Flappers Small portion of American _______ whose _____ represents the age What were her characteristics? Why did women adapt to this fashion?
Women at Work –Primarily ______ ______ Women ______ women stats were on the rise –Mostly ______ work Women doctors and lawyers were often ________ Why would employers expect women employees to only be temporary?
VOTE FOR WOMEN _____ Amendment –Early on, women did not _______ their ability to vote Why not? –Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 –______ Rights Amendment, 1923 ______ in Office –1928: ____ women in 38 state legislatures
Demographic changes Demographics: stats that describe a _______ 1920s Demographics showed that for the first time, more Americans lived in the ______ that in the _______
Remember from the video? What struggles came to farmers after WWI? What became available to all people through the success of business? Thus, why do you believe more people moved to the city?
African Americans in the North _____ opportunities South: Few and poorly paid North: _____________ expanded after and during the war –Looked down upon by white employees –By 1930: 80% of the _____ population still lived in the South
Migration to America Post WWI –European _________ Congress ________ Immigration Southern/Eastern Europe, China, and Japan –__________ Migrants Workers from Canada and Mexico ________, Spanish speaking neighborhoods –American Migration to _________
American Heroes Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Babe Ruth
How did the following people affect the decade? –Miriam A Ferguson –Nellie Taylor Ross –Jeannette Rankin –Charles Lindbergh –Amelia Earhart –Jack Dempsey –Jim Thorpe –George Herman Ruth –Hazel Wightman –Helen Wills –Gertrude Ederle