Today in class, we finished the 1920s documentary we started in class yesterday. After people began to see the radical changes in the young people in the 1920s, there was a huge surge in membership in the KKK. This new KKK was more focused on the greatness of the WASP American rather than the immigrants who were coming to the US rather than focusing on terrorizing black people. This burst in membership soon died down, but the KKK were able to take control of seven states, including Oregon and Indiana, states that aren't in the south.
Later in the 1920s, an American by the name of Charles Lindbergh became the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. His achievement was a major boost to the American people and their desire to be a competitor to the European countries. Charles Lindbergh was also appreciated warmly by people because he was just another average man who had managed to achieve an unworldly goal at the time.
After this, Americans had a great view of themselves, and the president at the time, Mr Hoover, said that the Americans had reached a point of magnificent wealth and would continue to grow as time went on. This prediction, however, ended quite oppositely as the end of the 1920s lead into an economic depression.
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