The Roaring 20’s An era of prosperity, Republican power, and conflict
Age of Prosperity Economic Economic expansion Mass Mass Production Assembly Assembly Line Age Age of the Automobile Ailing Ailing Agriculture
Republican Power President Harding President Harding Elected 1920 Elected 1920 Legacy of Scandals Legacy of Scandals “Teapot Dome” “Teapot Dome” Died in office Died in office
President Coolidge “The business of America is business.” Fordney- McCumber Tariff Smoot-Hawley Tariff No help for farmers Foreign Policy
Consumer Economy Automobiles Henry Ford Assembly Line Electric Appliances Washing machines Refrigerators Vacuum cleaners Energy Consumption Coal Oil Natural Gas
Culture of the Roaring 20’s Radio KDKA Pittsburgh GE, Westinghouse,& RCA form NBC Silent Movies Charlie Chaplin “Talkies” The Jazz Singer Starring Al Jolson
Celebrities Babe Ruth & Ty Cobb Jack Dempsey Charles Lindbergh The Spirit of St.Lewis
The 20’s is The Jazz Age The 20’s is The Jazz Age The Flappers make up cigarettes short skirts Musicians Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Writers F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway
A Society in Conflict Anti-immigrant Anti-immigrant –National Origins Act –Discrimination Sacco-Vanzetti Trial –Italian immigrants –Unfair trial Garvey Movement –Marcus Garvey –Back to Africa
The Ku Klux Klan Great increase In power Anti-black Anti-immigrant Anti-women’s suffrage Anti-bootleggers Anti-semitic Anti-catholic
Scopes “Monkey” Trial Evolution vs. Creationism Dayton, Tennessee Famous Lawyers Science vs. Religion John Scopes High School Biology teacher
Prohibition 18 th Amendment Volstead Act Gangsters Al Capone