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Eric Harrington
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1923- Henry Ford creates assembly line
1914 WW1 starts
1917- U.S. enters the war
1919- Treaty of Verseille signed. Ends war
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Personal entertainment/ fads
Miss America (1921)
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Radio
Pole Sitting
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With the radio came dancing
Flappers
Louie Armstrong and jazz
Team sports fan base grew
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Radio
Penicillin
Insulin for diabetics
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Rose Drastically in the 1920’s
Prohibition was one leading cause
Speak easies
Al Capone
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October 29, 1929 “Black Tuesday”
Stock prices fell for weeks
The Great Depression
Hoovervilles
Seattle Municipal Archives, Shantytown and garbage dump on 6th Avenue South, 1939, August 31, 2009, Attribution via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/3875231044/#/
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Roosevelt Elected President
“ So first of all, let me asses my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
A new hope for America
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Raise the country from the depression
Feds take control of welfare
Great fear of deficit spending avoided
Sfjlar, Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 17, 2008 Attribution License via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfjalar/2949654021/in/gallery-54188950@N05-72157624895600759/
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First 100 days of F.D.R.’s Presidency
Goal to recover the nation
Crazy amounts of legislation passed
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Emergency Banking Act
Economy Act
Beer-Wine Revenue Act (tax booze)
Agriculture Adjustment Act
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Federal Securities Act
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Comes from 100 days
Created jobs for people ages 18-25
Planted trees, flowers and built national preserves
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Summer Congress 1935
More legislation passed
Started to unite everyone working together
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Created 1933
Provided funds for local government projects
Bridges, streets, parks schools
Many thought useless but did some good
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1920’s coming out party
Radio, assembly line affects on America
Organized crime
Black Tuesday and the Depression
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F.D.R.’s New Deal
First 100 days
CCC not
Second 100 days