1920s and suffrage

1. Prohibition
a. W.C.T.U. Frances Willard
i. Womens Christian Temperance Union
b. Volstead Act
i. Prohibition Bureau
1. Established by the Volstead Act
2. Reinforces prohibition
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c. 18 Amendment 1920
i. It was too hard to enforce and created crime
d. 21st Amendment Repealed prohibition in 1933
e. During prohibition, alcohol demand went up and businesses that
served alcohol saw increased business
2. Woman Suffrage Movement
a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Declaration of Sentiments
i. Made a statement at Seneca Falls, 1848
ii. She said that women should have the right to vote
b. Susan B. Anthony
i. Worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton for womens suffrage
c. Conflict over 14th and 15th Amendments
d. Women involved in
i. Labor Unions
ii. Farmers Alliances
iii. WCTU Prohibition
iv. Progressive Reforms
v. This makes them much more capable for fighting for womens
suffrage
e. Alice Paul
i. Radical fighter for womens suffrage
ii. Picketed the white house during WWI
f. Carrie Chapman Catt
i. Much more conservative in fighting for suffrage
3. Immigration
a. Red Scare 1919 1921
i. Fear rises of socialism in America
ii. Palmer Raids
1. FBI raids against socialists and communists in America
iii. I.W.W. & Socialist Party
1. They disappear due to fears of socialism in America
b. Immigration Act 1921 & 1924
i. As the fear of socialism increases, so does the fear of
immigrants in America
ii. Quota Systems attempts to stop the tide of immigration
1. Regulation for immigration for many decades (until 1965)
c. Mexican Immigration
i. No quotas on immigration from latin america at the time
because labor workers were needed for agricultural ventures
ii. Agricultural expansion in SW
4. Automobiles

a. 1896 Duryea brothers produce a commercially available car

b. Mainly a toy for the rich they were too expensive and most people
worked for so long that they did not have the time to use them
c. 1914 Model T Ford Touring
i. A car for the masses starting in 1908
ii. The assembly line changes manufacturing in the U.S
1. Ford did not invent it, but was the first to utilize it for
manufacturing
2. Workers did not like the monotonous work and Ford had a
hard time keeping workers
3. In order to keep workers, Ford doubled their wages and
gave them an 8 hour day
a. This was criticized by many other big businesses
4. Ford stabilized his work force by doing so and after two
years, doubled his profits
5. Any other companies follow suit and adopt the assembly
line form of manufacturing
iii. Ford kept the prices low and manufactured automobiles so that
they would be accessible for more people
iv. Only one color because it kept the prices down
5. Automobile Culture
a. Auto Industry as Consumer
i. Steel, rubber, glass, petroleum
b. Response from new industries
i. Showrooms, gas stations, repair shops
ii. Motels, roadside diners
1. People could travel much farther with the automobile now
2. They needed places to stop and rest
3. Eventually evolved into fast food restaurants
iii. Advertising billboards
c. Suburban growth expands
i. as popularity of automobile rises
6. First motel in America in San Luis Obispo in 1925