https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb 1920 en-us 2017-02-16 19:34:54 UTC 2024-10-15 09:09:40 UTC hello@padlet.com 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154446585 Americanism is the belief in the loyalty or allegiance to the United States. These beliefs consist of self government, flag, and Bill of Rights. Examples of Americanism in the 1920's involves defending the ideals of Americans, representing what or how Americans should act, and showing the loyalty of being an American]]> 2017-02-16 19:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154446585 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154449047 2 January 1920- Palmer Raids
1920- Jazz was invented
1920- 19th Amendment was passed
1920- Alabama Coal Strike
19 March 1920- United States Senates refuses to join League of Nations
2 November 1920- Harding wins the election
31 May 1921- Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
1922 - Great Railroad Strike
1922- Fordney-McCumber Tariff was passed
1923- President Harding dies and Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president
1 January 1923 - First Model T was invented
1923- first sound on film motion picture was shown
1924- Coolidge wins the election
1924- The Indian Citizenship Act was passed
21 July 1925 - Scopes Trial
1925- KKK march on Washington
1926- Air Commerce Act was passed
20 May 1927 - Lindbergh makes his non stop flight from New York to Paris
1927- The Jazz Singer premiered
1928- Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by 15 nations
1928- Hoover wins the election and is sworn into office
1928- Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly
1929- Boston Police Strike
14 February 1929 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1929- Stock Market collapses]]> 2017-02-16 19:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154449047 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154683713 The Ku Klux Klan was revived by a man named "William Joseph Simmons" after watching the movie "Birth of a Nation" which inspired him to start up the Klan again. Their objective changed from scaring African Americans to terrorizing Catholics and Foreigners. They pledged this under the name of White Supremacy. ]]> 2017-02-17 19:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154683713 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154685218 Scopes Trial was a legal case in which substitute high school teacher, John Thomas Scopes, violated a Tennessee state law by teaching about evolution. Scopes lost the case and was fined $100 but was later overturned. The case showed that creationism was the dominant belief before the 1920s and the repealed showed the transition from creationism to evolutionism.]]> 2017-02-17 19:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154685218 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154690477 Within the quote, "A man who builds a factory, builds a temple" represents the correlation between religion and business to how devote one must be into to reach far. I predict that in the 1920's that business and governments will be in a great relationship as they rely on one another to simulate the nation]]> 2017-02-17 19:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/154690477 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155021122 America was enthralled by Charles Lindbergh as he was the first person to travel non-stop from New York to Paris, by plane, in 33 1/2 hours. His accomplishment paved the way for future aviational development.]]> 2017-02-20 22:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155021122 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155029271 Henry Ford influenced American production by developing the assembly line of mass production. He was considered a "traitor" by his class because he considered his workers as potential consumers and paid them more than the average.]]> 2017-02-20 23:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155029271 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155032428 Al Capone became famous in the 1920s as the boss of the Chicago Outfit, an organized crime gang, and dominated the organized crime scene. He became successful through his Chicago operation of smuggling and bootlegging liquor.]]> 2017-02-21 00:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155032428 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155033860 Prohibition during the 1920s led to an increase of organized crime and gang violence. Gangs during this time started to become more powerful, as they profited from the illegal production and selling of liquor]]> 2017-02-21 00:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155033860 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155044624 The Palmer Raids was an operation in 1919 to 1920, led by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, in which the United States Department of Justice arrested and deported radical leftists.]]> 2017-02-21 01:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155044624 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155045637 The person in the picture is Babe Ruth and he is a famous baseball player. Sports played a major role in society as many Americans are able to pay and watch sports. ]]> 2017-02-21 02:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155045637 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155046705 Flappers were carefree young women during the 1920s. They engaged in night time activities such as going to clubs and partying. They consumed alcohol and smoking became popular among them. Flappers were noticeable for their short hair and dresses that were down to their knees. They also wore high heels and had a lot of make up on.]]> 2017-02-21 02:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155046705 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155047569 The chart shows the GNP per Capita in the United States between 1919 and 1930. The United States have been prosperous during the 1920s. As seen on the chart, the GNP per Capita rises significantly between the years 1921 and 1929, but then there's a drop by the year 1930. The drop at the end signifies the start of the Great Depression.]]> 2017-02-21 02:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155047569 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155049028 2017-02-21 02:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155049028 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155051223 The National Women's Party was a women's organization formed in 1916. Women of this organization believed in equal rights and women;s suffrage and advocated for it. They would hold parades and picket in front of the white house.]]> 2017-02-21 03:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155051223 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155052750 The "Lost Generation" were a group of poets and writers who lived during the Great War. This term came to be when Gertrude Stein overheard a garage call his employee "the lost generation". These writers and poets wrote of decadence, gender roles, and the idealized past.]]> 2017-02-21 03:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155052750 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155054152 This political cartoon was published in the Chicago Tribune on April 29, 1926. The purpose of this political cartoon was to expose to the public the power organized crime has against the law. It shows that organized crime is full of riches and are able to bribe away their crimes.]]> 2017-02-21 03:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155054152 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155054874 The Sacco-Vanzetti Case was a legal case in which Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were tried and convicted of murder. This case was significant as it showed the flaw and prejudice in the American court system.]]> 2017-02-21 03:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155054874 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155056424 Harding's call for "return to normalcy" meant going back to the America before the war. This normalcy that he speaks of is a time in which political and social order was calm.]]> 2017-02-21 04:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155056424 1006929 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155057616 The Harlem Renaissance was a black artistic movement in the 1920s. It was a time in which African Americans expressed their feelings and experiences of injustice. Some artists included Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Countee Cullen.]]> 2017-02-21 04:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155057616 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155075886 2017-02-21 07:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155075886 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155076061 2017-02-21 07:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155076061 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155077792 Right after the war a strike that occurred was the Alabama Coal Strike of 1920 which consisted of the coal miners of Alabama quitting their jobs, roughly 27,000 of miners, in hopes of raising awareness to their poor work conditions and no salary work. It ended by Governor Kirby disbanding the Union with mark its defeat with no success.

Two other strikes during the 1920's after the war were the Great Railroad Strike of 1922 and the Boston Police Strike of 1929.]]> 2017-02-21 08:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155077792 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155079589 The National Origins Act of 1924 involves the United States putting a set of quotas for immigrants coming from Southern and Eastern Europe. It basically limited the number of immigrants getting into the country which then only the 3% of each nationality could enter each year. This change the shape of the nation as it was no longer much diverse. This act was signed by President Coolidge in 1924.]]> 2017-02-21 08:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155079589 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155080933 The Broadcast below is a commercial of the hearing for the presidential election of 1920 as it was being broadcast throughout the nation for the first time. Similarity it was also a test for the listeners to give their input if the broadcast was working or not. The radio changed America as news and information could be relayed across the nation without waiting for newspapers to be printed out. ]]> 2017-02-21 08:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155080933 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155082195 Within the 1920's, motion pictures has become the 2nd best entertainment for the nation. They were second place because motion pictures were just films playing with no sound included. That was until the movie, The Jazz Singer, came out which changed the film industry drastically. The significance of the film was not because of its meaning behind the story, but because the film was the first motion picture to include sounds in the film, hence started an era of sound films and ended silent films. ]]> 2017-02-21 08:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155082195 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155084738 The sexual revolution was a time when women left their social sphere and engaged in a new areas of social roles. This involves them to become more "active" without marriage binding which shocked many people. Though this revolution caused women to express more and become more revealing than before. The relationship between Dr. Sigmund Freud and Margaret Sanger is that his research developed more for sexual engagement for women and research of the safe sex. While Margaret Sanger developed an institution known as planned parenthood which advocated the sexual revolution and provided "safety" for women.]]> 2017-02-21 08:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155084738 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155086495 Jazz was a change within the 1920's as it was seemed to be created to break down the social barriers of the country and its racism. By the music showing the mixture of cultures it created the sense that all people were equal and connected. The three leading Jazz musician of the 1920's were Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and Jelly Roll Morton.]]> 2017-02-21 09:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155086495 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155087148 Harding's conservative economical agenda consisted of improving or helping the economy and pro-businesses. His agenda consisted of cutting down taxes that would affect businesses, provide better tariffs for our nation, and allow less immigration to the country.]]> 2017-02-21 09:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155087148 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155089251 2017-02-21 09:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155089251 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155091206 Herbert Hoover was similar to the previous two presidents because he followed the tradition of the government not interfering with economical affairs. However he was different from the other two since Herbert Hoover denied businesses of seeking government help as to Coolidge and Harding pulled out of economical affairs to help businesses. So Hoover didn't help and the other two did]]> 2017-02-21 09:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155091206 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155101966 This popular song in the 1920 is called "Swanee" sang by Al Jolson which talked about his love and compassion for a lake named "Swanee". He talks about the lakes features and how he would care to visit Swanee one day. This song in the 1920's showed that the decade was more open to different areas of love and compassion for nature and others to which nothing stood between them.]]> 2017-02-21 10:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155101966 1006641 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155102734 “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” -Scott Fitzgerald
This quote truly represents the 1920's, because it talks about the everlasting changes of the people to how blind they were when it comes economically. The quote talks about the two people who are covered with entertainment that changes who they are; which identifies the shift within the American people and exposes to represent the 1920's.]]> 2017-02-21 10:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/155102734 https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/164359251 2017-04-03 14:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1006641/24t1r67vgojb/wish/164359251