1) What does it mean? What is it referencing? 2) What does it tell us about businesses in the

era we are learning about?

Analyze this Primary Source…

Politics and Economy of 1920s

Teapot Dome Scandal

Isolationism as a policy

Mass Production and Consumerism

Henry Ford and the Model T

What to look for today!!!!

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Most famous scandal of the Harding Admin

Secretary of Interior Albert Fall accepted bribes & allowed private companies to lease govt land

Land had oil reserves

Led to arrests & distrust of govt

Teapot Dome

What was the American policy of Isolationism?

Isolationlism = policy of avoiding world affairs

After WWI many Americans favored staying “isolated”

But….US was a world power now and had too many economic interest with other countries to isolationists

US tries to use peace treaties and arms controls

Turn and Talk – The Kellogg-Briand Pact tried to ban war, saying that it was only justified

in defense. Do you see any problems with this policy? Try to think of a few problems, we

share out in 1 minute

What is consumerism? How did it affect 1920s America?

Americans became focused on acquiring consumer goods

More “disposable income” meant more things to buy (deodorants, perfumes, electric razors, washing machines, vacuums, etc)

Credit becomes popular (debt had been seen as bad) making it easier to buy cars /radios / appliances

Who was Henry Ford? Owner of Ford, he developed

the moving assembly line

Assembly line make production cheaper and faster

Model-T became affordable for Americans and millions were sold

Ford’s methods led to more manufacturers and spurred the growth of steel, oil, rubber and other industries.

Today’s Activity Pick 2 topics from the WORD

WALL the you find interesting and influential to the time period (or need extra help with)

You are going to do one of the following activities associated with your topics: #1 – Create a political cartoon

based on your topics #2 – Pretend you are alive in the

1920s and you are writing a letter home describing life in a northern city (include your 2 topics)

#3 – Use your 2 terms to create an ACROSTIC POEM (when you use each letter to start a sentence to explain the era)

Poster Creation

In your groups create a poster that highlights key elements of each of the following categories:

African American Experience

Red scare New Culture Politics and Economy