1. The Roaring 1920’s The Jazz Age

2. Political Issues
Part I

3. The Jazz Age Between 1920-21, there was a brief depression.
However, the golden twenties changed the outlook of the American people.
Large corporations grew and there was a rise of big business
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4. Radicals and Bombs
Americans Communists were linked with radicals , socialists and anarchists.
American-born and upper class like Russian art and literature
They advocated freedom of expression
They advocated birth control
They promoted political freedom
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5. Radicals and Bombs
The Communist Party wanted to overthrow capitalism by mass strikes and education.
The Communist Labor Party wanted political action and rule the working class.
They bombed public buildings, political offices and homes
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6. The Red Scare
Attorney General Palmer led the raids against anyone who was communist.
249 people were sent back to Russia.
Anti-Immigration Laws were established against many people of Italian and Slavic descent
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7. The red Scare
Protest March
Attorney General Palmer

8. The Red Scare
The Johnson Act limit the amount of people into the country from Eastern and southern Europe
The American Civil Liberties Union was created in 1920 to help with rights of minorities who’s rights were being violated.
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9. American Civil Liberties Union
They created this organization because of Red Scare and anti- immigration laws.
Attorney General Palmer led the raids on the potential Reds.
They protected civil liberties.
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10. Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti & Nicola Sacco were convicted for robbery and murder of a paymaster and a guard.
Both were Italian Immigrants and active anarchists.
They were sentenced to death.

11. The Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
Red Scare and Anti- Immigration Laws affect the court case of The People of Massachusetts v. Sacco and Vanzetti
This case represented the intolerance in America
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12. Prohibition- (18th Amendment)
increase of corruption by bootleggers, gangsters and politicians
disrespect for the law
Volstead Act- law that enforced the 18th amendment. prohibition)
People spent their time in speakeasies.
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13. Scopes Trial- The Monkey Trial
Religion vs. Science
Use of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution
Origin of species, man evolved from apes
Religious leaders stated that God created man
1924, John T. Scopes, a science teacher taught the theory of evolution
Clarence Darrow, questioned William Jennings Bryan.
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14. THE SCOPES TRIAL Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, 1925
John T. Scopes

15. Economic Issues
Part II

16. The Depression After World War I, there was an economy downturn.
Returning soldiers couldn’t find work.
People were buying too many goods on credit
Agriculture couldn’t compete with mass production.
Value of stock fell and profit and production dropped
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17. The Depression
African-Americans coming from the South who were escaping the Jim Crow Laws couldn’t find work either.
Immigrants and left-leaning political activists were targeted and couldn’t get jobs.
Women couldn’t find work.
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18. Flaws in business boom coal mines are failing
agriculture couldn’t compete with mass production of goods
people were buying too many goods on credit
Railroads were in competition with other types of transportation
get quick schemes like buying real estate and stock on credit
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19. Creation of new products that affected how people lived
Electricity made life easier for women because of the creation of refrigerators and washing machines.
Radio began to broadcast in Nov. of 1920.
People could afford the radio.
Radio united the United States because could hear the same news and sporting events
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20. Creation of new products that affected how people lived
interchangeable parts made it easy for assembly lines
mass production of food and clothes in factories
powerful assembly lines

21. Creation of new products that affected how people lived
automobiles like the Model T (known as Tin Lizzie)by Henry Ford
It allowed people to more mobile.
It standardize how Americans lived
Buses moved students to one location rather than being isolated in the rural areas.

22. The effects of prosperity
The new products brought great prosperity for the American people.
Great prosperity also brought great social tension. (The have and have nots)
Large companies swallowed small businesses.
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23. Class Assignment Page 1: Create a Mosaic Page 3: Summary
1o words and ten illustration inside the main drawing
Page 3: Summary
Paragraph 1: explain the political issues of the 1920’s
Paragraph 2: explain the economic issues of the 1920’s
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24. Social Issues
Part III

25. A SENSE OF REBELLION IN SOCIETY
protest against conformity, culture and values
Jazz was created as a form of rebellion of music
Harlem Renaissance -culture explosion by the Blacks.
Flappers- women expressing their freedom
young people felt out of place- called the lost generation
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26. Flappers-
With the approval of the 19th Amendment, women felt liberated.
They felt economically independent
new political freedom women
Women had fewer children because of family planning
More women were working outside the home
Women were attending college.
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27. FLAPPERS

28. THE 19TH AMENDMENT Women were allowed to vote
Women felt more independent to exercise their political power

29. Rising Influence of Discrimination
Racial discrimination against minorities was heighten after World War I
Many African-Americans were lynched.
Japanese were barred from jobs
Rise of the Klu Klux Klan, led by Hiram Wesley Evans.
In 1924, 40,000 Klansmen gathered in Washington Dc
Racial riots occurred throughout the country.
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30. 1924 March in DC

31. Marcus Garvey and Black Pride
Promoted black pride
Formed United Negro Improvement Association
Promoted separatism from the US.
Blacks should take their money and move back to Africa
Convicted of fraud, pardon and sent back to Jamaica

32. Civil Rights Leaders
Booker T. Washington promoted economic gains which led to social equality.
He was the editor for The Crisis
W.E.B. Du Bois pushed for black political influence. He was one of the founders of NAACP.
Booker T. Washington
WEB Du Bois

33. EMMA GOLDMAN A noted feminist, writer and union leader
promoted radical policies
defended freedom of speech
deported back to Russia
Emma Goldman

34. Cultural Issues
Part IV

35. HARLEM RENAISSANCE decade of musical and literary achievement-
Rose Mc Clendon- acted in Deep River and formed the Negro’s People Theater.
Claude Mc Kay wrote Home to Harlem
Langston Hughes wrote Weary Blues
Countee Cullen wrote Color
Zora Neale Hurston wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
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36. HARLEM RENSAISSANCE Rose Mc Clendon- Claude Mc Kay Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Countee Cullen

37. THE LOST GENERATION haunted by death and destruction of World War I.
their stories were bleeked outlook of America.
It was coined by Gertude Stein
Ernest Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises and Farewell to Arms.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby
Sinclair Lewis wrote Main Street and Babbit
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38. THE LOST GENERATION Gertude Stein F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway
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Sinclair Lewis

39. THE ROLE OF MOVIES Movies untied the American people
It shaped popular behavior and values
It stimulated consumption by showing the good life.
First talking film was the Jazz Singer
The lead actor was Al Jolson.
Al Jolson

40. Famous People of the 1920’s
Charles Lindberg traveled non-stop from New York to Paris
rode in the Spirit of St. Louis
first celebrity
Duke Ellington performed jazz
Billie Holiday famous blues singer
George Gershwin wrote Rhapsody Blues

41. Famous People of the 1920’s George Gershwin Charles Lindbergh
Diego Rivera’s Mural
Duke Ellington
Billie Holiday

42. FAMOUS People OF 1920’S
Paul Robeson one the first African-Americans to perform on Broadway.
Bessie Smith & Mamie Smith sang the blues
Diego Rivera painted murals about workers and their role in industry
Edward Hooper painted New York scenes & the loneliness people felt
Jim Thorpe-all-round athletic who played football, won medal in the Olympics, but lost them because he played professional baseball.

43. Famous People of the 1920’s Jim Thorpe Mamie Smith Diego Rivera
Bessie Smith
Edward Hooper’s Painting
Paul Robeson

44. Presidential Administrations
Part V

45. HARDING ADMINSTRATION-1921-1923
Return to normalcy
favored less government
pro-business, high tariff, lower taxes
pro-isolationism
Warren Harding

46. SCANDAL AND CORRUPTION
Charles Forbes, Veterans Bureau, embezzled money
Harry Daugherty, Attorney General, took bribes
Teapot Dome- Albert Fall gave leases for oil reserves in Wyoming for low prices.
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47. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ISSUES
Veteran’s Bureau helped the veterans get benefits
Washington Conference (1921) disarmament of ships. (Great Britain, US, Japan)- it reduced the number of weapons.
Warren Harding

48. Coolidge Administration 1923-1929
Clean up the government
Kellogg- Briand Pact - outlaw war however, the law couldn’t be enforced.
Calvin Coolidge
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49. HOOVER ADMINISTRATION 1929-1933
Depression of 1929 changed the United States forever
thought the economy would recover naturally
prices fell and people lost their jobs
Hoover rejected federal relief for the unemployed
opposed veterans of receiving W.W.I bonus
Herbert Hoover