https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2017-02-16 16:00:58 UTC 2025-10-02 11:24:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154362844 Americanism is attachment or allegiance to the traditions, institutions, and ideals of the United States. Three examples of Americanism in the 1920's are nativism , restrictions on immigrants, and the Ku Klux Klan. ]]> 2017-02-16 16:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154362844 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154364948 Al Johnson fought against black discrimination, that's why he paints his face black to mock "white supremacy". The Jazz Singer was a significant film because it was the first "talkie" meaning that the sound was synchronized with the film. It marked the end of silent films. ]]> 2017-02-16 16:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154364948 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154367440 Palmer Raids were attempts by the U.S.D.J to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the U.S. The raids and arrests occurred under Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. 600 immigrants were deported, a majority on the U.S Buford , including leftist leaders, 

]]> 2017-02-16 16:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154367440 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154367786 The Sexual Revolution was a period of society change where an individual's cholthing became more revealing and flashy whereas before they would cover up more and show less skin. The relationship between Sigmund Frued and Margaret Sanger they both emphasized the need to recognize the importance of sexual health.]]> 2017-02-16 16:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154367786 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154369553 They met up (both men and women) in meetings to discuss what they could do to get women rights. They fought for equal wages, expanded education and career opportunities, women's property rights, and marriage reform and temperance.]]> 2017-02-16 16:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154369553 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154620915 The 1920's marked a decade where music boomed and the music industries grew significantly. Jazz music also exacerbated racial tensions post war period. Some of the greatest jazz musicians of the time were Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and Kid Ory.]]> 2017-02-17 15:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154620915 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154632173 The Harlem Renaissance was a period of cultural celebration. The end of slavery didn't promise land and white supremacy was restored in the New South. Many African-Americans moved to the North (The Great Migration) and they bonded with each other resulting in an explosion of cultural pride. The three greatest contributors to this renaissance were Louis Armstrong, Jean Toomer, and Marcus Garvey.]]> 2017-02-17 16:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154632173 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154847702 The Sacco and Vanzetti case in the 1920's is significant because it showed the judicial systems belief of xenophobia. Sacco and Vanzetti two Italian immigrants executed because they were falsely accused of murdering a pay master and security. ]]> 2017-02-20 02:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154847702 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154850716 The KKK occurred during the same time of the beginning of the second phase of post civil-war reconstruction. First branch of the KKK was founded by former Confederate veterans in 1866. They believed other races besides white were inferior and did not belong in America, which was only home to white Christians. ]]> 2017-02-20 03:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154850716 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154862961 The National Origins act cut down the Emergency Quota act from  3% to 2%. This greatly limited the number of immigrants who could move to the U.S. Drastically lowered immigration from 358,000 to 164,000]]> 2017-02-20 05:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154862961 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154873424 Scopes a high school teacher was charged with illegally teaching students the theory of evolution. The butler bill was passed which stated it was unlawful to teach any theory that undermines God. Scopes was found guilty. Later there was a legislative introduction in 15 states to ban teaching evolution. The trial was a symbol of end to the era. It also portrayed the struggle against change, a fight between modernists and traditionalists. ]]> 2017-02-20 07:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154873424 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154876177 First years of prohibition there were less arrests for drunkenness, this validated the campaign to assume American families would be happier. Pre-prohibition saloons now invited flappers. Smuggling liquor from Canada, homebmade, or redistilled from industrial alcohol, held a high price on the black market. Al Capone and George Remus provided alcohol to consumers. Gangs profited from Americans desire for alcohol, and defense their profit by killing competitors. First 2 years of prohibition crippled the justice system.]]> 2017-02-20 08:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/154876177 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155030480 Al Capone started his life as an honest book keeper but when his father died he had a break down, his friend Johnny Torrio offered him a job opportunity in his gambling business down in Chicago. Al Capone moved down there and When Johnny moved to Italy because the police was getting closer to exposing them, Al Capone became the big boss. During prohibition in the 1920's Al Capone built a multi million Chicago operation through bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling. ]]> 2017-02-20 23:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155030480 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155032244 "A man who builds a factory, builds a temple." When Calvin Coolidge said this he meant that an employer needs his employees and the employees need the employer, in other words the boss and workers work together to build their empire gradually but steadily. I predict the relationship between business and government in the 20's will be corroborative. ]]> 2017-02-21 00:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155032244 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155033669 Henry Ford influenced American production by paying his workers the same amount of money that his products were being sold at. This mass consumption allowed him to make profit. Doing so Henry Ford helped create the middle class. Wealthy people in america considered Ford a traitor because he was appealing to the masses and not the rich people. ]]> 2017-02-21 00:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155033669 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155034994 America was enthralled with Lindbergh because he was the first to fly from long island New York to Paris non-stop making Americans feel pride. This gained him national attention and raised American morale. Lindbergh's flight changed the way Americans thought about traveling by airplane. ]]> 2017-02-21 00:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155034994 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155037598 The broadcast is about the WLS show boat, there is some singing explaining the passage of the showboat and the trouble they were having with the waves, and a conversation between the captain and a worker. The radio changed America because it allowed information to go to the public, things like news, sports, and music. This caused growth in the economy. ]]> 2017-02-21 00:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155037598 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155041665 The General strike after WW1 was caused because of labor conflict, it was successful it lead other massive strikes to shut down the nation's steel, coal, and meatpacking industries. Two other strikes from the period are Mutt and Jeff (1920)  and Babbitt (1922)]]> 2017-02-21 01:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155041665 1006519 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155068849 2017-02-21 06:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155068849 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155069518 The "Lost Generation" was a group of cynical writers in the 1920's that moved to Paris and became famous for rejecting the post World War I American values; they got their name because many adolescents had lost hope of America during the time. They were more free-spirited and rejected postwar norms. Many ran off to Europe because they felt as if they had no purpose in returning home after the war. ]]> 2017-02-21 07:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155069518 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155070724 A "return for normalcy" would mean a return to conservative values and a turning away from President Wilson's internationalism.]]> 2017-02-21 07:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155070724 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155071290 Warren G Harding supported high protective tariffs,  taxes were reduced, particularly for corporations and wealthy individuals; and immigration was limited. ]]> 2017-02-21 07:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155071290 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155072379 2017-02-21 07:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155072379 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155074673 One thing that differed was that he wanted businesses to share information with the government which would promote government efficiency. He also aliened voters by increasing taxes.]]> 2017-02-21 07:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155074673 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155075684 The chart shows that at the beginning of the 1920's, the economy was declining but then hit a turning point in 1921. It continued to grow until America hit the 1930's and then our economy went down. ]]> 2017-02-21 07:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155075684 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155076196 This cartoon was published in "The Chicago Daily Tribune" by John T. McCutcheon. His main purpose is to promote how "The Lost Generation" may have seemed ideal but in the end it is not. His main idea was to help bring others to the return to normalcy. ]]> 2017-02-21 07:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155076196 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155079310 Babe Ruth was an American league baseball player and is considered to be the greatest of all time. He played as left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and as a home run outfielder for the New York Yankees. He established many batting and some pitching records. ]]> 2017-02-21 08:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155079310 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155081061 Flappers were a generation of young Western women who whore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and showed their disdain for what was considered acceptable behavior. ]]> 2017-02-21 08:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155081061 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155081882 The song "Ain't Misbehavin" talks about how the singer won't go "misbehaving" and he'll wait for the right individual to come into his life. This shows how in the 1920's many people were reckless and hard many partners before choosing one. He doesn't want temporary, he wants forever. ]]> 2017-02-21 08:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155081882 10064671 https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155092868 "Pleasure was the color of time." - Harold Clurman 
This quotes captures the essence of the 1920's best because this was a time period where society was changing rapidly and was more outspoken. Many lived a "care-free" life and therefore they lived in luxury in "the color of time". ]]> 2017-02-21 09:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/10064671/wb5z1e2kgtu1/wish/155092868