The 1920’s and 30’s The Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression Cultural Literacy
Unit Objective To identify iconic figures and symbols of the 20s
Roaring Twenties
Wall Street Bombing by Anarchists 1920
Flapper: Young female rebel
Scopes Trial: Teaching Evolution
Prohibition: Era during which manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol was illegal (18 th Amendment; Repealed by 21 st )
*Al Capone: Led organized crime in Chicago
St. Valentines Day Massacre
*Babe Ruth: Greatly increased popularity of baseball
*Louie Armstrong: Jazz musician that brought jazz to Chicago
*Charlie Chaplin: Silent film star
Charles Lindbergh: 1 st to fly solo across Atlantic; Lost child to kidnapping/murder
Spirit of St Louis
Great Depression and Presidents
Stock Market Crash
*Warren G Harding: Scandal and Corruption
Calvin Coolidge “Silent Cal”
*Herbert Hoover: Blamed for the Depression, perhaps unfairly
*Franklin Delano Roosevelt (“FDR”) New Deal, 3 Rs, First 100 Days, Court Packing
*FDR Quotes “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” “Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.” “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.” “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” “This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.”
*Fireside Chats: Radio addresses FDR used to explain New Deal to Americans and give hope
*Henry Ford and the Model T-1 st affordable car
The Bonus March: WWI vets who marched on Washington for early payments owed to them
Hoovervilles
Hoover Dam
Dust Bowl
Okie: Left Oklahoma during Dust Bowl
Soup Kitchen
Amelia Earhart: Famous female pilot; Disappeared without a trace
*Jesse Owens: Won several gold medals at 1936 Olympics in Berlin