1920 The Roaring TwentiesI. America At WarA. Going to Battle, Spring of 1917a. “Making the World Safe for Democracy”b. America Declares War April 6, 1917i. The day before the Aztec ship sankii. Felt there was a moral obligationc. Different types of warfare –battlefield tanks, machine guns, chemical weaponry, aircrafd. Commanded by John J. Pershing i. American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) training in France in 1917 B. Brokering Peacea. Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 closes the Eastern front i. By March, Russia was under Communist rule of Leninb. Wilson’s Fourteen Points, January 1918i. IV) self-determination, trade, internal organizationC. Brokering Peace, 1918-19a. Wilson signs armistice on November 11, 1918i. Versailles Treaty signed on June 28, 19181. No one is really happy about this –especially since Wilson blames Germany for the war ii. League of Nations is established1. US Congress does not support 2. Article 10 states that any nation can be pulled into war3. US does not join b. In 1921 a separate terms of peace are signed with Germany i. Progressivism begins to dwindle II. Postwar Economy Roars A. Ford’s Model T a. Fordism: mass production of automobiles, assembly lines; workers are paid higher wages to be able to afford these things b. Consumer credit –installment credit developing from automotive industry B. Electrical appliances, Radios, the movies (GE) a. Mass marketing through the radio, changing consumer culture (generating jobs)i. A Nation of Cities in the 1920s: census declares more people living in thecities than the countryside III. Female LiberationA. The Nineteenth Amendment –Gave women the right to vote B. Margaret Sanger, Birth Control, and the Flappers a. American Birth Control League founded in 1921b. Working class women began going to bars/saloons –drinking, dancing, smoking IV. African-Americans Challenge a Traditional America A. The Great Migration 1910-1920a. 1914 factories because of WWIi. 600,000 leave the SouthB. Harlem Renaissance a. Langston Hughes –Black pride and freedom; focused on history i. Cultural resistance C. African-American Freedom Fightersa. Marcus Garveyi. Garvey founded UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement