2. The Roaring 20’s An era of prosperity, Republican power, and conflict

3. Age of Prosperity Economic Economic expansion Mass Mass Production Assembly Assembly Line Age Age of the Automobile Ailing Ailing Agriculture

4. Republican Power President Harding President Harding Elected 1920 Elected 1920 Legacy of Scandals Legacy of Scandals “Teapot Dome” “Teapot Dome” Died in office Died in office

5. President Coolidge “The business of America is business.” Fordney- McCumber Tariff Smoot-Hawley Tariff No help for farmers Foreign Policy

6. Consumer Economy Automobiles Henry Ford Assembly Line Electric Appliances Washing machines Refrigerators Vacuum cleaners Energy Consumption Coal Oil Natural Gas

7. Culture of the Roaring 20’s Radio KDKA Pittsburgh GE, Westinghouse,& RCA form NBC Silent Movies Charlie Chaplin “Talkies” The Jazz Singer Starring Al Jolson

8. Celebrities Babe Ruth & Ty Cobb Jack Dempsey Charles Lindbergh The Spirit of St.Lewis

9. The 20’s is The Jazz Age The 20’s is The Jazz Age The Flappers make up cigarettes short skirts Musicians Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Writers F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway

10. A Society in Conflict Anti-immigrant Anti-immigrant –National Origins Act –Discrimination Sacco-Vanzetti Trial –Italian immigrants –Unfair trial Garvey Movement –Marcus Garvey –Back to Africa

11. The Ku Klux Klan Great increase In power Anti-black Anti-immigrant Anti-women’s suffrage Anti-bootleggers Anti-semitic Anti-catholic

12. Scopes “Monkey” Trial Evolution vs. Creationism Dayton, Tennessee Famous Lawyers Science vs. Religion John Scopes High School Biology teacher

13. Prohibition 18 th Amendment Volstead Act Gangsters Al Capone