The Roaring Twenties

(1918-1929)

Why were the 1920’s so

Prosperous?…..

Prosperous (definition) – Having

success, flourishing, being well off

Reason #1-- TheAutomobile –

Question: What impact did Ford’s assembly line

have on the U.S.?

Reasons for Prosperity in the 1920s…

Ford and his Model T

Reasons for Prosperity in the 1920s…

Reason #2 – The development of New

Industries

Question: What are some of the new

industries in the 1920s?

Reasons for Prosperity in the 1920s…

Reasons #3 – More Efficient

Production Techniques lead to mass

consumption Question: What is an assembly line?

During the 1920s, there are many changes within the United States…

We will examine 3 forms of changes in American

Society:

1. What were some political changes?

2. What were some economic changes?

3. What were some social changes?

Political Changes during the 1920s

Warren Harding (1921-1923)--Republican

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) -- Republican

Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) --Republican

Let’s look at each president…

President Warren Harding (1920-1923)

• “A Return to Normalcy”

• Teapot Dome Scandal

President Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

•Committed to business

•Laissez Faire

•Kellogg- Briand Pact

Question: What is the biggest problem you can think of with the

Kellogg-Briand Pact?

President Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

•Promised to end poverty/ unequal wealth

•Laissez faire

•"help people help themselves"

Question:

What massive problem occurred during his presidency?

Who didn't prosper from the economy during the 1920s?

1. Farmers -- European farms / overproduced 2. Native Americans -- Reservations, high

unemployment rate / short lifespan

3. African Americans – discrimination / segregation

Social Changes during the 1920's 1.) 18th Amendment – 1919 - alcohol illegal

Why were people for prohibition?

• high crime rates

•alcohol is evil

Famous gangster: Al Capone

Social Changes in the 1920s

2.) Lives of Women

•19th Amendment

•Women join the workforce

•Discrimination and low wages

•Rebellious, independent women

were called flappers

Flapper –

- short hair cuts

- short skirts

- visited speakeasies

- danced

- wanted the same freedom

Social Changes during the 1920s

Clash between Science and Religion

Scopes Trial

•symbolizes tension between those for change and

those in favor of traditional beliefs

John Scopes

Social Changes during the 1920s

Threats to Civil Liberties

Red Scare:

Nativism:

• Your country is superior

• Distrusting and disliking foreigners

• Fear that communists would take over America.

Nativism and Racism effect everyday life in the U.S.

1. Ku Klux Klan

2. The National Origins Act/

Emergency Quota Act

3. Sacco and Venzetti case

Social Changes of the 1920s

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

Harlem Renaissance – •Poetry / Literature

•"Jazz Age"

Langston Hughes

Social Changes during the 1920s

New Technology and Consumer Habits

•first department stores (ie: JCPenny's)

•People buying on credit

•advertising industry grows

Popular Items : cars, radios, washing

machines, stoves, vacuum cleaners...

Leisure Activities during the 1920s

Sports • Tennis

• boxing

• collegiate football

• baseball

Lou Gerhig and Babe Ruth