Roaring 20s

Points of Interest An American culture starts to emerge Technology Temporary Happy Times (for some) Economy out of control Change Change Change!

Isolation To Forget Fighting Wars

Middletown Study of how Americans live their lives and the changes that have been documented by sociologist Robert Lynd and Helen Merrell

Migration Patterns

Nativism Angel Island Ellis Island

Equals Urban America in Cities 1926 NY

Tenement Houses

Cultural Fusion We hates the ways in how you dance

You are killing America! Nativist

Assimilating the Immigrant

Education, Movies, Food and Common Stores Early 1900 Education

1920 Economy Adjusting from WWI economy Car creates economic boom New products Stocks Advertising

Model T By 1927 one car produced every twenty- four seconds Sales jumped from 1.5 million to 5 million by late 1920s

Credit

1920 Economy Ford Ads=Persuasion Credit=Increases purchase power/consumption Welfare Capitalism and no to unions

Quick Changes Changing the old

Vamps and Flappers

California bathers being confronted by policewomen because they were "scantily clad" But we are hot

Science (Scope’s Trial)

City life sucks!

Innovation (1929) My wife forgot my sandwich

Common Stores

Movement Harlem Renaissance

Educate Immigrants Washington, DC, immigrant- naturalization school s National Photo Co. / Library of Congress LC-F )

Credit I would like to buy this to impress Habib but I do not have $ You can buy using credit Is she talking about mu husband Habib?

20s issues prohibition Speakeasies Flappers and Vamps Women and 19 th Amendment Challenging 4 Virtues Old vs. New Scope’s Trial Economic Boom Car, credit and ads Common Culture Brands, movies, stores and radio

Review An American culture starts to emerge Technology Temporary Happy Times (for some) Economy out of control Change Change Change!