| 
  • If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.

  • You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

View
 

1920s History and Socio-Political Climate

Page history last edited by Billy 14 years, 10 months ago

Billy

 

The 1920's, also known as the Roaring Twenties was a time when industry was booming...

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1564.html  (the economy and presidencies during the Roaring Twenties)

 

 http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/asp/periods/9/america/picture_23.jpg

 

The economy of the U.S. after WWI prospered, under the presidencies of Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.

 

However by the end of Hoover's term an economic crisis occurred

 

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/47662/stock_market_crash_of_1929_the_week.html (causes of the Great Depression)

 

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

 

http://symonsez.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/1929crash.jpg

 

Millionaires became poor in a day as the economic stability dropped plummeted toward The Great Depression...

 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

George

 

Brief Background of the Corruption in the 1920’s:

 

The 1920’s was an innovative period in which conservative ideologies were thrown out and people began to experiment. This is most evident in the “flapper” image; women started to dress more loosely and began to engage in behaviors that were considered inappropriate for women. However, the 1920’s is also notable for the widespread corruption that took place. In Fitzgerald’s novel, this is prevalent in characters such as Meyer Wolfsheim, the person who fixed the 1919 World Series.

 

 

During this period, crime rates were off the chart. In fact, the government was corrupt and the law enforcement? Was there even any law during the period? The government actually worked to increase the corruption. The corruption prevalent in the 1920’s took its face in people such as Al Capone, one of the big mobsters during the time.

 

 

Al Capone was infamous for the huge crime organization that he started. He was also famous for a cut that he had on his cheek, and thus was called “scar face.” Capone made million of dollars through his illegal operations. He made his money primarily through shops called “Speak Easies,” which sold illegal at exorbitant prices. Finally, he was arrested for tax evasion. However, people like Al Capone continue to live during the 1920’s. The 1920’s was a great period of the United States, but it was also one of the most corrupt.

 

 

 

 

Sources:

http://bizcovering.com/history/corruption-of-the-1920s/ (Great Source: gives a brief background of the corruption in the 1920s)

http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html (Gives a description on Al Capone)

 

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfgMEiESDc4 (Great video about Al Capone- gives you some facts about what Al Capone did)

 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Richard Kim

The Great Gatsby takes place in the 1920s, right after the WWI. It was also a time of political and social changes. One of the greatest, but forgotten social change was the Women's Suffrage Movement in the 1920s, starting with the 19th Amendment.

 

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa022299.htm

 

This link extensively describes the hardship that women's suffrage leaders faced and some achievements that they made. It's titled "The Long Road to Suffrage" and it starts from the first women's suffrage movement, includes the 19th Amendment, which banned discrimination of genders, and refers to major women leaders, such as Alice Paul and Lucretia Mott.

 

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1900/a/august_26_wed.htm

 

Another website that I found about women's suffrage movement and this one is easy to understand.

 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Hojae Jin

 

 (pic from http://moretimespace.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/no-cars-booze-or-bangsticks/)

 

 

Prohibition was another significant movement in the 1920s, spurred along with the women's suffrage movement.

Because of this prohibition movement and later the passage of the 18th amendment, many bootleggers amassed a large amount of wealth through illegal trade and activities involving alcohol.

 

This link gives a general overview of what exactly prohibition was in the 1920s:

http://www.1920-30.com/prohibition/

 

Also, the link below provides that prohibition in the 1920s was also related to the fact that the American brewers supported the American-German alliance to fight against the temperance movement. And the anti-German feelings enhanced the prohibition, as a result.

 

http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2a.htm

(under the "1913-1933: NATIONAL PROHIBITION -- PROLOGUE AND FINISH" section.)

 

 

 

During and after WWI, "The Lost Generation" writers became popular. The term coined by Gertrude Stein, they were a group of writers that broker away from the traditional American literary style and criticized the apparent disillusionment of the American society. It is notable that F. Scott Fitzgerald was considered one of the most notable "The Lost Generation" writers.

Here is the link with a brief overview of The Lost Generation:

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/departments/hpolscrv/jbolhofer.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harold Loeb, the model for Robert Cohn in The Sun Also Rises, on the left, Hemingway in the center and Hadley on the right.

 

 

 Hemingway on the left, Harold Loeb, Lady Duff Twysden; Hadley, Don Stewart and Pat Guthrie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

both pictures from: http://hemingwaysparis.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

 

Comments (0)

You don't have permission to comment on this page.