The Roaring 20s Prohibition Bootleggers Flappers Monkeys and

The Roaring 20’s Prohibition, Bootleggers, Flappers, Monkeys, and Baseball…and then the party ends…

“Silent Cal” Becomes President • “The business of America is Business” – Coolidge believed in little government intervention in the economy • Said very little

Silent Cal Gives the People what They Want – laissez-faire!

In history in times when we have a period of loss of faith in our government it is often followed by a rebellious reaction. Era of Trust Titans & Robber Barons Era of Scandals & Fears Progressive Era Roaring Twenties

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light • Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs From Thistles

Victorian Fashion of 19 th Century Notice the ankles showing!!!

Women: • Short permed hair • Swingy, flowy skirts & dresses • Flashy, gaudy jewelry Men: • Sleek hair • Smart, stylish tuxedoes

Sports Headlines • “Boxing Match Witnessed by 19, 650!” • “Grown Men Spending Their Time Knocking a Little White Ball Along the Ground Scoffed At” • “Harvard Beats Yale!” • “World Series Pitcher Sold to Yanks to Finance Play”

Sports Become immensely popular, especially because of the mass production of radios Jack Dempsey Bobby Jones Red Grange Babe Ruth

1919 World Series • Eddie Ciccote, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Chick Gandil, et al • Sharp shift in betting odds • White Sox became underdogs against Reds Throwing the game away 1921 confessions branded these men forever as the “Black Sox”

Radio and the Movies • First radio station = KDKA (Pittsburgh)— 1920 • NBC = first radio network (1926) • Average annual movie attendance = 90 million • The advent of “talkies” (1927) • Disney pioneers in the arena of animation and sound (1928) Charlie Chaplin

Skyscrapers • The race to build higher • The Chrysler Building (1929 -1930) • The Empire State Building (1931) • Skyscrapers offered new opportunities for women professionally – Secretaries, Receptionists

Fitzgerald v. Hemingway • Fictitious works on characters based on himself • Had one great love; Zelda • Died believing himself a failure • Greatest accomplishment: The Great Gatsby • Work was largely autobiographical, but under the guise of “fiction” • Preferred Europe over his native country • Married several times, took many lovers

Media Influences Society • Newspapers – people had an alarming amount of faith in the newspapers • Every morning Babbit would read the daily newspaper to know what kind of attitude he should have to fit in with society

“Well, there’s a smiling face, a fireplace, a cozy room; a little nest that’s nestled where the roses bloom. Just Molly and me, and baby makes three. . . We’re happy in my blue heaven” • What do you think the song is about?

Bungalow Style Bedrooms: 2 Full Bath(s): 1 Sq. Ft. : 1120 Stories: 1 Architectually Designed Falling Waters – Frank Lloyd Wright Describe who was most likely to live in each one of these houses from the 1920 s.

Transportation 1. Charles Lindbergh (May 20, 1927)- Lindbergh became a national hero when he became the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Prohibition (January 16, 1920)- This amendment (the 18 th) to the constitution prohibited the sale, manufacture and transportation of liquor. In 1933, the 21 st amendment repealed (canceled out) the Prohibition of alcohol.

Prohibition was a failure because people refused to comply with the new law. People would go to Speakeasies (places where liquor was illegally sold) to buy alcohol. In addition, Prohibition helped create the Mafia and made Al Capone a hero. Capone was finally convicted of tax evasion and sent to Alcatraz.

Evolutionism vs. Creationism a. Scopes Trial (Monkey Trial)- IN 1925, John T. Scopes (a high school biology teacher) was put on trial for teaching evolution. Scopes hired Clarence Darrow (like Johnny Cochran) to defend him. The debate was supposed to be over a teacher’s right to choose what to teach, but turned into what scientific theory was right: Evolutionism or Creationism.

Review

Timeline of Events 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 18 th Amendment: bans manufacture, sale and transport of intoxicating liquors Babe Ruth: sold to Yankees from Red Sox Prohibition goes in effect National Football League is founded KDKA in Pittsburgh First successful on air radio station Warren Harding elected as president Black Sox consequence Players banned from baseball Radio-baseball First baseball broadcast Sacco-Vanzetti: Italian immigrants convicted of a holdup murder in an unjust trial Louis Armstrong Joins King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band Yankee Stadium opens Ku Klux Klan Peaks at 3 million members Teapot Dome Scandal Congress investigates Immigration: restricted by Congress Wealthy Rule: Leopolds murder Bobby Franks Coolidge becomes president Black Sox Scandal Chicago White Sox are paid by gamblers to lose the World Series Rudolph Valentino/ Charlie Chaplin Silent movies become popular President Harding dies; succeeded by Calvin Coolidge

Time. Line of Events 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 Scopes Monkey Trial John T. Scopes is tried for teaching evolution National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is formed Charles Lindberg flies from New York to Paris Sacco/ Vanzetti executed Babe Ruth hits his 60 th home run Columbia Broadcasting System(CBS) is formed Cotton Club opens in Harlem Herbert Hoover defeats Al Smith for presidency St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Five of Al Capone’s rivals are killed Unemployment reaches 4 to 5 million Franklin Roosevelt is elected governor of NY Stock Market crashes (October 29) Dion O’Banion; infamous Chicago mobster is murdered Gertrude Ederle swims the English Channel Rudolph Valentino dies Great Depression begins

Guided Reading Questions • What is meant by the term “intelligent design”? • Why does Dr. Michael Behe argue that blood clotting is evidence of intelligent design? • How does he compare the process to how a mousetrap works? • Why are “all-or-none” systems “associated with design”? • Why does the design theory appeal to “many Americans of faith”? • Why is “invoking a higher being as an explanation” unacceptable and “unscientific, ” for some scientists? • What does the rule “no miracles allowed” mean in science? • How do some scientists reconcile their work in science and their belief in God? • What types of evidence do many scientists cite, which make it unnecessary for them to “resort to otherworldly explanations”? • How do mainstream scientists view the system of blood clotting and its origin, and how does this explanation differ from that of Dr. Behe? • How are creationists different from design proponents? • What is the perspective of many mainstream scientists about the intelligent design community, according to the article?