Roaring Twenties
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Roaring Twenties
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Warren G. Harding
A.Thought he lacked the intelligence to be president
B.Teapot Dome Scandal1. gov’t official received
bribes for allowing private interests to lease lands containing US Navy oil reserves
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Calvin Coolidge
A.Became president when Harding died
B.Aligned himself & gov’t with big business1. Gov’t should not
interfere with business
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Producing Great Quantities of GoodsA.By 1920’s:
1. The U.S. was the dominant economic power in the world
2. The automobile was an accepted part of life3. New morality glorified personal freedom
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Producing Great Quantities of GoodsB. Installment plan
1. Most Americans purchased with creditC.Henry Ford
1. Assembly Line: enormously increased manufacturing efficiency by dividing the job into simple tasks
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ProhibitionA.18th Amendment (1920):
prohibited alcoholB.Volstead Act: reinforced
18th AmendmentC.Speakeasies: Illegal bars
D.
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ProhibitionD.Organized Crime
1. Al Capone- gangster in Chicago 2. Bootlegging- illegal production & distribution of
liquorE. 21st Amendment
1. Repealed prohibition
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Fundamentalist MovementA. Rejected the bible being free from errorsB. Scopes Trial
1. John Scopes put on trial for teaching evolution
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FlappersA.Women who bobbed their hair and drank
prohibited liquor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJrQUz_mkUg&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active (2:25)
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Charles A. LindberghA.Made first solo transatlantic flight
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Writing in the 1920’s
A.Ernest Hemmingway1.A Farewell to Arms
Portrayed war’s meaningless violence through a different kind of hero
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Harlem RenaissanceA.The blossoming of African American arts
occurred
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Entertainment
A.Jazz Age1. Louis Armstrong
Introduced early form of Jazz
B.Movies1. Charlie Chaplin
Silent films2. First talking movie
The Jazz Singerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qsd6FX3C0c&safe=active