The Roaring Twenties George Sanchez

Economics

price of stocks and shares -S-Stocks rose 65% in the years between 1920 and Wages increased only 25%. - Before 1920 people borrowed money only to start a business/ buy a house. - They would then make more money and then would return it. -I-In the 1920s, for the first time in history, Americans borrowed to live more pleasantly. - They went into debt. - In 1929, Wall Street crashes as New York prices plunge.

American Can182 cents86 cents Anaconda Copper162 cents70 cents Electric Bond and Share204 cents50 cents General Electric396 cents168 cents General Motors182 cents36 cents New York Central256 cents160 cents Radio505 cents28 cents United States Steel279 cents150 cents Westinghouse E&M313 cents102 cents Woolworth251 cents52 cents Companies 3 rd September 13. Nov

A Booming Economy: The 1920’s Income increases People purchase more goods Companies earn higher profits Companies expand and hire more people “Boom Cycle”

Society

THE TWENTIES WOMAN  After the tumult of World War I, Americans were looking for a little fun in the 1920s.  Women were independent and achieving greater freedoms.  ie. right to vote, more employment, freedom of the auto Chicago 1926

THE FLAPPER  Challenged the traditional ways.  Revolution of manners and morals.  A Flapper was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes.

MODERN FAMILY EMERGES  Marriage was based on romantic love.  Women managed the household and finances.  Children were not considered laborers/ wage earners anymore.  Seen as developing children who needed nurturing and education

THE CHANGING AMERICAN FAMILY  American birthrates declined for several decades before the 1920s.  Trend continues in 1920s with development of birth control.  Margaret Sanger  Birth control activist  Founder of American Birth Control League  ie. Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger and other founders of the American Birth Control League

Culture

SCIENCE AND RELIGION CLASH  Fundamentalists vs. Secular thinkers  The Protestant movement - literal interpretation of the bible is known as fundamentalism  Fundamentalists found all truth in the bible – including science & evolution

EDUCATION AND POPULAR CULTURE  During the 1920s, developments in education had a powerful impact on the nation.  Enrollment in high schools quadrupled between 1914 and  Public schools met the challenge of educating millions of immigrants

ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS  Even before sound, movies offered a means of escape through romance and comedy  ie. talkies  First sound movies: Jazz Singer (1927)  First animated with sound: Steamboat Willie (1928)  By 1930 millions of Americans went to the movies each week Walt Disney's animated Steamboat Willie marked the debut of Mickey Mouse. It was a seven minute long black and white cartoon.

AMERICAN HEROES OF THE 20s  In 1929, Americans spent $4.5 billion on entertainment. (includes sports)  People crowded into baseball games to see their heroes  Babe Ruth was a larger than life American hero who played for Yankees  He hit 60 homers in 1927.

Environment

· In the 1920’s businesses used advertising to convince consumers that they would be happier if they bought their product. Advertising

Rural to Urban to Suburb Automobiles became more affordable Cities built transportation systems that used an electric trolley 70,000 buses were operating in the U.S.

The Jazz Age Grew out of the African American music of the south (New Orleans) Syncopated rhythms and improvisations Some people were horrified “an expression of the times, of the breathless, energetic, superactive times in which we are living.” – Leopold Stokowski

Bankrupted by the war, Germany was in an economic crisis. A fiery speaker, Adolf Hitler, promises to return Germany to its former greatness! Like the KKK, Hitler appealed to people who wanted someone to blame for their problems. Hitler creates a private army and political party - the Nazi Party Hitler and his storm troopers tried to seize the gov’t of Bavaria, failed and went to prison. In prison, he writes a book. World News