The Roaring 20s An era of prosperity Republican

The Roaring 20’s An era of prosperity, Republican power, and conflict

Interesting Statistics The population of the US was 106, 521, 537 people. In the year 2000 it was 281, 421, 906 people. The average yearly income was $1, 236. In the year 2000 it was $28, 272. The price of a gallon of milk was $. 58. Today it is $2. 25. Men lived about 54 years. Women lived about 55 years. Today men live about 74 years, and women live about 79 years A public school teacher earned about $729 a year. Today the average salary for a teacher is $42, 898. It took 13 days to reach California from New York driving on 2 lane roads. Today it takes 4 hours by plane.

The 1920’s is often referred to as the “Roaring 20’s” because it was considered an era of prosperity. A. B. True False

n n n 1920's collectively known as the "Roaring 20's", or the "Jazz Age" in sum, a period of great change in American Society modern America is born at this time for first time the census reflected an urban society people had moved into cities to enjoy a higher standard of living

Age of Prosperity n Economic expansion Mass Production Assembly Line Age of the Automobile n Ailing Agriculture… n n n

What new form of music developed in th 1920’s? A. B. C. D. Classical Rock and Roll Jazz Hip-Hop

Consumer Economy

Flappers were considered reckless rebels. They had short sleek hair. They wore a shorter than average shapeless shift dress. They wore make-up and put it on in public. They exposed their legs in public. They put their cigarettes in long holders to smoke them. They enjoyed doing the new dances, such as the Charleston, in the jazz clubs. Fashion

Other wellknown inventions of the decade included band-aids, kleenex, and zippers.

New food products introduced during the 1920's included Welch's Grape Jelly, Wrigley's chewing gum, and the Eskimo ice cream pie.

Silent movies became "talkies" when sound was finally added. Charlie Chaplin, the Little Tramp, was one of the most famous stars in motionpicture history. He wrote and directed nearly all of his films, and composed the music for all of his sound pictures.

In 1924 Alvin Kelly, also known as Shipwreck Kelly, decided to attempt to sit on a flagpole in response to a dare from a friend. He sat upon the pole for 13 hours and 13 minutes. Within weeks hundreds of people were trying to become the “King of the Pole. ” One man sat for 12 days, another for 17, and another for 21 days. Huge audiences would gather to watch the sitter. In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Kelly reclaimed the title by sitting atop a flagpole for 49 days in front of 20, 000 people. Flagpole Sitting

Slang Words All wet describes a wrong idea or person He's all wet. Applesauce what you say when you are angry "Oh, applesauce!"

The Big Cheese The Cat’s Meow the most important person the boss something splendid or wonderful the best Cheaters Jake eyeglasses OK Everything is Jake.

pushover scram swell upchuck whoopie Someone easily convinced leave wonderful vomit Have a good time

n n n an agri. depression in early 1920's contributed to this urban migration U. S. farmers lost agri. markets in postwar Europe at same time agri. efficiency increased so more food produced (more food = lower prices) and fewer labourers needed so farming was no longer as prosperous, and bankers called in their loans (farms repossessed) so American farmers enter the Depression in advance of the rest of society

Black Americans in this period continued to live in poverty n sharecropping kept them in de facto slavery n 1915 - boll weevil wiped out the cotton crop n white landowners went bankrupt & forced blacks off their land n

n n n Blacks moved north to take advantage of booming wartime industry (= Great Migration) - Black ghettoes began to form, i. e. Harlem within these ghettoes a distinct Black culture flourished But both blacks and whites wanted cultural interchange restricted

n n n n Marcus Garvey (Jamaican born immigrant) established the Universal Negro Improvement Association believed in Black pride advocated racial segregation b/c of Black superiority Garvey believed Blacks should return to Africa he purchased a ship to start the Black Star line attracted many investments: gov't charged him with w/fraud he was found guilty and eventually deported to Jamaica, but his organization continued to exist

Republican Power n President Harding n Elected 1920 n Legacy of Scandals n “Teapot Dome” n Died in office

President Coolidge “The business of America is business. ” n Fordney- Mc. Cumber Tariff n Smoot-Hawley Tariff n No help for farmers n Foreign Policy

Culture of the Roaring 20’s Radio KDKA Pittsburgh GE, Westinghouse, & RCA form NBC Silent Movies Charlie Chaplin “Talkies” The Jazz Singer Starring Al Jolson Mary Pickford “America’s Sweetheart”

Celebrities Babe Ruth &Ty Cobb Charles Lindbergh The Spirit of St. Louis Jack Dempsey

The 20’s is The Jazz Age The Flappers make up cigarettes short skirts Writers Musicians F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington

n n n 1920's also brought about great changes for women. . . 1920 - 19 th Amendment gave them the federal vote after 1920, social circumstances changed too as more women worked outside the home and more women went to college and clamoured to join the professions women didn't want to sacrifice wartime gains amounted to a social revolt characterized by the FLAPPER/ "new woman" – (bobbed hair, short dresses, smoked in public. . . )

A Society in Conflict n Anti-immigrant – National Origins Act – Discrimination Sacco-Vanzetti Trial – Italian immigrants – Unfair trial

n n n for immigrants – the point of origin had shifted to S & E Europe and new religions appeared: Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic N. European immigrants of early 19 c. feared this shift and felt it would undermine Protestant values this fear was known as NATIVISM many wanted Congress to restrict immigration, leading to a quota system that favoured n. areas of Europe fear of immigrants (from SE Europe) led to a sentiment known as the Red Scare (fear of comm. post-Bolshevik Rev. ) basic comm. advocates a int'l revolution by the proletariat/workers fears that this ideology could find its way into the U. S.

n n n at this time, W. Wilson was gravely ill following a stroke his Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, wanted to take a shot at the presidency - he used fears of both immigrants and communism to his advantage he had J. Edgar Hoover round up suspected radicals, many of which were deported (Palmer Raids)

The Ku Klux Klan Great increase In power Anti-black Anti-immigrant Anti-Semitic Anti-Catholic Anti-women’s suffrage Anti-bootleggers

Scopes “Monkey” Evolution vs. Creationism Famous Lawyers Trial Science vs. Religion Dayton, Tennessee John Scopes High School Biology teacher

Prohibition Volstead Act 18 th Amendment Gangsters Al Capone

n n n n PROHIBITION - on manuf. and sale of alcohol adopted in 1919 - 18 th AMENDMENT an outgrowth of the longtime temperance movement in WWI, temperance became a patriotic mvmt. - drunkenness caused low productivity & inefficiency, and alcohol needed to treat the wounded a difficult law to enforce. . . organized crime, speakeasies, bootleggers were on the rise Al Capone virtually controlled Chicago in this period capitalism at its zenith… Prohibition finally ended in 1933 w/ the 21 st Amendment forced organized crime to pursue other interests…