The Roaring 1920's
December 1929
By: Kyle Smith, Sam Fitzgerald, Oliver Labudovic, Dillian Perry
Cover Page
Table of Content
page 2- table of content
page 3- nativism
page 4- politics
page 5- court cases
page 6- scopes monkey trial
page 7- innovators & cultures
page 8- letter to editor
page 9- political cartoon
page 10- bibliography
Nativism
American Nativism
Page Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
During the gold rush and building of the first continental railroad, many Asian immigrants came to america for jobs and a better living. Americans feared that they would lose their jobs to the immigrants and they would overpopulate the west. The government created the act to stop or prevent most of the immigrants from coming to america.
Immigration quota
The government passes a immigration restriction, for the first time creating a quota for European immigration to the United States. It was targeted at immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, the act sharply curtails the quota for those areas while retaining a generous allowance for migrants from Northern and Western Europe.it limited the amount of Americans coming into the United States.
kkk
Founded in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan or KKK extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a for white southern resistance to the Republican Party attempted to establishing equality for blacks.
Politics
Warren G. Harding
Teapot Dome Scandal
Kellogg Briand Pact
Political Cartoon
Political cartoons were designed to express the publisher's opinion on politics. These cartoons were drawn to shown major events that are going on in the world.
Court Casses
Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Sacco & Vanzetti
Schenck vs. United States
Scopes Monkey Trial
John Scopes
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
The Outcome of the Trials
Innovations & Culture
Henry Ford
Aviation
Farmers
Letter to the Editor
Dear Author,
Political Cartoon Analysis
Bibliography
http://www.dhahranbritish.com/history/A9_Farming20s.htm
http://www.1920-30.com/aviation/
http://americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/prosperity/text1/politicalcartoons.pdf
http://americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/theage/text3/text3.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial
http://www.history.com/topics/henry-ford
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/p_darrow.html