Chapter 24 Section 4 The Roaring Twenties
Charles LindberghLindbergh First person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean
19 th Amendment Giving women the right to vote for the first time.
Flappers Symbolized the new liberated woman of the 1920s. *Short bobbed hair *Short skirts *Heavy makeup
First MoviesMovies Offered entertainment Black and white “talkie” – 1 st movie with sounds
radios Radio commercials Athletic events Grand Ole Opry 1 st presidential returns
SportsSports & Fads Babe Ruth – Most homeruns hit in Gertrude Ederle – 1 st Gertrude woman to swim across the English Channel 1 st Miss America Pageant 1921
Entertainers Louis Armstrong – Jazz trumpeter Duke Ellington – pianist/composer Bessie Smith – singer
Harlem Renaissance A flowering of African American culture. Instilled interest in African culture and pride. Langston Hughes: Writer that went to Harlem …novels, poems, short stories
expatriates People who choose to live in another country… Questioned American ideas F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Ernest Hemingway
18 th Amendment Banned the manufacturing, sale & transportation of liquor in the U.S. Volstead Act – the means of enforcing the ban. Drys/Wets
bootlegging Making & selling illegal alcohol
Al Capone (Scarface) Controlled organize crime & local politics in Chicago. Smuggled alcohol during prohibition…
21 st Amendment Prohibition repealed in 1933…. Now you could make and sell alcohol…
nativism The belief that native born Americans are superior to foreigners Revival of the Ku Klux Klan
Emergency Quota Act Established a quota system… An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from another country
The Scopes Trial evolution: The scientific theory that humans evolved over vast periods of time. John Scopes convicted of breaking the law and fined $100.
Election of 1928 President Coolidge did not run for a second term. Herbert Hoover “To Hooverize” meant to “economize, to save and share.”
Will Rogers Performed in the Wild West shows – trick- roping act, sense of humor made him a star. “I don’t make jokes – I just watch the government & report the facts.”