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Roaring 20s

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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TECHNOLOGY 20S

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MOVIES

THE UNTOUCHABLES:Film that gets across the glamour of prohibition.

RADIO

RADIO DOMINATED THE TWENTIES, WITH ROUGHLY 3 MILLION AMERICANS OWNING RADIOS BY 1923. MOST LISTENERS STILL USED CRYSTAL SETS WITH EARPHONES TO RECEIVE NEWS AND BULLETINS, ADVERTISING AND MUSIC.
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ERA OF SUSPICION & INTROLERANCE

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RED SCARE

SCARED OF THE SPREAD COMMUNISM
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NEW KKK

The Ku Klux Klan is a combination of three past organizations that represent and promote white-supremacy, nationalism, and anti-immigration.
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PROHIBITION & ORGANIZED CRIME

GANGSTERS

Gangsters were everywhere, keeping the illegal speakeasies open and stocking Americans with illegal alcohol, much of which was not fit for human consumption
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18 AMENDMENT

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol

WOMEN

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19 AMENDMENT

All American women the right to vote.

FLAPPERS

She smoked, drank, danced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties. She was giddy and took risks.
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BLACK SOX SCANDAL

Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (later nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds.
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BABE RUTH

Babe Ruth is famous for many baseball records such as getting 714 home runs in 22 seasons.
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BLACK MIGRATION

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Harlem Reniassance is known to be the period in time that black folk began to involve themselves in all types of art.

COTTON CLUB

The Cotton Club was one of America's most famous nightclubs in the 20s and 30s. Most of the greatest black entertainers of the day played there, to all white audiences who came down to Harlem to slum.

ENTERTAINMENT

DANCING

Many dances were invented in the 1920s due to the US sponsoring dance contests where professional dancers invented new moves

MISS AMERICA

A unique American tradition begins as a promotional gimmick when Atlantic City hotelmen decide to stage a flashy fall festival, or "pageant" to entice summer tourists to stay in town past Labor Day.

LITERATURE

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SINCLAIR

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist and playwright, and the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

FITZGERALD

Fitzgerald was known more for his prominent works of literature, which have gained a permanent place among the American classics.