The Roaring 20's
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Main Causes
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- Mass consumerism
- Superficial Prosperity
- Widespread use of credit
important people
- Henry Ford- used the assembly line to speed up production.
- William Jennings Bryan- supported creationism in school.
- Clarence Darrow- evolution should be taught in schools.
- Charles Lindbergh- pilot that flew across the Atlantic Ocean.
- Warren Harding- President that believed in returning to normal.
more important people
- Calvin Coolidge-believed in little government intervention.
- Marcus Garvey- advocated African Americans
- Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington- famous jazz composers
- F. Scott Fitzgerald- first used the term "Jazz Age"
Political issues
red scare
The fear of communist takeover
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teapot dome scandal
Secretary of the Interior took bribes from oil companies
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Women in the 1920's
began to demand more independence
Women began to...
- Demand more feedom
- Assert their independence
- Embrace their urban attitudes
- Express their fashion
amendments
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- 18th: Alcohol is illegal
- 19th: Women given the right to vote
- 21st: Prohibition ends
- Prohibition- banned sale of alcohol.
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Court Trials
the scopes trial
Clash between science and fundamentalist religion.
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Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
Blamed for a murder because they were Italians.
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Cultural Issues
Entertainment
Movies and radio widespread
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Eugenics
belief that the human race could improve by breeding
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The great migration
mass migration of African-Americans to the North
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Harlem renaissance
African-American cultural creativity
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Tin pan alley
area in New York that melded various music styles
