THE ROARING TWENTIES CHANGES DURING THE TWENTIES v

THE ROARING TWENTIES!!

CHANGES DURING THE TWENTIES v. Changes for African Americans v. Economics v. Arts and Leisure v. Sports and Entertainment v. Red Scare v. Government v. Foreign Policy v. Changes for Women

AFRICAN AMERICANS v. Growth of Jazz v. Duke Ellington v. Bessie Smith v. Louis Armstrong v. Harlem Renaissance v. Movement throughout black culture that influenced the arts and social thought v. Langston Hughes v. James Weldon Johnson v. Zora Neale Hurston v. Apollo Theater

AFRICAN AMERICANS v. The Great Migration v. Racism in the south and economic opportunities in the north v. KKK v. Growth due to Red Scare v. Violence increased

ECONOMICS v. Easy Credit v“Buy now, pay later” v. Installment Plans v“Must haves”

ECONOMICS v. Unregulated lending of money in banks v. Bank runs v. Bank Run v. Buying Stock on Margin v. Pay for a percentage of stock, and borrow the rest v. Lose your money and owe what was borrowed

ECONOMICS v. High Speculation of Stock v. Invest big, to get big v. Believed market would always go up v. GNP v. Gross National Product v 1920 -1920 went up 6% annually v. Constantly going up

ARTS AND LITERATURE v. Jazz v. Art Deco architecture and design v. Literature v. F. Scott Fitzgerald v. Ernest Hemingway v. Zora Neal Hurston v. Edna St Vincent Millay v. Sinclair Lewis v. Lost Generation: group of writers who moved to Europe after WWI over their disillusionment with America