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WWI had just ended with the deaths of millions of people WWI had just ended with the deaths of millions of people. 126,000 from the U.S. The Spanish Flu had killed 30 million worldwide. 500,000 in the U.S. Hatred toward Germans was subsiding but the threat of Communism was taking over. What affects do you think the above would have the culture, manners, and morals of the 1920s? What do you think the decade will be like? Explain in a few sentences.

The “Business” of America (Legal and Illegal)

1920s Productivity More Jobs and more productivity Growing cities More suburbs with more need for roads Building and road construction boom

Henry Ford Movable production line. 2,3 Movable production line. 1925-Car every 10 seconds (years before it took 14 hours) Industries that boomed because of the car industry- steel, rubber, oil, machine tools, and road building

Henry Ford’s way 4 Tried to control the lives of workers through raises and incentives for moral behavior $5 day and 40-hour 5 day work week. Immigrants and minorities hired Middle class grows

This man paid his workers $5 a day which helped further the growth of the middle class.   A) Henry Ford B) Edsel Ford C) Lee Iacocca D) Donald Trump E) Bob Lutz

Social class of the workplace 5 How you dress dictates your title White-collar worker- professional, sales, clerks, managers etc… Blue collar- factory worker

A factory worker during the 1920s began to be labeled A) White collar   A) White collar B) Blue collar C) Upper Class D) Social Class E) Head of the Class 

More money, more jobs, more leisure time 6,7 Magazines, newspapers, book sales skyrocket Advertising at all time high to influence Americans to think they needed things- BUY BUY BUY!!! The mass media and mass communication through radio, newspapers, billboards and magazines

                                                      

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Within your group, please take the item given to you and create a 10-15 second radio advertisement using the 1920s slang words given to you earlier. You have 5-7 minutes. Think about: Why does everyone need this product? Who does it help most? What will your life be like with/without it?

More cars more leisure opportunities 8,9 More stores More recreational activities- amusement parks, camping, movies, sporting events, vacations More and more advertising More and more people buying on credit

The advertising on radio, billboards, in magazines and newspapers encouraged people to buy _________________, which later helped plunge the country deep into Depression.   A) on credit B) cars only C) only if they had cash D) toothbrushes

The Jazz Age 10 Movies Stars of early silent films- Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin The Jazz Singer- First talking movie (1927) Movie houses were packed

The era where music, movies, and entertainment were very popular was known as the A) Stone Age B) Jazz Age C) Nuclear Age D) Blues Age E) Spectator Age

                                                        

                                                                                       

The Jazz Age Sports Boxing- Jack Dempsey Baseball- Babe Ruth 11 Sports Boxing- Jack Dempsey Baseball- Babe Ruth Football- Red Grange Negro League baseball Baseball division mirrors society                                   

This sport mirrored society because of the way it was segregated into white and black leagues   A)Baseball B) Soccer C) Badminton D) Volleyball E) Bowling

Just Jazz and the Blues Blues and Jazz- new music 12 Blues and Jazz- new music Blues origins in slavery Jazz- an African American creation Louie Armstrong, Duke Ellington Dances- Charleston considered immoral

African Americans developed this type of music from their days on the plantation during the time of slavery. Bessie Smith was a favorite.   A)Rock n Roll B) Blues C) Classical D) Irish E) Jazz

Harlem Renaissance and the Lost Generation 13,14 Langston Hughes- poetry and other writings African Americans finding a “voice” through written words Lost Generation writers F. Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby ( social class) Ernest Hemingway- The Sun Also Rises. (War themes)

Langston Hughes was a poet and writer who contributed his work during an era in the 1920s known as the   A) Lost Generation B) Great Gatsby C) Harlem Renaissance D) Red Revolution E) Palmer Raids

I, Too, Sing America I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.  

Alcohol is Illegal? 15-17 18th Amendment- Alcohol Illegal. Volstead Act- 2500 officers to enforce around the country. Organized crime booms (Al Capone in Chicago) Rise of bootlegging, speakeasies(illegal clubs serving alcohol), ordinary people breaking the law                                       

Illegal clubs that sold alcohol during Prohibition were known as   A) Speakeasies B) Cotton Clubs C) Charlestons D) Renaissance clubs E) Poetry clubs

St. Valentine’s day massacre                                                    

Confiscated beer                                                              

The Speakeasy                                     

Fads and Fashion 18,19 Flapper- girl with “bobbed” hair and shorter skirt and hat Men- raccoon coats and golf stockings Pole sitting, crossword puzzles, tabloid news

Girls in the 1920s who bobbed their hair and wore shorter skirts and more make-up were known as   A) Gibson girls B) Flappers C) Shakers D) Quakers E) Victorian Era

Crash!!!!! Stock Market Crashes in October, 1929. 20 Stock Market Crashes in October, 1929. Black Thursday, Monday and Tuesday- Stock prices plunge. (Oct. 24-29) $30 billion in stock lost. Economy was soon to follow

                                             

Legacy of the 1920s The 1920s had prosperity, youth, and recklessness. The cultural changes were to be seen for years to come. As a result of the crash of the Stock Market, the decade to follow would be filled with despair. Only another world war would be able to pull the country out of depression.