Aim Why were the 1920s called the Roaring

Aim: Why were the 1920’s called the “Roaring Twenties”?

The RED SCARE Suspected Radicals awaiting deportation hearings on Ellis Island

The 1920 s were supposed to be normal. . . but they were anything but normal. The 1920 s

“Roaring Twenties” • Named for the booming economy and changing lifestyles in America • President’s Coolidge and Hoover were very laissezfaire • Keep gov’t interference to a minimum = allow business to grow

New Developments • New technology changes American lifestyles • Automobiles now very cheap! Why? • Assembly line production! • Ford’s “Model T” was $290 in 1924 • Airplane Industry is beginning (Charles Lindbergh becomes a celebrity – Spirit of St. Louis)

America the Story of Us Rise of the Automobiles (10: 50 - 16: 33) 1. How were Ford’s cars different than other available cars? 2. What’s wrong with Roscoe Sheller’s new job as a car salesman?

New Appliances • Home appliances make life easier • • • Washing Machine Vacuum Cleaner Sewing Machine Refrigerator Radio! • Most of these items were bought using installment plans = credit (like a modern day credit card)

Some economists and business owners worried that the installment buying might be getting out of hand that it was really a sign of fundamental weaknesses behind a superficial problems might develop economic prosperity. One What business owner event wrote to with ausing credit and President Coolidge and related conversation he had overheard installment buying plans? on a train… Man: Have you an automobile yet? Woman: No, I talked it over with John and he felt we could not afford one. Man: Mr. Budge who lives in your town has one and they are not as well off as you are. Woman: Yes, I know. Their second installment came due, and they had no money to pay it. Man: What did they do? Lose the car? Woman: No, they got the money and paid the second installment. Man: How did they get the money? Woman: They sold the cook-stove. Man: How did they get along without a cook-stove? Woman: They didn't. They bought another on the installment plan.

1920 s consumerism led to luxury living: Radios & movies boomed NBC was the 1 st successful radio network

Advertising Boom • To market the new technology • Target people’s wants – not their needs • Chain Stores and Department Stores grow • Woolworth’s and Five-and-Dimes

100 million Americans went to the movies in 1929 per week

1920’s – The Movies • Motion pictures became more popular • 1 st “Talkie” was The Jazz Singer (1927) The Lion’s Cage Jazz Singer

Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse Other key films: ■ Robin Hood (1922), The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1923), The Phantom Of The Opera (1925), Ben-Hur (1925), Wings (1927), Steamboat Willie (1928).

HOMEWORK: The Harlem Renaissance In your textbook: Read pages: 658 -663 Then, answer: pg. 663: #1 "Langston Hughes", "Duke Ellington”, and “Louis Armstrong”…and #3, #4, #5, #6 (each, in one paragraph of 5 -8 sentences) Here are questions 4 and 5: #4 How did popular culture in America change as a result of the Great Migration? #5 What did the Harlem Renaissance contribute to both black and general American history? #6 (Connecting to your lives today) - Where in your lives today do you see impacts of the Harlem Renaissance? Give specific examples. DUE TUESDAY 3/28

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Final Summary Answering Aim: Why were the 1920’s called the “Roaring Twenties”?