HIST 106 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture The Great War War in Europe beginning in 1914 Shaky Alliances the Catalyst for War Developments in Warfare Trench Warfare combined with New Technology Submarine Warfare The Sinking of the Lusitania U S Neutrality June 1914 April 1917 Focus on Progressive Reforms at Home Despite American Imperialism United States still essentially Isolationist Different Reasons for Isolationism Interventionist Minority Preparedness The United States at War April 1917 November 1918 The Zimmerman Telegram the Declaration of War Mobilizing the Home Front Selective Service Act The Committee on Public Information Other New Federal Agencies Volunteerism Progressives at War Paying for the War U S Military Involvement and the Allied Victory An Uneasy Peace Wilson and the Fourteen Points Legacies of the War POLITICS CLASS AND CULTURE IN THE LATE 1910S 1920S I realize this is a long outline We re going to be discussing a lot of different things so I wanted to provide you all as much information as possible on the outline to help you follow along I m hoping to get through the entire first section The Home Front At War and After War We will most likely need to save the section on The Roaring Twenties for next Tuesday I think that even if we need to save that section for next week we ll still be able to get through next week s scheduled lectures The Home Front At War and After War Wartime Civil Liberties and the Red Scare Espionage and Sedition Acts Creation of Bureau of Investigation becomes FBI Eugene V Debs Schenck v United States Movement for 100 Americanism Lynching of Robert Prager American Protective League Repression of Radical Labor Groups The Wobblies The Bolshevik Revolution and the Red Scare Strikes Mail Bombings and Deportation Women Win the Vote National American Woman Suffrage Association National Woman s Party 19th Amendment A Great War for Civil Rights Race Riots African Americans in the Great War The Red Summer Civil Rights Activism Responses Revival of the KKK and Immigration Restrictions The Roaring Twenties The Business of America Changing Republican Ideas The Auto Age New Mass Culture Culture of Consumption Movies Radio Tradition vs Modernity Movements to Reassert Traditional Values Prohibition Christian Fundamentalism Evolution Divisions in the Women s Movement Outline of Current Lecture African Americans in the Great War we did part of this last Thursday The Red Summer Civil Rights Activism Responses Revival of the KKK and Immigration Restrictions The Roaring Twenties The Business of America Changing Republican Ideas The Auto Age New Mass Culture Culture of Consumption Movies Radio Tradition vs Modernity Movements to Reassert Traditional Values Prohibition Christian Fundamentalism Evolution Divisions in the Women s Movement THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION Hoover and Republican Dominance in the 1920s Emphasis on Small Government Periodic Corruption Scandals The Great Humanitarian Hoover and Humanitarian Aid Government Works for Business Crash and Crisis Hoover s Response Who Did He Blame What Did He Do What Did He Not Do Depression and Desperation National Trends Impact on Families Resistance Revolution Current Lecture POLITICS CLASS AND CULTURE IN THE LATE 1910S 1920S i African Americans in the Great War we did part of this last Thursday 1 Harlem Hell Fighters spent most time of any regiment among a foreign army a Were not allowed to participate in a farewell parade due to color b But upon return they got their own coming home celebration ii The Red Summer 1 Summer of 1919 2 Many race riots went on during this time 3 Named red after all the blood shed 4 Du Bois changes attitude We return from fighting We return fighting iii Civil Rights Activism 1 NAACP focuses campaign against lynching a Secret weapon Walter White light skinned blue eyed African American i Could go undercover in the south and provide eye witness accounts of racism which could be publicized ii Could hear about impending attacks on blacks and could warn others to leave b Marcus Garvey The universal Negro Improvement Association i Built mass movement that stressed cooperation among black communities among the US Caribbean and Africa iv Responses Revival of the KKK and Immigration Restrictions 1 KKK a Started off small but in 1922 Hirm Evans becomes imperial wizard of clan and transforms Klan b Recruits and hires professional fundraisers c Main goal still white supremacy but list of enemies had expanded to all nonwhites Jews and especially Catholics d By 1924 had over 3 million followers e 1925 head dragon in Indiana was convicted of man slaughter losing Klan popularity 2 Immigration Restrictions a Immigration act of 1921 cut immigration to 1 3 of average number b Only 3 of a countries population would be allowed in c 1924 Johnson Reed Act lowered immigration number again and cut down the quota to only 2 i Excluded any aliens that were ineligible for citizenship Asians d Reflected US desire to be a white Anglo Saxon protestant country 2 The Roaring Twenties a The Business of America i Changing Republican Ideas 1 ii The Auto Age 1 Made 85 of worlds passenger cars 2 Most productive industry 3 More than 30 million cars on road by 30s and half of Americans owned them 4 Overtook all other industries 5 Boosted real estate and construction 6 Small business repair shops gas station etc profited 7 Lead to consumer consumption 8 1913 13 hours to make car 9 1925 10 seconds 10 Henry Ford 1 Shocks world with new wage scale a Reduced turn over b Boosted efficiency 11 Price drops several hundred dollars 12 General motors designs new payment system installment plan a Make a down payment then pay off rest of car through installment 13 Debt was still looked down upon so ads are produced to encourage debt as a good thing and change image b New Mass Culture i Culture of Consumption 1 Time period based on buying things 2 Most things bought on credit a Most went into debt b Practice became widely acceptable ii Movies Radio 1 Produced commercials to encourage consumption 2 Studios expand from short films to longer and more expensive films a Silent films replaced by talkies 3 New studios based on industrialization a Shifted from art to business 4 Radio broadcasting a Radios produced in growing number b Stations popped up all over country c 60 of families purchased radios c Tradition vs Modernity i Movements to Reassert Traditional Values a Many worried changes were