1 Chapter 25 The Roaring Twenties ( )

Why would people be against alcohol? Violence in the family Crime Health problems Financial concerns for families 2

3 II. New Ways of Life - Prohibition A. Prohibition A. Prohibition - ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor 1.Eighteenth Amendment - banned the use of liquor in the U.S.Eighteenth Amendment

4 Prohibition – A Noble Experiment or a Failure? 2. Evading the law a)Made their own. b)smuggled it from Canada & Caribbean. i.Smugglers hid it in their boots = bootleggers. c)Speak-easies opened

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6 3.Organized crime a.provided liquor for speak- easies b.Crime = big business. c.divided up cities -forced speak- easy owners to buy from them.

7 4.Repeal - cancellation a)Prohibition reduced drinking - never stopped it. b)In 1933 Twenty First Amendment - repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.Twenty First Amendment

8 B. New Rights for Women 1.Women Voters a)League of Women Voters – worked to educate voters, guarantee rights (jury service) b)Voted like men – not as thought c)19 th Amendment 2.Equal Rights Amendment – equality not denied based on gender a.Never ratified Suffragettes

9 1.Changes for Women Workers a.Worked outside home in jobs of men off at war b.Poor joined by middle class c.Life at home changed – appliances, ready-made clothes i.Second shift at home

10 C. Impact of the Automobile The invention of the automobile had a great impact on Americans in the 1920’s. Car sales grew rapidly during this period. Auto industry played a big role in the business boom of the 1920’s. Jobs, Steel, rubber, metal, tires, paint, glass, oil, paved roads, built highways, gas stations, garages, car dealers, motels, roadside restaurants, mechanic shops Car prices also fell because factories became more efficient. Henry Ford – assembly line (14 hours to 93 minutes) The cost of the Model T dropped from $850 to $290. Americans do not need to be rich to buy a car.Model T Americans traveled to more places thanks to the automobile.

11 With the low cost of the Automobile people moved outside of the towns, called suburbs. A suburb is a community located outside the city. With cars people could drive to their job in the city even though it was miles away.suburbs A suburbsuburb

12 Affordable Did not need to be rich to own a car (was $850 dropped to $290). Economic 4 million jobs – steel mills, tires, paint, glass, oil, roads built, gas stations, garages, car dealers, motels, roadside restaurants, mechanic shops Social Suburbs sprang up No longer had to live in the city to work in the city Women drivers Brought people closer to towns Effect Car sales grew rapidly AUTO BOOM

13 What, as a country, do we do that is uniquely American? Baseball hats Gum chewing Jeans Car size Food (burgers)

14 With travel easier, people learned more about different parts of the country = national cultural. New forms of entertainment also added to a national cultural (more money & time for leisure) RADIO Shows – comedies, westerns Classical music, jazz News, sports broadcasts MOVIES Millions of Americans went to the movies. The first movies had no sound and were in black and white. A pianist played music that went with the action (1927 = “Talkies”) Westerns, romance, adventure, comedies Hollywood movie stars – Charlie Chaplin New Ways of Life – Creating a Mass Culture