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SOL Standard USII. 6a Results of improved transportation brought about by affordable automobiles Greater mobility Creation of jobs Growth of transportation-related industries (road construction, oil, steel, automobile) Movement to suburban areas Invention of the airplane The Wright Brothers Use of the Assembly Line Henry Ford, automobile Rise of mechanization SOL Standard USII6.b Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional amendment that made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages Results of prohibition Speakeasies were created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages Bootleggers made and smuggled alcohol illegally and promoted organized crime. African Americans moved to cities in the North and Midwest in search of letter employment opportunities. African Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North and Midwest. Communication Changes Increased availability of telephones Development of the radio and broadcasting industry Development of the movies Ways electricity changed American life Labor-saving products (washing machines, stove, water pump) Electric lighting Entertainment (radio) Improved communications Page 2

1920s Vocabulary Practice 1. As cars became more popular and affordable, people started moving outside of the cities into the. 2. Movies, radio programs, and magazines were new types of that people could watch, listen to, or read across the country. 3. devices such as washing machines, electric stoves, and vacuums became popular in the 1920s. All of these products are also examples of. 4. Al Capone was a because he produced, transported and sold alcohol illegally during the time period of. 5. The 21 st amendment the 18 th amendment, officially ending the era of Prohibition. 6. Places called became very popular during Prohibition. There were over 100,000 of these places in New York City alone! 7. Many African Americans left the south and moved north during the time period known as the Great. 8. The Harlem was a time period when African American art, literature and music flourished (grew and spread). Page 3

Word Definition mass media types of that reach large of people, such as,, and TV migration a of a large number of people into a new Prohibition a time period in U.S. history when the government put a on the,, and transportation of beverages Renaissance a of intellectual and creativity repeal to a law or suburbs area built major cities as a result of improvement in _ consumer goods intended for personal use by, such as cars or refrigerators bootleggers who made, sold or transported alcohol during speakeasy clubs where people went to during labor-saving a _designed to the amount of needed to complete a task. Page 4

Europe s factories and farms were destroyed. How could this help the U.S. economy? A Booming Economy Post-World War I World War I was the most destructive conflict in history up to that point, especially for the countries of Europe. Since most of the war was fought there, many European farms, factories, and roads were completely destroyed. Europe struggled to and for years after the war was over. Unlike Europe, however, the United States. What invention helped produce products cheaper? Cheaper production cost means prices for consumers. While U.S. soldiers had been at war, there was a major. With not enough workers, factories had to find a more effective way to make things. Companies started using the same technology Henry Ford used:. This invention made. Workers were able to make more products at. Companies were making more money and as they made more money, they could. Overall, many people had more money to spend on lots of new things. One thing that helped U.S. businesses grow was little from foreign companies. There were many that people to have more (time to do fun things). With more money to spend and more time to spend it, the United States started producing lots and lots of. Americans were buying and spending at a very high rate, which helped businesses grow. Since the helped, the prices of consumer goods. Cheaper prices meant. The Presidents of the 1920s supported this economic boom and the businesses that helped it grow. There were laws written to protect Americanmade products and businesses. There were also laws that. Overall: Prices were low, money was available, and people were happy. To many people, it seemed the prosperity and good times would never end. This decade of the Roaring 20s was indeed an exciting time for the American economy. Three Sentence Summary: Page 5

A Changing America Main Idea During the 1920 s America saw major changes at home. New invention that, as well as new inventions that made life at home much easier for family life and women. With Henry Ford perfecting the assembly line that drop, the average American could now afford to buy an automobile. In 1921 the Unites States produced 2.3 million automobiles. France was the second largest producer at 40,000. The increased sale of automobiles has a huge impact on Americans and the American economy. The automobile gave Americans (the ability to move from place to place),, and helped industries such as, the, the used in the production of automobiles, began stringing up in towns across America, and, of course, the that produced almost 99% of the automobiles in the world. Another impact of greater mobility was the There, people could get away from the crowded cities and the crime and noise cities presented. The other major invention in transportation took place almost two decades before the 1920s. On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright in Kitty Hawk, NC. The flight lasted 12 seconds and proved that powered air flight was possible. But it was in the 1920 s that the single engine plane was being used to fly people anywhere, including across the Atlantic Ocean that began in 1928. Change also took place in. The had a large impact, and it from having to travel back and forth from far places. The telephone by being able to communicate over long distances. The development of the and also had a huge impact on communications in American society. People could of national and world events immediately instead of waiting for the newspaper stories the next day. The radio led to the. People used the radio homes for entertainment in their daily lives. provided another means of hearing the news and being entertained. In 1927, the first talkie movie was shown in theaters across America that starred Al Jolson in the The Jazz Singer. Electricity American homes during the 1920 s and changed American homes. Not only did electricity bring the for and, it also brought many such as the,,, electric communications (telephone),, and electric. America had truly changed in business, entertainment, and at home. Page 6

Directions: Part I: Cut out the images and descriptions on the separate sheet of paper. Match the technology with its importance to life during the 1920s. Part 2: Sort the technologies/descriptions into 1 of 3 categories Electrification (blue) Transportation (green) Communication (red) Part 3: Get it checked and glue Part 4: Color the boxes according to their category Page 7

Results of Prohibition Main Idea In the 1820s and 30s, a wave of religious groups swept the United States, leading to increased calls for temperance, as well as other perfectionist movements such as the abolition of slavery. A few states passed laws limiting the amount of alcohol that could be sold. In 1917, after the United States entered World War I, President Woodrow Wilson announced a temporary wartime prohibition in order to save grain for producing food. That same year, Congress submitted the, which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors, for state ratification. Both federal and local government struggled to enforce Prohibition over the course of the 1920s. Enforcement, at first, was assigned to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and was later transferred to the Justice Department. In general, Prohibition was enforced much more strongly in areas where the population mostly supported laws that supported Prohibiton mainly rural areas and small towns and much more loosely in urban areas. Despite very early signs of success, including a decline in arrests for drunkenness and a reported 30 percent drop in alcohol consumption, those who wanted to keep drinking found ever-more creative ways to do it. The (known as ) went on throughout the decade, along with the operation of (stores or ), the smuggling of alcohol across state lines and the informal production of liquor ( moonshine or bathtub gin ) in private homes. In addition, the Prohibition era associated with bootlegging. The most notorious example was the Chicago gangster Al Capone, who earned a staggering $60 million annually from bootleg operations and speakeasies. Such illegal operations fueled a rise in gang violence, including the St. Valentine s Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929, in which several men dressed as policemen (and believed to be have associated with Capone) shot and killed a group of men in an enemy gang. The high price of bootleg liquor meant that the nation s working class and poor were far more restricted during Prohibition than upper class Americans. Even as costs for law enforcement, jails and prisons rose, support for Prohibition was decreasing by the end of the 1920s. Millions of Americans no longer wanted to support Prohibition and wanted it to end. With the country now in the Great Depression by 1932, creating jobs and revenue by legalizing the liquor industry had an undeniable appeal. Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for president that year on a platform calling for Prohibition s appeal, and easily won victory over the incumbent President Herbert Hoover. FDR s victory meant the end for Prohibition, and in February 1933 Congress adopted a resolution proposing a to the Constitution that officially ending Prohibition. Page 8

The Great Migration: Causes and Impact Main Idea After the post-civil War Reconstruction period ended in 1876, white supremacy was largely restored across the South, and the segregationist policies known as Jim Crow soon became the law of the land. Southern blacks were forced to make their living working the land as part of the which offered little in the way of economic opportunity. Millions of blacks began to move from the south. The was the from 1916 to 1970. It had a huge impact on urban life in the United States. Driven from their homes by and, many blacks headed, where they took advantage of the that first arose during the First World War. As Chicago, New York and other cities saw their black populations expanded, blacks were forced to deal with and, as well as widespread and. Even though segregation was not legalized in the North (as it was in the South), racism and prejudice were widespread. After the U.S. Supreme Court declared racially based housing unconstitutional in 1917, some residential neighborhoods enacted covenants requiring white property owners to. During the Great Migration, African Americans began to build a new place for themselves in public life, actively confronting economic, political and social challenges and that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come. As a result of housing tensions, many blacks ended up creating their own cities within big cities, fostering the growth of a new urban African-American culture. The most prominent example was in formerly allwhite neighborhood that by the 1920s housed some 200,000 African Americans. The black experience during the Great Migration became an important theme in the artistic movement known first as the New Negro Movement and later as the would have an enormous impact on the culture of the era. Three Sentence Review: Page 9

Using the map above, where African Americas migrating FROM? Where were African Americans migrating TO? Using the HELP WANTED AD above, who is the audience for this ad? Show proof of your answer? Where are these jobs located? What is the main idea of the above article? Page 10