American Hist #1

29th President (1921-1923).  Born in Ohio.  Republican.  Tea Pot scandal during his presidency

A. Fall, secretary of Interior, took bribes for granting oil leases near Teapot Dome, Wy.  Attorney General Henry Daugherty also took bribes for not prosecuting certain criminal suspects.

30th President.  Followed Harding after Harding's death.  Was a man of few words.  Coolidge won re-election.

1914 Ford perfected production of cars through the use of faster productivity.  Workers stayed in the same place and did the same task over and over, rather than moving around.

Businesses keep all jobs open to non-union workers

Companies voluntarily offered improved benefits and higher wages as a way to keep unions out.

A unique form of music developed by African Americans.  Youth in the north embraced the music as a form of rebellion.

a social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts

took a historical and critical view of certain passages of the bible and believed that they could accept Darwin's theory of evolution without abandoning their religious beliefs

Protestant preachers in rural areas insisted every word in bible is true.  Key point:  bible version of creation is correct.

Preached a fundamentalists message but made use of mass communication, the radio

Scopes was a teacher who was persuaded by the American Civil Liberties to teach Darwinism in school even though it was against the law.  This went to trial.

the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following WW1: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.

New architectural movement whose doctrine is that the design of an object should be determined solely by its function, rather than by aesthetic considerations, and that anything practically designed will be inherently beautiful.

An African-American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s, centered in Harlem, that celebrated black traditions, the black voice, and black ways of life.

The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States.

Congress passed 2 laws that severely limited immigration based on nationality.  1) 1921 - limited immigration to 3%  2) 1924 - limited immigration to 2% based on census

Extreme expression of nativism.  The new Klan founded in 1915 was equally strong in both the east and the south.  Used modern advertising to get members primarily lower middle class white protestants.

1920's presidents tried to scale back arms growth and promote peace through a series of treaties.

Sec of State Hughes had talks of naval disarmament hoping to stabilize the navy and resolve conflicts in Pacific.  Results of discussions are:  5 Power Treaty, 4 Power Treaty, and 9 Power Treaty

Women took the lead in peace movement. Greatest success was Kellogg-Briand Treaty in which almost all nations signed.  Treaty renounced aggressive use of force to achieve national ends.