1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Labor in the New Era
The employment structure in the new mass production industries reveals a clear demarcation between white- and blue-collar workers. There is less autonomy but more prosperity for white-collar workers. The American Federat..
1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: New Culture, The
The United States continues to grow in the 1920s. More and more homes are being electrified in the 1920s, movies now have sound, the first radio network is formed. The literary achievements of the 1920s, many critics bel..
1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: New Economy, The
The United States becomes the world's creditor nation in the 1920s. It's prosperity and economic standing enhanced by Europe's weakened industrial base at the end of World War I. Technological breakthroughs energize econ..
1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Party Politics
The 1928 presidential candidate for the Democrats, Governor Al Smith, is the first to attract urban working class voters that will be part of the Roosevelt coalition. The Republicans seem to have a secure hold on preside..
1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Religious Fundamentalism
In the 1920s, new scientific discoveries are challenging traditional religious views. One clear example is the Scopes Trial of 1925 over whether or not evolution can be taught public schools.
1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Transition in American Cultural Life
The "Roaring Twenties" are a legendary but often misunderstood period in American history. Its events often recounted as a morality play. It is a time of transition in American culture as changes created by industrializa..
1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Women and Minorities in the Workplace
Half a million African-American workers who migrated from the rural South struggle to retain their positions in the decade of the 1920s. Unions do not attempt to enroll black workers. Although there are black teachers, n..
1924 Immigration Act, The (Part One)
Professor of American studies and history Matthew Frye Jacobson talks about the inspiration Hitler and other prominent Nazis took from American science and the 1924 Immigration Act. "Hitler saw that law as a real inspira..
1924 Immigration Act, The (Part Three)
Professor of American studies and history Matthew Frye Jacobson explains that there was significant opposition to the 1924 Immigration Act, but Franz Boas and others who opposed the legislation were not powerful enough t..
1924 Immigration Act, The (Part Two)
Professor of American studies and history Matthew Frye Jacobson talks about the way politicians used the 1890 Census in order to justify the stipulations of the 1924 Immigration Act and limit the number of "undesirables"..