1. 1920s A decade of change in the United States

2. -The time period when the 18 th Amendment was enforced -The ban of alcohol.

3. Why? The Temperance Movement stressed the evils of alcohol during the Progressive Era. Carry Nation and Francis Willard were two reformers who pushed for the ban of alcohol. www.nebraskastudies.org/.../0701_012001.gif

4. The Effects…. The law was difficult to enforce! Bootleggers broke the law and smuggled alcohol for a profit. This lead to an increase in crime and gang activity. Wikimedia commons

5. -The right to vote. Women finally received the right to vote in 1920!

6. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Why did it have to take a war for people to think we were worth having our rights? Well, it’s about time. It’s nice to know all our efforts weren’t wasted! Wikimedia commons

7. www.ilstu.edu/~lmerri/uhigh/1920's/flappers.gif More women worked outside of the home in the 1920s, and they felt a sense of freedom and rebellion after gaining the right to vote. Some women, especially in cities, cut their hair and wore makeup and shorter skirts! They danced the Charleston and were carefree. Flappers dancing the Charleston!

8. Black Americans exhibited great pride in their heritage and creative achievements during the 1920s and 1930s through music, literature, and art. What is this called?

9. Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong made their mark as successful jazz musicians in Harlem. wikimediacommons Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong

10. Impact of the Automobile People began using credit, and cars are cheaper Car sales increased Highways and bridges are built as a result… And more jobs are created!!

11. Technology Radios Electricity Automobiles Credit

12. The Red Scare A time when Americans feared anarchists or Communists who immigrated to the United States. Wikimedia commons Sacco & Vanzetti were 2 Italian immigrants, and admitted anarchists, who were tried and executed for a crime they claimed they didn’t commit.

13. Quotas Quotas were created to limit immigration to the United States. Nativists supported this idea. www.economist.com KKK gained political power and pushed anti- immigration legislation. Wikimedia commons

14. What’s the big deal? His trial symbolized the conflict between traditional values and actions and modern discoveries and science. Who was he? A high school Biology teacher. What happened? He taught evolution, which was against the law in Tennessee.