Changes in mobility, communication, suffrage, and independence

 The 20’s are a period of social change  Industry thrived and Americans earned higher wages  This meant they could afford more goods or buy things in monthly payments  Farmers went from over-producing goods to considering other work in the cities  Americans bought cars, radios, and telephones for the first time in our nations history

 Ford Model T becomes most popular way to travel  1916 Model T costs $400 (approx. $4650 today)  Originally only for the most wealthy  By the mid 20’s, the price dropped to $250

 The Model T is the first mass produced car  Ford is the first to use an assembly line  You could buy a Model T in any color, “as long as its black”  Owners used Model T for many things, including farm work  Cars gave people more choices of where they could work and live  Government encouraged the building of modern roads, helping the suburbs grow

 By the mid 20’s, most Americans had a telephone, radio, and phonograph in their home  By 1929, 10 million Americans owned a radio  The first permanent commercial radio station began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920  KDKA  Broadcast presidential election in 1920

 National Women’s Suffrage Assoc. wanted to amend the constitution to allow women to vote  In 1920, three-fourths of the states finally ratified the amendment after 50 years of struggle  The final states to ratify the amendment were Georgia, Louisiana, and North Carolina in 1970 and 1971, and Mississippi in 1984.

 Young women from the 20’s are called Flappers  Something not tied down, flapping in the wind  Not tied to actions, styles, ideas of an old generation  Flappers cut their hair short, wore skirts above the knee, and wore bright red lipstick  Some women began to think about jobs that had previously only been open to men