culture

blended
African and European musical traditions into a distinctly “American” style of music

jazz

were popular jazz musicians

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

The most popular author was——-who wrote poems and novels about black pride

LAngston hueghs

Harlem represented the “New Negro”:

 the idea that African Americans should freely express themselves, embrace their culture, and strive for equality

Women’s roles changed in the 1920s

New fashion trends, voting rights, and more leisure time led to an increased sense of freedom

Flappers popularized

new women’s fashions like shorter hemlines, “bobbed” hair, and hats

The “Lost Generation” authors including

T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald rejected
war and criticized 1920 consumerism and conformity

popular sports 

Baseball,boxing, and football

 the biggest sports hero of the 1920s 

Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees

Negro League heroes

Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson

Other sports heroes of the 1920s include:

Red Grange, Gertrude Ederle, Bobby Jones

was so popular, his fights set financial and attendance records in the 1920s

Jack Dempsy

Tin Pan Alley

 produced 90% of the popular music in the 1920s, focusing on ragtime, dance music, and jazz

Irving Berlin

 was the most popular of the ragtime composers of the 1920s

was
the first “talking” picture

The Jazz Singer

Henry Ford’s assembly line made cars affordable; By 1929,

1 of 5 Americans owned a car

Charles Lindbergh

made the first solo flight across the Atlantic and became the biggest celebrity of the 1920s