A Brief History of Modern American 1920’s-1990’s Committee 4

1920’s- The Roaring Twenties President: Calvin Coolidge Economic prosperity – Mass production and assembly lines Women’s Suffrage – 19 th Amendment: Enable women to vote. – Changing roles for women “Jazz Age” – Louis Armstrong Prohibition – 18 th Amendment: Prohibits the manufacture, sale, import and export of alcohol. – Speakeasy

1930’s- The Dirty Thirties President: Franklin D. Roosevelt The Great Depression – Stock Market Crash of 1929 World War II – In Europe Movies – The Wizard Of Oz – Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs Assassinations – Huey Long

1940’s and 50’s WW II – Pearl Harbor World War II ends on the 2 nd of September Political Changes – United Nations Cold War begins in 1947 The Red Scare Vietnam War begins in 1955 Music and Art – Rock & Roll: Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly – Art: Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol

1960’s- The Sixties Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson Continuation of the Vietnam War Civil Right’s Movement – Martin Luther King Jr. Anti-War Movement – Hippies, Peace British Invasion – Beatles enter America in 1964 Space Race – Neil Armstrong, 1969

70’s Major President: Richard Nixon – The Watergate Scandal Vietnam War ends in Oil Crisis Feminism Sports – Pittsburgh Steelers win 3 superbowls during the 70’s Music And Film – Music: Bob Marley, Elton John, The Sugarhill Gang – Film: Starwars, The Godfather, Jaws

1980’s- The Eighties Major President: Ronald Reagan Fall of the Berlin Wall – beginning of the end of the Cold War The breakup up of the USSR US invades Grenada after coup on the island Music: Michael Jackson, Madonna Start of the computer age Cell Phones

1990’s- The Nineties Major President: George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton – Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky Scandal The Gulf War Oklahoma City bombing a bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, Economic Expansion The U.S experiences its longest period of economic expansion during the decade. OJ Simpson murder case Music and Movies – Music: Nirvana, Britney Spears, Notorious B.I.G – Movies: Titanic, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump