The World In the 1920's

The Economy is BOOMING! There are lots of jobs and businesses are doing well. There is the creation of a strong middle class. Women are working. The World in the 1920's

Women began smoking, drinking, wearing revealing clothes, and wearing make-up. NOTThey are NOT as prim and proper as they were in the past. Women cut their hair into a style called a “bob”. Wore “flapper” dresses (very short) The World in the 1920's

Women’s Clothes Prior to the 1920's

Women’s Clothing in the 1920's

Baseball Babe Ruth changed baseball. He earned $41,000 per year. He hit 54 homeruns. BESTHe made the Yankees who they are! The BEST team in history! The World in the 1920's

Private airlines began flying the rich. Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic. Lindbergh and his wife had a baby who was kidnapped and murdered. The World in the 1920's

Stock Market Crash (1929) SpeculatingPeople purchased stocks on credit. Speculating They waited for the price to rise, then sold it back. After the crash, they couldn’t pay the credit, so they lost everything. Some stocks dropped from $112 to $4 The World in the 1920's

The World in the 1930's

Great DepressionThe world is dominated by the Great Depression. The Stock Market Crash leaves millions without jobs.

The Great Depression

The World in the 1930's The Stock Market Crash began with Black Market Tuesday (October 29, 1929).

The World in the 1930's The boll weevil plagued cotton farmers in the south, destroying all crops. Cotton prices plummeted.

The World in the 1930's New Deal Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was elected President (1932). He had polio; he received treatments in Warm Springs, GA. HOPEHis government projects gave people jobs and HOPE!

New Deal Programs CCC- Civilian Conservation Corps was responsible for building many public work structures and parks. FERA- Federal Emergency Relief Administration allowed farmers to get needed equipment. WPA- Works Progress Administration was the largest New Deal agency and provided jobs across the nation by creating roads, buildings, and other projects.

The World in the 1930's World War II began in 1939.

The Dust Bowl

The dust storms began in 1931 in the Southern Plains and lasted almost 10 years.

Dust Bowl Area of the U.S.

Causes of the Dust Bowl Poor agricultural practices caused the top layer of soil to be stripped away. The grasslands in the plains had been deeply plowed and planted with wheat. The ground cover of grass required to hold the dirt in place was gone. The remaining layer of loose dust was easily picked up by the winds.

Car and farm tools buried in dust

The Dust Bowl When rain fall was adequate, crops grew well. As the drought continued in the 1930's, farmers continued to plant, but nothing grew. The plains winds whipped across the fields raising billowing clouds of dust.

The Dust Bowl In some places, the dust drifted like snow. Even the most well-sealed homes could not keep the dust from covering everything inside. More and more dust storms began to occur leading up to that one fateful day…

Black Sunday April 14, 1935 The dust storm that turned day into night Many believed the world was coming to an end.

Black Sunday

The Dust Bowl It is estimated that more than 100 million acres of farmland lost ALL or most of the topsoil to winds. Winds were often clocked at 60 miles per hour. In 1933 alone, more than 38 vicious dust storms were recorded on the Southern Plains.

The Dust Bowl More than 10 years passed before the drought in the Southern Plains finally ended. The Grapes of WrathAuthor John Steinbeck wrote a famous novel about the Dust Bowl entitled The Grapes of Wrath. In 1939, the rain came, but many farmers had already moved west to California for survival.