Unit 8 – The 1920’s

Important People, Terms, and Places (know what it is and its significance)

You should be able to write an essay discussing the following:

How isolationism and fear of communism affected United States foreign and domestic policy

The effect fads and new technologies and industries, ( automobiles, radio, movies) had on Americans

How writers of the “Lost Generation” depicted the evils and excesses of American society

How the development of the Harlem Renaissance celebrated a rebirth of African American culture

The ways that America celebrated different heroes such as Linbergh, Ruth, Bobby Jones, etc….

The effect prohibition had on American society

Important Dates to Remember

1919- 18^th Amendment (Prohibition)

1920 – 19^th Amendment ( Woman’s Suffrage)

             Warren G. Harding elected (Return to Normalcy)

             First commercial radio station begins broadcasting

1923 – Teapot Dome Scandal

            Harding dies in office, Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes President

1924 – Immigration Quota Act

1925 – Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby

1927 – Sacco and Vanzetti executed

            First Talkie – The Jazz Singer

            Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight

1929 – Stock Market Crashes