The Roaring 20s Time Period: to Name Class
1. Anarchist person who is anti-gov t 1920s VOCABULARY 2. Bootlegger person who smuggled alcohol into the US during Prohibition 3. Fad an activity or fashion that is super popular for a short time 4. Flapper young woman in the 1920s who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking & acting 5. Installment Buying buying on credit (paying a little bit every month) 6. Jazz music style that combined ragtime, blues & other styles; very upbeat 7. Nativist person who dislikes immigrants 8. Prohibition ban on the manufacture, sale & transportation of alcohol; 18 th amendment 9. Quota System limited the # of immigrants from each country who could come to the US 10. Recession mini-depression; an economic slump 11. Repeal to cancel 12. Calvin Coolidge Silent Cal; Harding s VP who became pres; tried to repair the damage done by Harding s scandals 13. Lucky Lindy nickname given to Charles Lindbergh (the 1 st man to make a non-stop transatlantic flight 14. John Scopes a biology teacher who was put on trial for teaching evolution 15. Sacco & Vanzetti 2 Italian immigrants executed for a crime they did not commit; showed intolerance for immigrants & anarchists during the 1920s 16. Langston Hughes African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance
THE ROARING 20S THE LIGHT SIDE OF THE 20s MANY things were changing as the 20s began cars were everywhere, assembly lines were pumping out products, women started voting, jazz music was popular& many started questioning the traditional ideas of older generations. Modern Life Begins Consumer Goods o 3 examples =,, o Upside of consumer goods = o Many consumer goods powered by Modern Women Ways women gained freedom: 1. 2. 19 th amendment 3. Flappers Goal of Modern Women = Prosperous Times By the middle of the 1920s,. Many Americans began to buy goods using credit. Explain how credit worked in the 1920s.
The Stock Market Booms Why is the stock market risky? Stock prices soared in the 192os, & many investors began to buy stock using. This means. If stock prices fell,. Example of stock prosperity in the 1920s: Fun Times Many Americans went to & listened to. Jazz is. made alcohol illegal when the amendment was passed in. o As a result, bars & liquor stores closed, but speakeasies, or, sprang up to. Prohibition did NOT work & was repealed with the passage of the amendment.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE 1920S All about conflict b/w tradition & new ways Even though there were lots of positive changes happening in the 1920s, many Americans were left out of the, including,, &. 1. Ku Klux KIan Re-Emerges Lashed out against,,,, etc. 2. Gov t Limits Immigration especially from countries in. There was a fear immigrants may try to change our country. Fear of immigrants is called. Gov t passed the that limited the # of immigrants who could enter the US each year. 3. Scopes Monkey Trial Teacher John broke a law in Tennessee saying that could NOT be taught in science classes. o Evolution (define) The law against teaching evolution was supported by who believed in the. In the end, Scopes the trial BUT the TN Supreme Court his conviction.
4. Sacco & Vanzetti Trial Sacco & Vanzetti were 2 from accused of &. It did not help that both men were. They were found BUT they were really. They were not because they were really guilty but because the nation was anti-. 5. Farmers Didn t Share in the Prosperity of the 1920s During WW1, farmers had to their production of crops for the fighting in. As a result, they had to buy new & more. That meant that the amount of money they borrowed. When the war was over & we stopped producing crops for the demand for US crops & farmers could not pay their. They faced in the 1920s. poverty Europe machines soldiers decreased increase loans supplies increased
POEMS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: LANGSTON HUGHES THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE WAS Dream Deferred What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. 1. What impression does Hughes give us of dreams? 2. What does he compare dreams deferred to? Is this positive or negative imagery? 3. What dream deferred may A-As have?
Me and the Mule My old mule, He's gotta grin on his face. He's been a mule so long He's forgotten about his race. I'm like that old mule -- Black -- and don't give a damn! You got to take me Like I am. 1. What happened to the mule over time? 2. Who does the mule represent? 3. Is Hughes sad, proud, or mad about his race? How do you know?