America: The Roaring Twenties by Elizabeth Zagal https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o Daniela Cruz and Elizabeth Zagal en-us 2017-02-16 19:34:53 UTC 2025-10-17 14:21:04 UTC hello@padlet.com "Americanism" 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154443908 Americanism is the idea that native born americans have superior rights to foreign born americans. Examples of this ideology during the 1920s were the integration of the Klu Klux Klan, the Emergency Quota Act and the The National Origins Act.]]> 2017-02-16 19:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154443908 Palmer Raids 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154445502 The Palmer Raids were encouraged by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer hoping it would advance his political ambitions. It was a series of mass arrests and deportation of immigrant radicals.]]> 2017-02-16 19:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154445502 25 Events on a timeline 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154447324 1. Labor union 1920s
2. Jazz is developed in the 1920s
3. The 18th Amendment is passed 1920
4. Senate Rejects League 1920
5. Overproduction of cotton 1920
6. Nineteenth Amendment 1920
7. Emergency Quota Act ends the Open Door policy on immigration 1921
8. Congress passes Fordney-McCumber Tariff 1922
9. Harding Dies1923

10. Adkins v. Children's hospital 1923

11. Harding dies, Coolidge becomes President
12. The KKK is reborn 1924
13. Two women are elected governor 1924
14. Ford motor company 1924
15. The 18th Amendment is passed 1920

16. Scopes Trial 1925

17. School Enrollments 1926
18. First SAT college admissions test given to high school students 1926
19. Chicago Al Capone Turf Wars 1926
20. Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs 1927
21. Amelia Earhart first woman passenger to cross Atlantic 1928

22. Kellog-Briand Pact 1928

23.Herbert Hoover elected President 1929
24. Chicago Mob 1929
25. Black Thursday 1929
]]> 2017-02-16 19:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154447324 The Ku Klux Klan 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154691636 The Klu Klux Klan was a white supremacist organization that emerged in 1866 and it's intention was to resist the establishment of political and economical equality for African Americans . They would use acts of terrorism such as muder lynching, rape etc.]]> 2017-02-17 20:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/154691636 The Scopes Trial 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155133893 The Scopes Trial also know as "The Monkey Trial" was the charge against John Thomas for violating The Butler Act which forbid the teaching of any theory that denied the biblical story of Creationism. He taught the theory of Evolution and was charged for breaking the law. Scopes was found guilty and was punished with a fine of $100. This comes to show how close-minded America was at the time. ]]> 2017-02-21 13:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155133893 Al Capone 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155139355 Al capone was born in 1899 and went on the become the most infamous gangster in American History. He was the Prohibition Era leader of organized crime in Chicago. He was known for his operations in bootlegging, prostitution and gambling. Back then the police force was more lenient.]]> 2017-02-21 13:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155139355 Strike that occurred after WWI 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155143499 This is the Labor Strike that occurred after WWI. Many were working in poor conditions, had income inequality, and low wages for workers.
Other strikes include the Boston Police Strike and the Steel Mill Strike.

]]> 2017-02-21 14:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155143499 Henry Ford 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155143685  Henry Ford revolutionized american industry by creating the Ford Model T which developed the assembly line mode of production. He was seen as a traitor towards his people because of his views towards labor work. ]]> 2017-02-21 14:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155143685 The Sexual Revolution 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155148828 Dr. Sigmund Freud stated that "abstinence [of sex] was both unnatural and potentially harmful." He believed society needed a Sexual Revolution to truly be free. Margaret Sanger took up the cause. ]]> 2017-02-21 14:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155148828 Sacco and Vanzetti Case 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155150106 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian immigrants, who were charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe factory in Braintree, Mass. Their trial lasted from 1920-1927. They had been convicted on circumstantial evidence. Many do believe that they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities. It is significant because many believe they were put on trial because of their political beliefs and ethnic background.]]> 2017-02-21 14:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155150106 This Side of Paradise 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155154935 "This Side of Paradise" was a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Lost Generation refers to those who first have a purpose to live and end up with no hopes or dreams. ]]> 2017-02-21 14:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155154935 Laissez Fair Econmics 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155158313 The idea that the less the government is involved in free market capitalism, the better off business will be]]> 2017-02-21 14:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155158313 Immigration Policies 1920s 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155158831 The National Origins Act of 1924 was a law that restricted immigration by having a system of national quotas that discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and left out Asians. This was a discriminatory act. ]]> 2017-02-21 14:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155158831 Prohibition in America 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155164320 Prohibition in the U.S was nationwide ban on production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. At first there was a decline in arrests for drunkenness and such. Later, those who could afford it smuggled liquor. Criminal organizations profited from the desire of liquor. Overall, the Prohibition failed.]]> 2017-02-21 14:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155164320 Calvin Coolidge 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155169576 When Coolidge says, "A man who builds a factory, builds a temple" he is talking about dignity of labor, and not making a comparison between the workplace and the church. The relationship between business and government would be closer]]> 2017-02-21 15:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155169576 Charles Lindbergh 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155178147 Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris. Many thought it was unsafe to fly a plane but he proved them otherwise. The stocks also went up after this.]]> 2017-02-21 15:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155178147 The Jazz Singer 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155183306 Movies became big business in the 1920s and the industry blossomed and expanded. The Jazz Singer was so significant because films before were silent and this one was not. It is the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound. ]]> 2017-02-21 15:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155183306 National Women's Party 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155185994 The National Women's Party was a group of militant suffragists who went on hunger strikes, had mass pickets and parades to convince the government to give them the right to vote.]]> 2017-02-21 15:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155185994 Harlem Renaissance 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155190223 The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement. It was known as the New Negro movement. The significance of the movement was the spread of African American literature, art, and music.
Some great contributors include: Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Jean Toomer.]]> 2017-02-21 15:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155190223 Warren G. Harding's Presidential Campaign 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155190771 Warren G. Harding's "return to normalcy" campaign meant that he wanted America to return to the way it used to be before WWI. Basically without immigrants and return to conservative values. ]]> 2017-02-21 15:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155190771 HALT 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155192212 High tariffs
Anti union
Laissez faire
Tricle down policies]]> 2017-02-21 15:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155192212 Babe Ruth 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155196023 Babe Ruth was a famous baseball player. He was the first to hit a home run in an All Star game. He is also the first baseball player to hit 60 or more home runs in a season. Many sports were popular at the time but baseball especially. ]]> 2017-02-21 16:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155196023 Popular 1920's song 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155196809 “Ol’ Man River” is from the act Show Boat. The song is a mournful song which is used to comment on the race relations. The song is one of the most legendary musical theater songs in American history.]]> 2017-02-21 16:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155196809 American Economy 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155198480 In America there was gradual progression which lead to fast progression in the 20s hence the name "roaring 20s." However, at the end of the 20s there was a stock market crash which lead to a great depression.]]> 2017-02-21 16:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155198480 Herbert Hoover 1017193 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155283925 He was the 31st president of the U.S who plummeted the country into Great Depression.]]> 2017-02-21 19:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155283925 Political Cartoon 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155300018 This political cartoon demonstrates how Europe only requested loans but once they had to pay back they didn't want to. ]]> 2017-02-21 20:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155300018 1920s Flapper 1006483 https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155300938 Flappers were a generation of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair and listened to jazz. They were more liberal and were viewed as brash for excess drinking and smoking.]]> 2017-02-21 20:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1006483/g90r28o5tm1o/wish/155300938