American Society in the 1920s

I. Economic Problems in 1920s America

A. Postwar Depression
B. Labor Problems

II. Social Problems in 1920s America

A. The Red Scare
B. Nativism

1. Riots, Lynchings
2. Anti-Immigration Laws
3. Ku Klux Klan

III. Cultural Developments in 1920s America

A. Harlem Renaissance

IV. Organized Crime in the 1920s

A. Old World Roots and Uses in America
B. Working the "Gray Areas"
C. Move from New York to Chicago
D. Meet Alphonse "Scar Face" Capone
E. St. Valentine's Day Massacre
F. Capture by the FBI

Terms:
Sacco & Vanzetti
Emergency Immigration Act
Johnson Act
Bugs Moran
J. Edgar Hoover
Elliot Ness