1920's
The Roaring Twenties
Table of Contents
Politics ---------------------------------- pg 2
Court Cases --------------------------- pg 3
Scopes Monkey Trail -------------- pg 4
Jazz Age --------------------------------- pg 5
Letter to the Editor ---------------- pg 6
Political Cartoon & Analysis --- pg 7
Nativism
Politics
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the US from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of Harding.
The Kellogg-Briand Peace act was an international agreement made in 1928 in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts.
Court Cases
Scopes Monkey Trail
Jazz Age
Cartoon Analysis
Politics - the cake's candles symbolize bombs blowing up in the Kellogg-Briand Peace act's face. The label of the cake says "The Kellogg-Briand Peace act", yet on each candle is a specific year of war. The irony of this cartoon is the peace act cake was supposed to benefit the nations by getting rid of war, but inn reality it did not change that there were still many wars since the act was signed.