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1 The ROARING 20s The Jazz Age

2 Cities and Suburbs Due to improved transportation

3 Communication Changes Marconi & Sarnoff Guglliermo Marconi David Sarnoff

4 Electricity brings…

5 Electricity also brings…

6 Life in the South Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying. African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South. African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better employment opportunities. African Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North.

7 The Great Migration North

8 Prohibition What was Prohibition, and how effective was it? Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional amendment (18 th Amendment) that made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages.

9 Results of Prohibition Speakeasies Created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages Bootleggers People who smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime

10 Art, Music and Literature Who are the famous people during this time? What are they famous for?

11 Georgia O-Keefe

12 F. Scott Fitzgerald

13 John Steinbeck a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s

14 George Gershwin & Aaron Copeland

15 Charles Lindbergh

16 Harlem Renaissance

17 Jazz Combination of African rhythms and America music

18 Louis Armstrong

19 Duke Ellington

20 Bessie Smith

21 Jacob Lawrence

22 Langston Hughes Children's Rhymes By what sends the white kids I ain't sent: I know I can't be President. What don't bug them white kids sure bugs me: We know everybody ain't free. Lies written down for white folks ain't for us a-tall: Liberty And Justice-- Huh!--For All?

23 Al Capone

24 President Hoover

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