Chapter 24: The New Era 1920-1929
VOCABULARY:
oligopoly; welfare capitalism,
closed shop, installment plan; GNP (gross national
product); speculation; deflation
ID's
Nightly
Readings
Pgs.
627‐632
Pgs.
632‐641
Pgs.
641‐650
Big Business after the war
Proliferation of Automobiles
Access to credit, financial services
"New Lobbying"
Coronado Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers 1922 Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. 1922
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital 1923
Yellow-dog Contracts
Injunctions against labor organizing
The Agricultural Sector
Warren G. Harding (R) Pres. 1920-1923 (death) Harding scandals
Calvin Coolidge (R) Pres. 1923-28 Indian Citizenship Act (Snyder Act) 1924
Sheppard-Towner Act 1921
Advertisement Business
Demographic shift to urban centers African-Amer. Great Migration
Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. (UNIA)
Marcus Garvey
Mexican and Puerto Rican immigration
Development of Suburbs
Changing customs (family size, family/gender roles, social values, etc.)
Revised Ku Klux Klan
Immigrant quotas
Emergency quota act of 1921
National Origins Act of 1924
Religious Fundamentalism
Scopes Trial
Leisure Activities
Harlem Renaissance
Herbert Hoover (R) Pres. 1928-1932 Black Thursday & Black Tuesday
The Great Depression
QUESTIONS
1. To what extent did the 1920’s reflect the values of Big Business? What happened to
Progressive ideas about reform?
2. What was the impact of such innovations as the automobile; advertizing; radio;
movies?
3. How did women’s experiences change during the 1920’s?
4. What evidence do you see of intolerance during this decade?
5. What were the underlying reasons for the crash and depression that gripped the nation
in 1929?