1. An ERA of prosperity, and conflict
The Roaring 20’s
An ERA of prosperity,
and conflict

2. The 1920s

3. Economic Economic expansion Mass Production Assembly Line
Age of the Automobile
Ailing Agriculture…

4. Economic: Migration from Rural to Urban
Farmers did well for first two decades
After the war prices dropped
6 million move to the cities
African Americans move North – factories bring new jobs

5. Social Black ghettoes began to form, i.e. Harlem
within these ghettoes a distinct Black culture flourished
But both blacks and whites wanted cultural interchange restricted

6. 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.

7. Political: Republican Power
President Harding
Elected 1920
Legacy of Scandals
“Teapot Dome”
Died in office

8. President Coolidge “The business of America is business.”
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
No help for farmers
Foreign Policy

9. Technology/Industry: Consumer Economy

10. Society: 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
Mary Pickford
“America’s Sweetheart”

11. Sports Heroes Jack Dempsey – Heavy Champion of the World
Jim Thorpe – Native American
Olympic gold, Professional football and baseball player
George Herman Ruth
set home run record with 60 home runs
Hazel Wightman & Helen Wills
Olympic and Wimbledon tennis starts

13. The Jazz Age The Flappers Writers Musicians make up cigarettes
short skirts
Writers
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Musicians
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington

14. 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

15. Women Pre-World War I During the War After the war
Women start to migrate towards the cities
During the War
Women start working in factories
After the war
Found a new sense of worth/ belonging
Voting
Social independence

16. 1920 - 19th Amendment gave them the federal vote
and more women went to college and clamoured to join the professions

17. Flapper Short hair Short skirts Smoking/ drinking
Shift away from traditional values took place mainly in the cities

18. A Society in Conflict Anti-immigrant Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
National Origins Act
Discrimination
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
Italian immigrants
Unfair trial

19. Fear that new religions and shift from Protestant values
this fear was known as NATIVISM
many wanted Congress to restrict immigration, leading to a quota system that favoured n. areas of Europe (Closing the “Golden Gates”)
Fear of Communism
Wealth and business would be taken from wealthy and redistributed
Workers and unions wanted fair wages and decent hours, some thought these were communistic values, and feared when they organized strikes.
Palmer Raids- organized by J. Edgar Hoover to round up and deport radicals.

20. The Ku Klux Klan In power Great increase Anti-black Anti-immigrant
Anti-Semitic
Anti-Catholic
Anti-women’s suffrage
Anti-bootleggers

21. High School Biology teacher
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
Evolution vs. Creationism
Science vs. Religion
Famous Lawyers
Dayton, Tennessee
John Scopes
High School Biology teacher

22. Prohibition Volstead Act untouchables Gangsters 18th Amendment
Al Capone

23. Temperance Cartoons
In the 1850 engraving, "The Drunkard's Home," a cowering family in a squalid home is subjected to the whims of a brutal patriarch. By contrast, the 1850 engraving, "The Temperance Home," depicts a scene of domestic harmony, order, affection, and material comfort.

24. The Volstead Act
The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919 and took effect in 1920.
The Volstead Act clarified the new rules surrounding prohibition.
President Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act on constitutional grounds.
His veto was overridden by Congress.
Special stamps were required for medicinal liquors under the Volstead Act.

25. "A Noble Experiment"
The sale, transport, and consumption of intoxicating beverages became illegal.
Many law-abiding Americans defied the regulations.
The black market for alcohol was a boon for organized crime.
Detroit police discover a clandestine still

26. What is a speakeasy?
A Speakeasy was an bar that illegally sold liquor during prohibition.
The name came from bartenders telling patrons to be quiet and “speak easy”.
Inside there would be dancing, drinking, and food.
Although the liquor was the main
draw in the women also brought patrons.
Although times were bad, many
people were getting rich because of them

27. The 21st Amendment Prohibition was unenforceable.
Many deaths occurred from bootleg liquor.
Political corruption increased.
Smuggling grew out of control.
During the Depression the potential jobs and tax revenue from the legalization of liquor increasingly attractive to struggling Americans.
Thus, in 1933, the noble experiment of Prohibition came to a close with the ratification of the 21st Amendment

28. The decade of the 1920's is characterized by5
the expansion of the goals of Progressivism
the dominance of the Democratic Party in presidential politics
growing intolerance for minorities and foreigners
a tendency of the United States to pursue an aggressive foreign policy
the decrease in the independence of the American female. 10

29. Henry Ford’s most noteworthy contribution to industry is the5
Invention of buying cars on credit
Invention of the computer
Innovation of “interchangeable parts”
Perfection of the assembly line process of mass production 10

30. radio television mass mailings newspapers SPEED
What invention in the 1910's became even more popular after World War I and changed the way information was transmitted? 5
radio 
television 
mass mailings 
newspapers
SPEED 10