The Roaring

Twenties

Introduction
At the end of the 1918, World War I ended!
America was changing and people were tired of
war!

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An Industrial Nation

Henry Ford
An entrepreneur
and inventor

Henry Fords Accomplishment

Built the Model
T, a car that
was sturdy,
safe, and
affordable for
most people
Cost under
$500

Assembly Line
Assembly
Line: workers
stand in one
place and put
parts together
on a moving
belt
http://safeshare
.tv/w/KzgqzVQz
nX

The Age of Radio

Mass production making large numbers of
goods that are exactly alike

The Age of Radio

People could now
listen to sports
programs, comedies,
dramas, music, and
commercials on the
radio!
http://www.oldtimerad
iofans.com/template.p
hp?show_name=Super
man

Mass Media
Mass media
communication to large
audiences became popular
in the early 1900s
Families would gather
around the radio together
Songs became popular
People would buy
advertised products
http://www.oldtimeradiofan
s.com/old_radio_commercia
ls/Campbells_Soup.mp3

Going to the Movies!

During the 1920s,
people went to see
movies in theaters
called nickelodeons
Cost: 5 cents

Going to the Movies!

Silent movies: movies without sound
Talkies: movies with sound
http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232392

Prohibition
During the 1920s,
people believed that
some abused and spent
their money on alcohol
instead of on their
families
They called for
Prohibition, a complete
ban on the sale of
alcohol

Prohibition
In 1919, the 18th Amendment was passed:
outlawed the manufacture, sale, and
transportation of alcohol in the U.S.

Prohibition Disadvantages
1. Criminals known as
bootleggers brought
alcohol from other
countries or made
their own illegally.
2. Bootleggers sold
alcohol illegally in
speakeasies

3. Gangsters,
crime, and violence
rose
Al Capone from
Chicago made $105
million a year
smuggling alcohol.

Prohibition in America
http://safeshare.tv/w/SBxViAqquD

Prohibition Ends
In 1933, the 21st Amendment was passed: an
end to Prohibition and the 18th Amendment

KKK
A group of people known
as the Ku Klux Klan
discriminated against other
races and religions.

Although the KKK was

founded in 1866, it gained a
lot of popularity in the
1920s.
They discriminated against
African Americans, Catholics,
Jews, and foreigners =
promotes HATE
In the early 1920s it is
estimated that the KKK had
about 4 million members
Criminal activities within the
clan and opposition from so
many outside of the clan
eventually dropped
membership to about 30,000
by 1930.

Morals
People were more permissive, or laid back.
It was a time where many partied and had all kinds
of fun.

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Flappers were considered

reckless rebels.
Short sleek hair.
Wore shorter than average
dresses
Wore make-up and put it on
in public.
They enjoyed doing the new
dances, such as the
Charleston, in the jazz clubs.

Fashion

 Women got paid lower wages than men for doing

the same amount of work.

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Farmers
Farmers were going bankrupt because there was a
surplus of crops after the war. There was more
supply than demand.

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 Meanwhile, in the city, wages increased by

about 20%

Factory workers
during the 1920s
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Cities
Americans moved closer to the cities.
Houses were being built in the suburbs.

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Department Stores
Sears and J.C. Penny
began selling more
appliances.
Grocery stores such as
Piggly Wiggly and Winn
Dixie became more
common.
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Electricity
Became more popular in homes
People began buying more electrical appliances

Vacuum and
Washing machine

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Engineering_Graphics/_EG2000/vacuum/air-1.jpg

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ish/laundrystory/images/shot_1920.gif

New products

Other Inventions

Fads
Flagpole sitting and
Dance Marathons were
some of the crazy fads
of the Twenties.

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Interactive Website
http://www.mccordmuseum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/18

The Jazz Age

Jazz music was first created on slave
plantations. After slavery, it lived on in New
Orleans
Jazz music improvises: makes up the song on
the spot

The Jazz Age

Louis
Armstrong

Duke
Ellington

Bessie Smith

Jazz Music
http://pbskids.org/chuck/index.html
#/jazz

The Harlem Renaissance

By the 1920s, African
Americans began to
prosper in some parts of
the U.S. for the first time
Many became educated
and had good jobs
In Harlem, New York,
African American culture
blossomed
Music, dance, politics,
literature, art
http://www.brainpop.com/
socialstudies/ushistory/harl
emrenaissance/

Langston Hughes
Famous poet from the Harlem Renaissance

http://safeshare.tv/w/nTHJHWSrHb

Famous Athletes and Pilots

Babe Ruth:
became the first
player to hit 60
homeruns in one
season
http://safeshare.tv/
w/PGjDccmyhm

Famous Athletes and Pilots

Charles
Lindbergh:
became the first
person to fly
across the
Atlantic Ocean

Famous Athletes and Pilots

Amelia Earhart:
became the first
woman to fly
across the
Atlantic Ocean
http://www.brainpop
.com/socialstudies/fa
moushistoricalfigures
/ameliaearhart/previ
ew.weml

Famous Athletes and Pilots

James Jesse
Owens: Olympic
runner who won
4 gold medals in
1936
http://safeshare.tv/
w/CxzgxjsxFZ

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