Chapter 20

America and the Roaring 20s

Chapter 20.1

A Booming Economy

Henry Ford

• A ground breaking move for the auto maker.

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/267145552/the-middle-class-took-off-100-years-ago-thanks-to-henry-ford

The Automobile Drives Prosperity

1. Why did Ford institute this wage?2. Why was Ford having a hard time keeping

workers before this move.3. How did this benefit Ford?4. How did this help expand his market?5. What did it do for the workers?6. Why is this not Henry Ford’s economy

anymore?

The Ford Model T

The Automobile Drives Prosperity

• What did Woodrow Wilson say about cars” -“To the countryman they are the picture of arrogance and wealth.”• How did Ford’s use of Scientific Management

apply to Ford’s production methods? - It helped him create the Assembly Line.

The Automobile Drives Prosperity

• How did the cost of the Model T progress? 1. 1908 = $850 ($22,000) 2. 1916 = $350 ($7,500) 3. 1927 = $290 ($3,640)• Car ownership from 1919 and 1927? - 1919 = 10% - 1927 = 56%

How did it Change America?

• What products were needed to produce cars?• How did it affect other transportation

industries?• Social Life of Americans?

How does the Car affect the Economy?(Upstream) (Core) (Downstream)

The Ford F Series

The Auto Bailout(2008)

• In 2008, President Obama loaned the auto industry $80 billion to keep them from failing

• The government took over GM and Chrysler• Fired the GM CEO• Required Chrysler to merge with Italy’s Fiat• Set new product and emissions standards• Ford did not take bail out money but was

suffering as well

Auto Workers Wages2011

Discuss with your partner

• What were the Top 20 cars based on sales last year?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/01/06/pickups-best-selling-vehicles-2014/21334373/

Stocks, Cities and Suburbs

• What is a bull and a bear market?• How did buying stock on margin work?• What led to the growth of cities and suburbs?

Ch. 20.3

Social and Cultural Trends

Traditionalism and Modernism Clash(Discuss with your partner)

• Where did the new demographic split that divided the nation occur?

• What is the definition of Modernism?• How did education differ from the urban to

rural areas?• How would you define Fundamentalism?

Traditionalism /Modernism(Americans Clash over Evolution

• Who convinced Scopes to challenge the Evolution Law in Tennessee?

• What is the highlight of the case?• In the end, what happened? – Make a note to

refer to extra readings on First Class on this event.

The New KKK

• In what year was the Klan revived? - 1915• At it’s height, how many members did the Klan

have? - 4 – 5 million• In which state was mentioned as a center of

Klan strength? - Indiana

Prohibition and Crime

• What is the difference between the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act?

• What were the results of this legislation?

Al Capone

Chapter 20.3

Social and Cultural Tensions

Chapter 20.4

A New Mass Culture

Reminder

• Remember we did the cross word and looked at advertisements from the time.

• Here are a few other cultural things.

Charlie Chaplin The Kid (1921)

• One of Chaplin’s classics.• Incorporates his classic Tramp character• We will watch this clip and think about these

questions. (“His Morning Promenade”) 6:40 - 1. Is the clip funny? Why or why not? (Think about if you were watching this in 1921) 2. This film is selected for preservation by The National Film Registry. Why is it important to preserve works like this?

Babe Ruth(George Herman Ruth Jr.)

• Considered maybe the greatest slugger of all time.

• When a reporter asked him why he deserved the $80,000 a year contract which was $5,000 more than the President (Hoover) what did he say?

Babe Ruth’s Called Shot

• What is the called shot?• What are these baseball historians saying

about this moment and Babe Ruth?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkEX0eb2eBo