1. Roaring 20s

2. Warm-Up: Grab Notes Packet and Assignment Page from front cart
Warm-Up: Grab Notes Packet and Assignment Page from front cart. Complete top part page 1.
Schedule
Warm-Up
PowerPoint
Closure: What were the main goals of the Republican administrators of the 1920s?
Assignment Packet page 1 due Monday
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

3. A Republican Decade
Strikes, arrests, revolution overseas—such events frightened Americans in the 1920s and they turned to Republican Party for stability and economic prosperity

4. What is happening in this picture?
What concept is this political cartoon illustrating?

5. The Harding Presidency 1920-1923
1920 election, Republican Warren G. Harding promised “return to normalcy”
1920 won presidency until death in 1923
Foreign policy reflect America’s desire for isolationism—policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries
No attempt to join League of Nations
Yet President support efforts to prevent future wars
Disarmament—nations voluntarily give up their weapons

6. Economically, he favored:
Lower taxes
Less control over businesses
Support high tariffs (taxes) on foreign, competitor goods to make them more expensive  protect US businesses/workers

7. Culturally, as America became more isolationist, they also became more nativist—movement favoring native-born Americans over immigrants
Nativist Reasons = Anti-Immigrant
Never loyal
Blamed for urban city problems—slums & corruption
Fear for loss of jobs
Pass on anarchist (violent overthrow of government) + communist (opponent of democracy + capitalism) ideals

8. End of President Harding…Literally
Start of 1923, economy bouncing back + strong popularity for president
Mid 1923  corruption scandals in Harding’s cabinet
Biggest scandal  Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding’s Secretary of Interior Albert Fall bribed by oil executives to sell government land in Teapot Dome, Wyoming—oil
Albert Fall became 1st cabinet member imprisoned for crime while in office
Harding died in 1923 during the scandal in office

9. The Coolidge Presidency  1923-1928
Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president and cleaned up scandals
Elected president
Major View  “The Business of the American people is business”
Laissez-Faire  limited to no government interference in business

10. Election of 1928
When Coolidge decided not to run for a 2nd term, Republicans nominated Herbert Hoover
Hoover promised more pro-business, isolationism & small government = victory

11. Warm-Up: Examine picture on page 4 and answer questions on page 5.
Schedule
Warm-Up
PowerPoint
Henry Ford Reading
Booming Economy Poster
Closure: How would the 1920s, economically, be characterized?
Assignment Packet page 1 due Monday
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

12. A Business Boom...Mixed Success
1920s gave birth to much of modern America
Shopping centers, fast-food, advertising, mass media, cars, radios, movies

13. Causes of Economic Growth
Consumer Economy—depends on a large amount of buying (consuming) by people who use products
New & Improved products  Model-T cars, refrigerators, radios, vacuums, ovens, telephones
Income tax cuts (% taken out of paycheck for government) left people with more $$$
Higher wages gave people more money to spend on movies, radio, sporting events
Until 1920s, Americans generally paid cash for things they bought
Borrowing = unthrifty + immoral

14. 1920s saw new ways to purchase goods as demand for them grew
Credit—a way to delay paying for a purchase (pay once you hit a certain amount)
Installment Buying—system allows customer to make partial payments (installments) over a few months
Installment + Credit plans encouraged people to buy things who otherwise would not  even though they had to pay high interest rates

15. Transportation Industry
1920s  airline industry  Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart’s transatlantic flights promote idea of commercial air travel

16. Growth of automotive industry  Henry Ford
Goal  produce cars at prices ordinary people could afford
Need to speed up production (increase supply) and lower costs
Originally, workers would build entire product themselves  guns
Assembly Line  materials move along conveyor belt while workers stay in one place  workers are responsible for one job (install windshield)
, Ford Motor Company sold over 15 million Model-T cars  billionaire

17. Economic Troubles
Economy appeared to be healthy but looks can be deceiving…uneven prosperity
Huge gap between rich and poor  50% in poverty
Many Americans did not prosper
Farmers  over production
Minorities—African Americans

18. Warm-Up: Complete questions 1-4 on page 11 in Notes Packet
Schedule
Warm-Up
PowerPoint
Media Analysis
Prohibition Analysis
Closure: Jazz Age organizer
Assignment Packet pg. 2 + Quiz Thursday
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

19. New Roles for Women
During 1920s, women had more freedom than ever before  drove cars, sports, college, teachers, nurses, social workers
Some women in 1920s called themselves flappers – young, rebellious fun-loving, bold
Stood for a longing to break with the past
Fashion  Shorter dresses, short hair, make-up
Manners  Smoked + drank in public
19th Amendment gave women right to vote
1920s women developed a new attitude toward marriage = partnership (men agreed)

20. Mass Media
Before 1920s, the majority of Americans did not travel much and was divided culturally
Mass Media  communications that reach a large audience
Film, Radio, Advertising  peaceful propaganda
Created a national culture (things that people had in common across the country)
songs, dances, fashion, slang, sports, news

21. For each advertisement explain the following:
Advertising Analysis
For each advertisement explain the following:
Selling strategy
Overt messages
Underlying messages

28. Lost Generation
For some, the decade after WWI was not a time for celebration  deep despair + resentment = Lost Generation
Lost in a greedy, materialistic world
F Scott Fitzgerald  The Great Gatsby
Focus on wealthy, sophisticated Americans during Jazz Age
Rich  self-centered and shallow

29. Jazz Age 1920s—Jazz Age—was a time celebrating new and modern things
Jazz music—mix of African rhythms, ragtime, blues  free spirit of the times
Rebelled against values which led to WWI
Harlem
Duke Ellington + Louis Armstrong  musicians

30. Issues of Religion
Religious movement called fundamentalism gained followers and political power
Fundamentalists took the bible literally (everything was true)
Argued that public schools shouldn’t teach evolution—theory that living things developed over millions of years from simpler life forms
Felt it contradicted the Bible  pass laws made evolution teachings illegal
1925, John Scopes broke law & found guilty
Guilty verdict over-turned by state Supreme Court
**Clash between modern beliefs vs. traditional values

31. Prohibition 18th Amendment—ban alcohol Most Americans disregard law
Bootleggers  suppliers + smugglers of illegal alcohol
Speakeasies illegal bars
Rise of organized crime  Al Capone

32. Warm-Up: Open Notes Packet to pages 25-26
Schedule
Warm-Up
Review Questions completion
Class Review
Closure: How did the US change politically, economically, culturally and socially during 1920s?
Assignment Packet pg. 2 + Quiz Thursday
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

33. Warm-Up: Open Notes Packet to page 16 and grab handout from desk.
Schedule
Warm-Up
Word-Web creation & review
Closure: How did the US change during the 1920s?
Assignment Packet pg. 2 + Quiz Thursday
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

34. Warm-Up: Test-taking procedures
Schedule
Warm-Up
Roaring 20s Quiz
When finished, complete assignment page 3
Closure: How did the US change during the 1920s?
Assignment Packet pg. 3
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

35. Warm-Up: Go to page 19 and complete top half of page
Schedule
Warm-Up
PowerPoint  Racial Tensions & Harlem Renaissance
Job Application
Closure: How did the Harlem Renaissance revive black culture?
Study for Test 2/7
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

36. The Harlem Renaissance
1920s brought changes to the lives of many African Americans
Great Migration  North and Western cities for economic and social opportunities

37. Confronting Racism
As blacks moved out of the South the KKK eventually moved with them
By 1924, the KKK claimed about 5 million members
‘America for Americans’
KKK carried out many crimes against African-Americans, Catholics, Jews & immigrants
Increasing violence against African Americans rallied the efforts of the NAACP
Worked in vain to pass anti-lynching laws + protect voting rights

38. Garvey urged ‘Back to Africa’ solution since equality seemed hopeless
Many African-Americans were losing faith in the US  dreamed of a place where they could live in peace
Marcus Garvey  Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)  sought to build up blacks’ self-respect + economic power
Garvey urged ‘Back to Africa’ solution since equality seemed hopeless
Failed

39. Rise of Harlem Late 1800s  wealthy white community
Build up too much and buildings remained vacant  real estate prices fall
Black businessmen started buying cheap buildings and selling them to African Americans
By 1920, New York, Harlem, became the unofficial capital of black America
Soon Harlem produced cultural activity called Harlem Renaissance
Symbolized rebirth of hope and culture for African Americans
Writers, singers, painters, sculptors, scholars move to Harlem

40. Warm-Up: Grab DBQ from front cart.
Schedule
Warm-Up
Roaring 20s DBQ  graphic organizer/outline
Roaring 20s DBQ  essay completion
Closure: How did America change during 1920s?
Look up outside information (3 pieces)
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

41. Warm-Up: Grab review packet and find prescribed group
Schedule
Warm-Up
Roaring 20s review packet completion
Roaring 20s review packet discussed
Closure: How did America change during 1920s?
Test tomorrow
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?

42. Warm-Up: Grab scantron from front cart and hand in review packet if completed
Schedule
Warm-Up
Roaring 20s assessment
Closure: How did America change during 1920s?
NONE
Key Question: How did America change during 1920s?