1. America and the Roaring 20s
Chapter 20
America and the Roaring 20s

2. Chapter 20.1
A Booming Economy

4. Henry Ford A ground breaking move for the auto maker.

5. The Automobile Drives Prosperity
Why did Ford institute this wage?
Why was Ford having a hard time keeping workers before this move.
How did this benefit Ford?
How did this help expand his market?
What did it do for the workers?
Why is this not Henry Ford’s economy anymore?

6. The Ford Model T

7. The Automobile Drives Prosperity
What did Woodrow Wilson say about cars”
-“To the countryman they are the picture of arrogance and wealth.”
How did Ford’s use of Scientific Management apply to Ford’s production methods?
- It helped him create the Assembly Line.

10. The Automobile Drives Prosperity
How did the cost of the Model T progress?
= $850 ($22,000)
= $350 ($7,500)
= $290 ($3,640)
Car ownership from 1919 and 1927?
= 10%
= 56%

11. How did it Change America?
What products were needed to produce cars?
How did it affect other transportation industries?
Social Life of Americans?

12. How does the Car affect the Economy? (Upstream) (Core) (Downstream)

13. The Ford F Series

14. The Auto Bailout (2008)
In 2008, President Obama loaned the auto industry $80 billion to keep them from failing
The government took over GM and Chrysler
Fired the GM CEO
Required Chrysler to merge with Italy’s Fiat
Set new product and emissions standards
Ford did not take bail out money but was suffering as well

16. Auto Workers Wages 2011

17. Discuss with your partner
What were the Top 20 cars based on sales last year?

18. Stocks, Cities and Suburbs
What is a bull and a bear market?
How did buying stock on margin work?
What led to the growth of cities and suburbs?

19. Social and Cultural Trends
Ch. 20.3
Social and Cultural Trends

20. Traditionalism and Modernism Clash (Discuss with your partner)
Where did the new demographic split that divided the nation occur?
What is the definition of Modernism?
How did education differ from the urban to rural areas?
How would you define Fundamentalism?

21. Traditionalism /Modernism (Americans Clash over Evolution
Who convinced Scopes to challenge the Evolution Law in Tennessee?
What is the highlight of the case?
In the end, what happened? – Make a note to refer to extra readings on First Class on this event.

22. The New KKK In what year was the Klan revived? - 1915
At it’s height, how many members did the Klan have?
- 4 – 5 million
In which state was mentioned as a center of Klan strength?
- Indiana 

23. Prohibition and Crime
What is the difference between the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act?
What were the results of this legislation?

24. Al Capone

25. Social and Cultural Tensions
Chapter 20.3
Social and Cultural Tensions

26. Chapter 20.4
A New Mass Culture

27. Reminder
Remember we did the cross word and looked at advertisements from the time.
Here are a few other cultural things.

29. Charlie Chaplin The Kid (1921)
One of Chaplin’s classics.
Incorporates his classic Tramp character
We will watch this clip and think about these questions. (“His Morning Promenade”) 6:40 -
1. Is the clip funny? Why or why not? (Think about if you were watching this in 1921)
2. This film is selected for preservation by The National Film Registry. Why is it important to preserve works like this?

30. Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth Jr.)
Considered maybe the greatest slugger of all time.
When a reporter asked him why he deserved the $80,000 a year contract which was $5,000 more than the President (Hoover) what did he say?

31. Babe Ruth’s Called Shot
What is the called shot?
What are these baseball historians saying about this moment and Babe Ruth?