The ROARING 20s The Jazz Age
Cities and Suburbs Due to improved transportation
Communication Changes Marconi & Sarnoff Guglliermo Marconi David Sarnoff
Electricity brings…
Electricity also brings…
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.
The Great Migration North
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.
Results of Prohibition Speakeasies Created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages Bootleggers People who smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime
Art, Music and Literature Who are the famous people during this time? What are they famous for?
Georgia O-Keefe
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s
George Gershwin & Aaron Copeland
Charles Lindbergh
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Combination of African rhythms and America music
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Jacob Lawrence
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?
Al Capone
President Hoover