Mother s in the Kitchen Washing out the jugs; Sisters in the pantry Bottling up the suds; Fathers in the cellar Mixing up the hops; Johnny s on the Front Porch Watching for the cops!
Radio Radio stations 1920s People now listen to music, news, sports Harding election results were broadcast nationally NBC AND CBS- 1 st networks
Movies Films most popular form of entertainment The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson is the 1 st sound film
Charlie Chaplin Silent Movie Star Greta Garbo Movie Star Lillian Gish Movie Star
American Heroes Charles Lindbergh 1 st Transatlantic flight from New York to Paris Amelia Earhart 1 st woman to fly across the Atlantic
Sports Jim Thorpe All Around Athlete decathlon, football, baseball, Olympian 1 st President of NFL Babe Ruth Famous Baseball Player Sultan of Swat
Jazz Age Jazz Music comes from New Orleans blends blues and ragtime Radio makes jazz popular Jazz clubs and dance halls with black performers(louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith) Cotton Club
Dancing Charleston wild and reckless, full of kicks, twists, and pivots National fad, dancing to jazz
Harlem Renaissance African American literary awakening of the 1920 s Langston Hughes most famous writer of the Harlem Renaissance
Cause and Effect of Significant Issues of the 1920s
Immigration After WWI, masses of refugees applied for entry into the USA. The US put limits on European immigrants Cause Destruction of Countries Economics Effect Nativism (KKK) Job Competition Fear of divided loyalties
Immigration The Emergency Quota Act limits immigration into US The National Origins Act makes Quota Act permanent
The Red Scare fear of communism Cause Effect Communism against US values Russians vowed to spread communism Renewed Nativism Palmer raids Sacco & Vanzetti trial Americans fear immigrants
Sacco and Vanzetti were poor immigrants and anarchists. They were found guilty of murder and sent to the electric chair. Their case is still controversial today.
Mitchell Palmer Attorney General Home was bombed and was convinced that radicals were trying take over the government Palmer Raids arrest suspected subversives (communists, socialists, and anarchists)
Prohibition 18 th Amendment in 1920 - prohibited all manufacturing, selling and transporting of alcoholic beverages Cause (why) Eliminate drunkenness Get rid of saloons Prevent absenteeism at work Effect Bootlegging Speakeasies illegal bars, membership cards and secret doors Organized Crime Al Capone in Chicago Ends in 1933
Al Capone = Scarface Major leader of organized crime Earned $60 million a year from bootlegging Convicted of Income tax evasion in 1931 Never convicted on any other charges Died at his home in FL- stroke, then heart attack
Changing Role Of Women Cause Flappers bobbed hair, short dresses Smoking, drinking, dancing in public Began moving into office jobs Right to vote Effect Political power Denied equal pay and leadership positions
Change/Conflict Impact on Society Mass Media print, film and radio get info to people quicker Heightened awareness of national figures and issues Instant transmission of news
Change/Conflict Impact on Society John T. Scopes teaches theory of evolution 1925 Lawyers on the case: Clarence Darrow (defense)and William Jennings Bryan (prosecutor) Showdown between supporters of Theory of Evolution (Modernists) vs. Fundamentalists (Traditionalists) Scopes is found guilty but the decision will be overturned
President Warren G. Harding 29 th President, 1921-1923 Republican won the 1920 election Return to Normalcy Teapot Dome Scandal Sec. of Interior gave oil drilling rights on gov t fields to private companies Died in Office in 1923, Coolidge becomes president
President Calvin Coolidge, Silent Cal 30 th President, 1923-1929 Republican won the 1924 election The business of America is business
Made the assembly line more efficient Result made Model T affordable for all Americans Industrial Growth automobile industry will grow to number one and all other industries will follow Henry Ford
The first moving assembly line at Henry Ford's automobile factory in Detroit, Michigan
High Stock Market Confidence in President Hoover Reasons for Economic Confidence In the 1920s Low Unemployment Better Employee Benefits Rising Wages
Economic Danger Signs Uneven Prosperity rich got richer Debt from easy credit Playing the stock market Speculation making high risk investments in hopes of getting a huge return Buying on margin buying stock at a fraction of its cost and borrowing the rest Too many products with no demand Farmer debt and low pay for workers