https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8 By Hannah McGee and Angela Weigl en-us 2018-10-26 16:27:41 UTC 2018-10-29 16:28:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298089779 President Harding's administration worked to restore the country to its former social and economic state before the Great War. Both strongly believed in preserving the nation's prosperity through taking an isolationist standpoint regarding international affairs, and working to reform economic and social aspects of the nation domestically. ]]> 2018-10-29 15:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298089779 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298090948 Throughout the 1920's, reforms to better the conditions of the working labor class, specifically in Northern urban areas, were abundant. Workers fought to sustain better working conditions through shorter work days and higher wages. This small revolution created the modern middle class in economic society. With more disposable income to be spent on items to better their quality of life, workers were able to form a new class of society that continued to grow and prosper throughout the decade. ]]> 2018-10-29 15:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298090948 hannahm109 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298091841 "America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration."- Warren Harding ]]> 2018-10-29 15:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298091841 hannahm109 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298092169 2018-10-29 15:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298092169 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298095751 Throughout the 20's, new inventions and household accessories revolutionized the way consumers lived their everyday lives. Whether it be improving the efficiency of small tasks with items like the hair dryer and toaster or revolutionizing the way people used transport, the 20's were a decade filled with advancements to society. Two of the most significant inventions of the 20's were the radio and automobile. Cars improved the economy through the way in which they opened job opportunities geographically to larger areas of people, and they opened up new worlds to consumers formerly isolated in their home towns or cities. The radio expanded communication across the entire nation and unified the country through its many stations. Both of these items had significant roles in shaping the consumer culture of the 20's, and are still around today. ]]> 2018-10-29 15:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298095751 hannahm109 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298099239 “I will build a car for the great multitude... It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one.”

]]> 2018-10-29 15:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298099239 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298100971 Along with the female population's growing influence in politics, many women tested gender roles and broke boundaries of society. These women, referred to as "flappers" or "vamps", broke status quo through simple protests like their outfits, hair, makeup, or dancing style. ]]> 2018-10-29 15:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298100971 hannahm109 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298101761 Women won the right to vote in elections in 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution. Beyond giving them more political power, the right to vote gave women a sense of independence and self worth that was previously absent. ]]> 2018-10-29 15:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298101761 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298103631 2018-10-29 16:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298103631 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298104960 2018-10-29 16:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298104960 hannahm109 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298106281 Although the KKK was founded in 1915, it started picking up momentum in the '20s. The Klan was all over the nation, not just in the south. They wanted to keep America "All American". They constantly reminded Catholics and Jews that they were not American. The Klan enforced their power through acts of intimidation and violent crimes like lynching. Politically, men in power often were members of the Klan in certain regions or used the Klan to gain influence. ]]> 2018-10-29 16:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298106281 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298106465 2018-10-29 16:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298106465 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298109484 In 1921, two Italian, anarchist immigrants, Sacco and Vanzetti, were believed to be falsely accused for the robbing and killing of two bank employees in Massachusetts. These men were sentenced to death with little justifiable evidence, which promoted the anti-immigrant belief that was spreading throughout the nation, and enraged supporters of equal immigrant rights. ]]> 2018-10-29 16:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298109484 hannahm109 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298110065 In the 1920's, teaching the theory of evolution was illegal in the state of Tennessee. John T Scopes, a high school teacher, was accused of breaking this law. This trial was a strong example of the ongoing debate between religion and science in society. ]]> 2018-10-29 16:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298110065 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298112970 Throughout the 20's African American populations had their own role in shaping the way society accepted and viewed their culture. In Harlem, New York, the art of jazz music and many other cultural innovations were created and widely popularized by legends like Duke Ellington and Louie Armstrong. Organizations like the NAACP worked to improve conditions for African Americans politically through the court system. ]]> 2018-10-29 16:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298112970 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298118223 2018-10-29 16:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298118223 angelaw117 https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298118769 With the passage of the 18th amendment, the sale and consumption of alcohol was made illegal across the United States. While this was a federal law, the general disregard the public had towards this amendment was shocking. Bars where people would gather to party and alcohol would be illegally consumed known as speakeasies became an urban phenomenon found in almost all cities of the 20's. ]]> 2018-10-29 16:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahm109/6aoup1ngjuj8/wish/298118769