1. Warm-Ups The 1920’s (sometimes known as “The Roaring Twenties”) was a time of baseball, jazz, dancing, daring stunts, outrageous fashions, and extravagant spending. It was also a time of relative economic prosperity for the U.S. Do you think wild behavior usually goes along with riches? Back up your argument with a few examples, either of individuals, of nations, or of other periods in U.S. History.

2. Warm-ups The 18 th Amendment, ratified by the states in 1919, made alcohol illegal throughout the country. The Prohibition era changed the U.S. dramatically. (The 18 th amendment was later repealed by the 21 st amendment in 1933.) What do you think the U.S. would be like if a new Prohibition amendment passed this year? List a few of the major changes that you think would occur.

3. T. W. E. N. T. I. E. S. Set your notes up like this…Goes on the right side

4. E – Economic Downturn No jobs available after World War I War time factories closed Job competition causes racial tensions

5. T – Teapot Dome Scandal Warren G. Harding: worst president of all time Appointments were corrupt; never dismissed them and looked like he supported them Attorney General allowed political allies to break the law; Friend sold public offices for cash Secretary of the Interior leased U.S. Navy petroleum reserves for a bribe; Harding was linked w/the scandal – turned public against him

7. Labor Unrest (add to letter “S”) 1919: Over 3,600 strikes were held protesting wage cuts and long hours w/o overtime pay Because most strikes led to violent attacks by the police, many workers turned away from unions Because of violence, many will view unions with unrest

8. S - Socialism New immigrants coming from Eastern Europe and Russia Americans feel that they will try to overthrow the government b/c that’s what they did in Russia (Russian Revolution) Red Scare, Anti-Communist hysteria

9. W – Wrongful Arrests “Palmer Raids” arrest 10,000 suspected communists without formal charges (highly illegal) Fueled by Anti-Communist hysteria Anti-Immigration Laws set limits on annual immigration from Southern & Eastern Europe

10. T – Trial of Sacco & Vanzetti Example of Red Scare hysteria 2 Italians arrested for murder (April, 1920: robbery resulted in the death of a paymaster and a guard at a factory) Openly anarchists and protested the Palmer Raids Prosecution lacked sound evidence but, neither Sacco nor Vanzetti had a solid alibi and were carrying guns at the time of their arrest After 6 years of appeals they were sentenced to death by electric chair

12. N – New KKK Lynching Nativists are the only “true” Americans March on Washington, D.C. (1925) – The “Invisible Empire” attracted more than 4 million members at its height in 1924. Conducted “swift justice”

13. Strange Fruit sung by Billie Holiday Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop. Violence

14. I - Improvement Marcus Garvey Black pride & separatism –Taught that African civilization predated European civilization and that God was black –Promoted a separatist vision of blacks returning to Africa to regain the continent they had lost to European imperialists “1 st man on a mass scale to give millions of Negroes a sense of dignity & destiny”- MLK Distanced himself from other black activists b/c of his extreme racial separatist views Movement fails after a few years

16. E - Evolution Scopes “Monkey” Trial 1925: Tennessee passes law stating that no state-funded school can teach evolution Evolution (Clarence Darrow) vs. Creationism (William Jennings Bryan) Scopes himself never testified, as there was never a legal issue as to whether he had taught evolution. Scopes was found guilty and ordered to pay a $100 fine. Bryan offered to pay it.

17. Consumerism & the Installment Plan (Credit) Advertising: clothing, bottled water, candy and perms Changing Role of Women: Flappers, The Bob haircut, and short skirts

18. Jazz Age Main Factors contributing to the development of the Harlem Renaissance –Urban Migration (“Great Migration”) –Rise of radical African-American intellectuals Langston Hughes (poet) Zora Neale Hurston (writer) Jazz: rooted from New Orleans mix of African, French, Spanish and English peoples –It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Don’t Got That Swing: Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong “Satchmo”

19. Prohibition 18 th Amendment: outlawed the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol Speakeasies, Bootleggers, Flasks & Moonshine More… –Wine was supplied to churches –10 million “medicinal” prescriptions per year recommended drinking 5 gallons of beer per month

20. Lots more Free Time Rudolph Valentino & the growth of “Hollywoodland” First radio broadcast in 1920! Jack Dempsey – 51 Career KO’s Biggest mistake in MLB History: Babe Ruth sold to NY Yankees for $125,000 in 1920